Lots of Fun at Boyne Mountain

We did a lot of fun activities at Boyne, 

-Julie and I got pedicures on Thursday evening

-storytime with Fritz the Dog, cookies & milk on Thursday & Saturday nights

-Horse drawn carriage ride on Friday night

-Swimming in the indoor/outdoor pool

-Went to Avalanche Bay the water park - Emily went down some of the big slides with daddy!

-Erik & Jim went skiing

-Candy store treats

-all home cooked meals in our room using our full kitchen

-lots of fun times hanging out with our friends

Here is a picture of the ski hill from our room, amazing!

Blake & Emily at the candy store.

Storytime in our room on our bed

Avalanche Bay water park

Emily and Megan having fun

Emily pulling Blake & Megan on the sleds (they took turns)

Emily splashing me in the pool

Bundled up for the horse drawn carriage ride

Wow look at those big horses!

Emily feel asleep on the couch when we got home, she was so tired!  Emily never sleeps on the couch, she was all bummed up watching TV while I made her dinner and I came upstairs to tell her dinner was ready and this is what I found!

Skiing at Boyne Mountain

Of course one of the highlights of the trips was Erik and Jim skiing!

Erik and Jim getting ready to go skiing at Boyne Mountain.

On the chair lift

Check out that view!

Here comes Jim & Erik!

What did you think Emily?

I missed you!

Do you want to try it?  Then Jim skied down the rest of the little hill holding Emily.  She loved it!

Family picture

Huge snowman, that coat is not flattering 6 months pregnant (but it was warm)!

Group picture with the snowman.

Storytime at Boyne Mountain

We went to Boyne Mountain with our friends Julie, Erik, Blake and Megan.  We stayed in a suite right on the Mountain and had a GRAND time!  

We got there on a Thursday evening, and after unpacking and eating dinner we went downstairs to storytime with Fritz the Dog!

Here is Blake, Megan & Emily waiting for Fritz the Dog for storytime!

At first they weren't so sure about Fritz so they stood back.

Blake had warmed up and loved Fritz, this is about as close as Emily got to Fritz.

Enjoying the story ...

Here I am sitting with Megan.

Painting at Play Group

Emily loved this painting project at Peace play group.  One week we made cut out dough shapes and then the next week we painted them.  I was amazed at how well Emily did with the painting, she is getting really good at detail.

Emily started out with the blue paint.

Here is the final project, I wanted her to stand next to her painted pieces, and this is a close as she got.

Lots of kids at play group, boy were they quiet when they were painting.  

Josh's 5th B-day Party

This year Linda decided to do Joshua's Birthday party about a month late and had his party in January.  I liked the idea seeing his Birthday is so close to Christmas, it's hard to have a true celebration.

Luckily the weather was good and drove to Macomb Township for the party, it makes a long day when you drive both ways before and after the party.  Emily was a trooper with no nap, and loved the party.

Josh getting ready to blow out his candles!  He likes to turn his head to the side in pictures, so cute!

He was so happy opening his presents.  His favorite was the Alvin & Chipmunks CD and the game we got him.  :)

Older brother Caleb read the cards to Joshua.

Emily loves hats and glasses, in fact we can't leave the house without her 3 pairs of sunglasses!

Joshua, I will race  you!

A pinata!  Luckily Emily was the youngest and didn't catch on until all the candy was almost gone, I was happy that we only came home with 2 pieces of candy, and one bouncy ball.

It was a hot wheels party!

Dancing to the Saline Fiddlers at Church

A couple of weeks ago we went to church for a potluck dinner with all of the small groups and then they had some of the Saline Fiddlers play.  Emily  had a great time dancing with her friends Blake and Megan.

When they started kissing on the floor we decided it was time to leave.  ha ha

Emily couldn't get close enough.  When they broke out their instruments at the beginning she said, "I want to play the guitar!"  She loves music!

Here is a couple of videos of them dancing, you can see that Emily is typically the ring leader and Blake is about 7 months older than Emily.  They are so cute together.

Cousins

On Saturday we went over to my parents, Linda had a scrapbooking event and I went and made cards.  I am way behind in Thank You cards and so I made a whole bunch on Saturday.

Emily loved playing with her cousins Joshua & Caleb, they took the cushions off the couches, and were jumping on them and making forts!  I should have taken more pictures and some video, they were just adorable!  Emily has to do whatever Caleb & Joshua do, she doesn't act like 2.5, and has no fear!

The men were real troopers and Grandpa & Uncle Steve took the boys and Emily to Best Buy to purchase a new TV.  The TV was so large that Uncle Steve had to leave Grandpa and Caleb at Best Buy and then go back and pick them up after bringing the TV to my parents house.  It was quite the ordeal, but they are very happy with their new TV.  Just in time for the Superbowl!