Family Weekend and Father's Day

Last weekend we had my family come stay with us (Jay, Shelly, Jack and my dad and Barb). My dad and Barb watched Avree and Jack Saturday night while the four of us went to a wedding. We had a great time and it was nice having a night out! (I haven't really left Avree since she was born, so this was a well needed, and deserved, night out)
Here are some of my favorite pictures from the wedding:




They can never take a serious picture:



Father's Day we were able to spend it with my dad, and my brother in law, Jay (his first father's day.) We planned to go to church Sunday morning, but no one was up in time. Avree didn't even get out of bed till 9:15 that morning. Grandma and Grandpa must have wore her out Saturday night. So we decided to just do brunch... at McDonalds! We wanted to go to this Corner Cafe, right up from our house but it was an hour and half wait!!! So we figured every place would be a long wait and everyone wanted to hit the road to get home. So McDonalds it was :-)




The dad's and their kids:



Here is one of my favorite pictures of Avree that I took last week. She is so fun, entergetic, and learning SO much. We are having tons of fun teaching her new things.

She is reading a magazine and talking on the phone (You could say we will have our hands full when we hit the teenage years :-)

"We're not in Kansas (City) anymore..."

Last weekend Avree and I went with my dad and Barb to Michigan. Barb grew up in Michigan and most of her family still lives there.
We left early Friday morning from Pella and got into Grand Rapids early evening in time for Barb's niece's graduation party. Saturday we headed to Muskegon to see the lake and Barb's otherside of the family (Kniff's). We went to the beach to take some pictures and let Avree put her feet in the COLD water. She loved the sand and did not want to get out of the water. She was trying to sit down in the water and wanted to go further and further in. Then when I picked her up to leave, she was pretty upset with me. She wanted to stay and play in the freezing cold water.










Sunday night Avree and I had our first motor home ride :-) Barb's dad wanted to bring his motor home on one last ride (he was selling it Monday morning) and we had fun! We drove all over Grand Rapids and then met family for supper. I think Avree liked not having to be trapped in her car seat while being in a moving vehicle.






We were on the move pretty much the entire visit to MI- spending time with Barb's dad, getting together with Barb's sister (and her family), Barb's aunts/uncles and seeing the Kniff side.




Avree was a trooper in the car ride to and from MI. We hardly heard a peep out of her. We took a couple breaks to stretch our legs (on the way back we stopped in Chicago to see Katie), grab a bite to eat and back in the car again. While in MI Avree and I became a HUGE fan of Slurpee's. (Mostly Avree) So glad to see everyone in MI. We had a great trip and miss it already.






Before Avree and I headed home to KC (from Pella), we stopped and played at Kaiya's house. The girls had so much fun running around outside together. They played on the swing set, went for a Jeep ride, played with chalk and ate lunch together. They were pretty wore out and took great naps! (Avree slept the whole way home- 3hrs)




We sure missed 'the boys' while we were gone and they were pretty excited to see us when we got home Tuesday night.



Hope everyone is having a good summer. I can't believe it is almost the end of June!

Daddy I want a Pony!