The Fab Four Reunite

The Fab Four....plus 1 and 2 belly's!

A MONTH AGO (ya I'm behind) our very dear friends Brody and Kylee came for a visit. Last time we saw each other we were saying our goodbyes after Daniel and Brody graduated from Thunderbird in 2011. That was THREE years ago! When it was just the four of us. Now we have Norah and as you can see Kylee and myself are expecting little ones! It may seem like lots has changed. But really, when you make life long friends, three years can go by and it feels like nothing.

We had a great time picking up where we left off. Playing games each night, quoting Arrested Development, and being our typical hilarious selves.

We took them to the shore to see Lake Michigan and introduced them to Pronto Pups. 

And I quote Kylee, "These are the best corn dogs I've ever had!"

We had probably the best weather we've had all summer, luckily, so we've been able to do some farmers market shopping, playing outside and walks by the river. As you can see, Norah made herself a new little friend;)

 Wow, do we sure miss these guys or what?! 

Hopefully it's not another three years before we see them again. But if it is, I"m sure it'll be as if nothing has changed!

PS. Please come back!

Happy Birthday Norah

Our not so little any more, Norah, turned two on Saturday! 

To celebrate we threw a fun party with all her "little" friends.

We had a SPRINKLE themed party. 

All things SPRINKLES! We were "SPRINKLING" Norah with love on her Birthday ;)

After lunch, opening presents and playing for a bit it was time to sing Happy Birthday and dig into the treat table of SPRINKLED goodies. Someone had an "It's my party and I'll cry if I want to" attitude about it.

But after Grandma helped her blow out the candles...

She was ALL smiles!!!

We had such a great time, Norah especially. A big thank you to everyone who came to spend her special day with us. That means you too Grandma Furnell! I have a feeling every birthday will take a tiny piece of my heart away each year. 

Tulip Festival

Each year Holland, Michigan hosts an annual Tulip Festival. We've lived here for three years and this is the first year we've been able to go! The town streets are lined with these picture perfect tulips as well as a park with groves and groves of beauty. 

There's also parades, a carnival, street vendors, shopping, mostly of the dutch origins. We did toured the tulips, did some window shopping but skipped the carnival. All I could see was spending $50 for Norah to ride the carousel over and over and over... Hoy!

But overall, our day was lovely and are looking forward to adopting the tulip festival as a Michigan family tradition. 

On a side note, if you were in the mood for some tasty "fatballs" you missed out! 

We, however, were not in the mood for "fatballs" so opted for a cozy pizza joint in Holland. It hit the spot! 

Norah was in agreement.