So much to say, so little time

What a great vacation! We had a great time at Mom's in Alpena. Amanda loved our two trips to Connie's Country Cafe (her favorite place in the world for breakfast). I loved not waking up every morning and going to work. I also really loved being outdoors so much. My mom also got a new iMac, which I had a lot of fun setting up and playing with. The boys and I made fires outside almost every day. The boys loved all of their new toys and also loved being outside.

It was also great to see Tricia and Alex and especially Davy. It is fun to not be the only one in the house with a crying baby. She is very cute. Our boys thought is was fun to hold her. A little girl is a novel thing in our family.

On our way home, we spent the night in West Michigan. With our friends the Arendts (4 kids), the Goosens (1 kid) and our kids (3), there was a lot of fun had. We also stopped in and saw Amanda's friend Jamie (Ritsema). We then spent the night in Chicago to pick up Shube and had another birthday party for Caleb. It was great to see all of these people that we don't get a chance to very often.

With all of this driving, the boys were champs. We watched a lot of movies in the car. (Tricia gave the boys the original Star Wars trilogy on DVD and we watched all three). We are glad to be home though. Happy New Year to everyone.