head over heels: up north

last week we took a trip up north to the river property. josh's grandma, uncle paul, aunt kim and the boys (luke, adam, & john) own a house on the ausable river in grayling, mi. it was a fun filled couple of days, visiting with family and enjoying a visit from anna and bryan. josh and i took a kayak trip down the ausable river, it was a beautiful couple of hours just paddling down the river. elle caught a little bit of a bug while we there, so she was little under the weather. but in all, she did a great job seeing how we had just gotten back from camping in holland with my family. she was trooper! uncle paul felt bad that she was sick so he bought her a pink cat bank, so cute! of course, josh had let him know that he was setting the bar high early on for gifts for when your sick. but he's the great uncle so he can do pretty much anything. thanks uncle paul...know we can start saving for college!!

the boys were helpful with elle and loved playing legos with her. luke, the oldest is going into the 7th grade and is starting football this year. josh is so excited for him, spite his mother's fears :) i think it was fun for josh to relive a little bit of that excitement he felt the first time taking the field for practice and his first game. football is his passion and someday he can help coach his kids, who knows maybe elle will turn out to be a football player. we're up for anything!

adam, the middle child, is such a sweetheart with elle. he knew just how to talk to her and what she'd want. what a great little helper. he was my baby monitor checker...always checking to see if the light was green or red or if she was making any noise. thanks buddy!

and of course, john michael....the youngest! right there with you bud.
he is such a crack up and i can't wait to see what his 3rd grade teacher has to say. he has something to say about everything and it's usually pretty funny. elle had to learn to share her snacks this weekend with him, that's right he thoroughly enjoyed her strawberry-banana puffs. guess we know what to send you someday in your college care package. thanks for the laughs lat week, john!