Counting Down..

Until school is done! Abigail, Henry and I (okay, mostly me, me, me!) cannot wait until Colin is done with school on Thursday! Then...over 2 months of sleeping in, I mean...quality family time. :) Colin is again working at the restaurant this summer, usually 3-4 shift a week. He'll work mostly days so that I can work my three nights a week and we won't need to juggle childcare too much. Summers are also really busy for us for birthdays! Beginning on June 10 we have birthdays in the family without end! They look like this: June 10 (our sister-in-law Anita), June 25 (niece Beatrice), July 3 (brother-in-law Tavid), July 17 (Henry), July 24 (me), August 10 (brother in law, Brett), August 11 (cousin, Martha), August 18 (Abigail), September 1 (niece Sylvie) and September 24 (my mom). Whew! I LOVE buying birthday presents though so that's the fun part! It's hard to believe Abigail will be 4 this year and my little baby is going to be 2! Fun parties ahead! We also have anniversaries for my parents, Colin's parents, Haans and Anita, and Colin and I (7 years!) thrown in there too!

Colin's parents have also generously offered us a mini-vacation this summer. Colin's dad won a week's stay at a cottage/condo right by Lake Michigan. He is letting us split the week with Colin's brother and his family. They will go from Friday to Monday and we'll spend the rest of the week until Friday there. The place is pretty new and has a pool and is really close to the state park. It will be a blast to get away from the house for a couple of days. We'll do that at the end of July. So fun!

Let's see...what else is new. Next week my mom, Rebecca and I are heading to Chicago for 2 days to visit Joel, Kelly and newly groomed Harry. I am SO excited because my mom got us tickets to see "The Color Purple!!" My parents saw it on Broadway and said it was just amazing! We got awesome tickets too - can't beat that! Michelle Williams (formerly of Destiny's Child) and LaToya London (from American Idol) are both in the show so that will be cool to see also! We'll see that Wednesday night, stay at Joel and Kelly's that night and then probably shop on Thursday. Can't wait!

More fun, fun news! Our swing set is nearing completion. My dad has put many hours into making this the most perfect, sturdy, "my grandkids will never get hurt on this thing" swing set in the world! The swing part is completely finished and the kids have been on there tons already. I did a layout with pics of the swing set as it is right now. I will definitely post many more pictures when it is completed.

I think I have finished a couple of other layouts that I haven't posted on here. I know of three for sure, so I'll leave you with those. Have a great week!

Credits HERE.

Credits HERE.
Credits HERE.