April Pictures

 This was our first dinner at a restaurant with the kiddos! They did great and we had fun sitting outside, enjoying a beautiful spring evening.

 Poor Willie got dressed up like a girl when he was at his friend Avara's house.

 Once again, we participated in the March of Dimes walk for babies.  We were able to see Vicki and Dea, two of our favorite nurses who helped Will and Erin, and the NICU pastor.  This year our parents joined us in the walk along with the Toomans and Paul and Renee Sommer-Beagle (another nurse). Everyone came back to our house for pizza after the walk.  It was cold and rainy walk, but of course, we had fun!



Happy Easter!

The Easter Bunny found Will and Erin in Escanaba. He left them each a basket/bucket of goodies (books, bubbles, blocks, Goldfish Crackers and cars).  We got ready and went to church at my grandma's home.  Since it is a Catholic home, they have weekly mass there.  Easter Mass was packed! As you can see by the pictures, we sat in the hallway.  It turned out to be okay because the kids could move around easier. After mass, we took many family pictures. They turned out great and will be treasured forever. We enjoyed some more yummy cookies and then got in the car for our 6 hour drive home. We are so glad that we made the long trip to Escanaba to spend it with everyone!

My cousin Jason with his daughter Grace who is holding Erin.  They sat like this for 5 minutes and then Erin decided she wanted to sit on another lap.

Aunt Sue thought Will wanted her to hold him.  It turns out he was just using her for her pretty necklace.

Grandma with her oldest grandson.

Oma is loving the time with 6 of her 7 great-grand kids. We were just missing Bella.

Family picture minus Uncle Jeff and his family

Grandma and her grand kids

4 generations- I remember taking a picture similar to this one in my grandma's living room. It was with my Oma (my grandma's mom from Germany), my grandma, my mom, me and my sister.  The picture was taken about 28 years ago.

Erin and her cousin Hannah

Snuggly little girl.  I love when she puts her head on my shoulder.

The girl loved the cookies as much as I did!

Will spent time with Tyler, his only boy cousin, on this side of the family. Tyler liked having
another 'guy' around too.

Will is stretching his legs in the gas station parking lot while we traveled home.  The kids were great and we only stopped one time for gas!  They only slept for 45 minutes on the way home too.

March of Dimes Bike

Paul Jr. talked to the crowd after he rode the bike in for the big reveal. 

Back in March, we had an opportunity to be apart of another special March of Dimes event.  This one was a taping of the show American Choppers Senior vs. Junior.  The owner of Lamar Construction in Hudsonville, MI, contracted Paulie Jr. to build a bike for the March of Dimes.  The bike build and bike reveal was part of the show.  There were over 500 people at the filming of the bike reveal at Lamar Construction headquarters.  Paulie Jr. and Vinnie (from the show) were there too.  The bike is on display around Michigan until November.  Raffle tickets are being sold for $20.00. This is the first street legal bike built by American Choppers.  All of the taxes and title fees are being paid for too.  If you would like a ticket, please let me know. 

Being a past March of Dimes Ambassador Family, we got to cut to the front of the line and go on the stage with the bike. 

March of Dimes personal on the left and past Ambassador Families in the middle and right.

Will and Erin's March of Dimes Ambassador Family board.

It was an exhausting night!