Brooklyn is 6!

My girl is 6! Where does time go? I remember the day she was born, it was one of the most stressful and happiest days in my life! I love this little lady!
Brooklyn, we are so glad you chose our family to belong to! We love you!

Field Trip to Lansing, MI

Ms. DeRose's 4th grade class at the State Capital Building, Lansing, MI May 4th, 2

We had a busy day! We went to museums, the State Capital and a hands on Science Center. Plus we got to go to a restaurant for lunch and ride the 1 1/2 hour drive in a coach bus. It was a very busy, very fun day!

oops!

On a Saturday, the 1st of May, a day filled with 4 soccer games, 2 swimming lessons and 7 kids to take care of, Brooklyn took a flying leap off of the swing in our backyard! She jumped up as soon as she fell and told Jacob to get Dad because she knew she broke her arm. Our neighbor witnessed the fall and told her that she would be crying and it would really hurt if she broke her arm! As soon as she saw her Dad, the tears came. I walked in the door 5 minutes later and she was still crying. Brooklyn is not a 'cryer', so I KNEW she must have broken her arm. I didn't even look at it. I had Aaron load her up in my car and away we went to the ER. It wasn't until they got her to radiology and had her turn her arm for one of the pictures that I REALLY knew her arm was broken! So, they splinted it and we went to see a friend of ours who is an orthaepedic surgeon, on the following Monday. At first they weren't sure if she needed surgery, so she wasn't allowed to eat or drink anything that day. After it was determined that it did not need "set" in surgery, we busted out the candy I had in my purse for her to eat! Then Dr. Jamieson was the first person to sign her pretty pink cast. She had her cast on for 6 weeks. She complained once or twice about her arm being itchy, but that's about it. She even got to be pretty good at writing with her left hand! She was a trooper.

Toledo Zoo

We picked a beautiful day in May to go to the Toledo Zoo. Jacob got to bring his friend Ryan and we picked up Denise along the way. It was a fun day.

Time Out for Women

In April I got to go on a fabulous get-a-way weekend with some amazing women! We were gone for 2 nights and came home from Pittsburg, PA totally relaxed and ready to take on the world. We went to inspirational classes on Friday night and all day Saturday, the theme was 'Hope'. We went out to eat, talked, ate some more, played cards and just enjoyed each others company. It was a great weekend.

We found a house!! :)

Mesa, Arizona...here we come!

Grandma visits!

Grandma came to visit so that Aaron and I could fly to Arizona to find a house!
Our weeping cherry tree only blossoms one weekend a year, Grandma came the right weekend! I love this tree.