These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things

Emmory playing princess



Aliya is always happy-especially outside


Playing in the sand at Grand Haven


Going to the beach


Taking a nap in the shade


Just a little glimpse of what a great week we've had!

California

We're Home!

We made it home from California at 12:30 am. Eric is dying at work he said since he only got 3 hours of sleep. I'm doing okay but will crash once I sit down. I had class this morning so my mom came over so the girls could sleep. Aliya slept until 10:30 and Emmory until 11.

I have the best travelers in the world! We couldn't have asked for better behaved children on the plane. We were even told that on the plane by different people. I'll update with some pictures once I get unpacked and find the camera!

5 Months - 3 Days = First Haircut!

Crazy hair after a bath!

Ponytail day.

Flying in the wind.

That's right folks! Aliya had her first haircut today. She was born with a head full of dark thick hair (very similar to her daddy's) and has not lost any of it. In fact it keeps growing. It is beautifully layered and lays very nicely. I decided it was looking a little straggely. Is that a word? Anyway, I got my haircut today and brought Aliya along. She got bangs cut because her hair grows forward right now and also got it cut in the back and along the sides. I think she looks like a flapper with a cute little bob. I guess people told me having girls was expensive. Especially if I start the haircuts at 5 months. Good thing the first one's free!

My little lady with her first haircut!

Beachin' It!

Friday after Eric got home from work we packed up the van and headed to Holland. If you know us we love the beach but don't get to frequent it quite as often as we would like. The evening was very hot and it turned out beautiful at Holland State Park. The water was warm enough for Eric and Emmory to swim in and breezy enough for Aliya and myself to sit and not get too hot. We were on the beach until 9:oo at night. Then we wrapped up the night with ice cream, how else?

Happy 4th of July!

Love Hate Relationship

This summer we have had some crazy storms resulting in large rainfalls. Our house+large rainfalls=STRESS! As many of you know we had a flood in our basement shortly after we purchased it and fixed it by building the great wall of Kentwood. Usually we feel very safe with our wall, except, when the power goes out. When the power goes out our sump pump doesn't work. We broke down 2 summers ago and bought a generator which has never been used until last week. Although we weren't completely stress free it saved us from a flood and from having to throw any food away after being without power 15 hours. Eric even got up in the middle of the night to check the gas and oil-what a guy! We didn't get any water and now we know we can be dry as long we have our generator. I posted one picture to show our lovely sunsets we get and why we love the pond but also two pics to show why we get very nervous.

Blog or Bust Part 2

Last night I set my blog up and even though the time posted says 9:09 it was actually 1 a.m. I decided not to try and mess around with pictures so this is my trial at that. Here's a current picture of Emmory and Aliya. Emmory loves talking to her little sister in a VERY high pitched voice. Surprisingly Aliya likes it and gives her big sister lots of smiles. Emmory is also getting more daring while she holds her with moving her around and even lifting her a bit. We have to keep an eye on her. Overall Emmory does very well with Aliya. Hope you all have a Happy 4th of July!