Iceberg right ahead!

On the 101st anniversary of the Titanic's maiden voyage, Kari and I made our maiden voyage to the museum exhibit to see the artifacts.

Outside the exhibit; no photos allowed inside! boo!

Scored a ride on the carousel too!

Before you go in, they give you a boarding pass with a passenger's name on it and a few facts about them.  At the end you check to see if you survived or not.  My passenger was Alfred heading to my brother's wedding, but I didnt make it :(  Kari did though!  she was a swanky lady in first class!

It's Bradley Day!

Third annual trip to Veraland, or Fort Fun, or Bradleyville!  

It was a good time, I got a few things, and I got a few things for others...working ahead, uh huh! uh huh!

Sara Vera leading the charge!

We made it in!  Pinkland!!!!

Ohhhh look who else was there! (My main motivation for going!)

Here we are with our haul!

And of course...a trip to Chik-fil-A!

Another great year of Vera Fun!  While we were shopping they were announcing next year's scheduled dates, who's in?!

The one and only

April Fool's Baby!

And she's ours and we're so glad

:)

The bday spread - thanks Dad!

 mmm cake! We love cake!

 Grandma and Moses stopped by to help us celebrate!

Happy Birthday Mom! And many more!

Sooooo Sappy

The other day, Sweets jumped in his car that was parked in front of my house and noticed that it had rained on his car, but apparently, nowhere else.  Hmm... we have weird weather here in Michigan, but not that weird.  After a smudgy windshield wipe, and a daring taste test, it turns out the sugar maple in my front yard was giving off SAP!  

A little hard to see, but you can tell that's not a clear windshield!

We were going to tap the tree for kicks, but the equipment and process is a little more involved than one might think! But if you've got the necessary stuff, feel free! :)

Dedicated

That's our Mr. Moses! He's all dedicated and such.

We made the trek to Boyne the other weekend to witness and celebrate with the Marv and Linds their dedication of Moses.

Marv and Linds wrote a little something and then read it

Sealed the deal with a pastoral kiss

He wore his daddy's outfit for the occasion

All smiles with Grammy and Granpy

Dedicated to teaching him to love the Lord and serve him faithfully. 

Dedicated to raising him in the church and with Christian principles.

Dedicated to being held accountable by family and their community of believers.

I'm sorry, but it's the best

St. Al's.  It's the Walleye.  What can I say?  

I'm still willing to keep trying, but so far...St. Al's in a landslide.  

To celebrate Marta's 10th, (I know, pick your chins up now) birthday, we all got together and ordered in some fish.  The breading does get a little soft, but not terrible, and the recommendation is to get baked potatoes, not fries.  And my word! does it beat standing in line!

 The Catholic PTO serving it up?

Smile if you like fish!

He liked fish fry #2 better too

Jennifer and Momifer

What could be better than something in an American Girl box?!

We're finished with fish for now - see you next year! 

V is for Family

On either side, my family name starts with V.

We celebrated Moses again, (there's so much to celebrate!) over the weekend with my mom's side of the family.  There were lots of girls to coo and lots of little boys to meet and grow up with in years to come!  Four of the last five babies have been boys!  oh boy!

Car seat parking only!

The food and the decor - Aunt Jean does such lovely work!

 Gifts and aunties

 My lovely cousin and me

Moses, and we, are so blessed.