other happenings

In other news we fished a piece of jaw bone left over from my wisdom teeth extraction out of the back of my mouth yesterday. It's the strange looking thing on the left. I knew there was something funny going on back there.

Jackson said it was too small to show up on the panoramic x-ray which led me to wonder, if that was small then how big were the other pieces they took out?

more pictures

Jackson left out a few. Hagar's Viking Kubb, I am not kidding when I say that the girls decimated the boys. I think it was 4 out of 5 games.

We made a stop at Grandpa's farm.

Derek said he fulfilled his life's mission when Uncle Cleston let him drive the tractor. I am pretty sure Bennett felt the same way when my Dad took him for a ride on the four wheeler.

Another tractor.

The wheel of yet another. It was taller than Chelsea, the wheel that is.

All of my siblings at Old Faithful and Jackson's first trip to the Antler Arch.

Old Faithful

Bison.

Cheboygan.

Kayaking.

Mackinaw to Yellowstone

Since our last post, we have been on many adventures. First, we went spent a weekend in northern Michigan with my sister and her family. They were nice enough to let us stay in their friends cottage which was right on the lake.

We went to Mackinaw Island. The only way to get there is by ferry.

The boys loved every little detail of the entire trip.

No cars are allowed on the island, so the only modes of transportation are by horse and bike. In our case, tandem bike. It is small enough that we were able to bike around the entire island and then some in under 2 hours.

No, we are not on the island anymore. This is from our trip to Yellowstone with Cara's family. And no, those are not real bears. Bonus point for anyone who can tell me which one is a grizzly and which one a black bear.

Real bear

We also had a great time on our anniversary.

This beautiful woman and I spent a great night canoeing down the Huron river, eating at a great middle eastern place and getting ice-cream from our favorite place, Stucci's.

happy four years to us!

It is our four year anniversary! Here's to four years of marriage...

And here's to the next four!

P.S. Rachel and Camille I will have you know that the cowgirl shirt I am wearing is from the DI. Are you proud?

as of late

Blueberry picking. Plus a new hat. New for me at least. I keep finding old things of Jackson's to claim as my own.

1.5 hours yields seven pounds of blueberries. I have turned Jackson into my own migrant blueberry picker.

Doubles tournament with Mike. They played very well but lost to the champions three years running.

Jackson's birthday. We had a party with some friends, cake and speed mitten.

On Jackson's actual birthday he got a new iPod Touch and some new shades from the art fair.

dear neighbors

Dear Neighbors,
We don't really get you. Sure, clean cars are nice but do all three of your cars really have to be cleaned inside and out every single Saturday? Your cars are nice, we can respect that, but maybe a little dirt will give them some character. Honestly, save the whales, take one week off. Go do something fun.
From,
The neighbors who give you funny looks every Saturday as we drive by in our dirty Dodge that hasn't been cleaned in two years.
P.S. We know we shouldn't be proud that it has been so long since we cleaned our car but at least when we come home every Saturday we had fun. You just cleaned your car all day long. Literally.

happy birthday!!!!

Here are some things that I like about Jackson:
He uses catchphrases like "I'm in a dilly of a pickle"
He is really good at compromising- Some day I get to go to Australia, France, New York and London. So long as each trip coincides with the tennis open associated with that country i.e. Australian Open, French Open, US Open or Wimbledon.
His favorite monopoly piece to play with is Mr. Moneybags.

Happy birthday Jacks! Now let's go get you some nice black balloons! Good thing you are only 27 this year and not 28 like we thought!