12-27-09 Sledding

Alex's cousin Katie came in for a visit. We walked to the local sled hill and had some fun.

Katie even went down.

still going.....

She hit the snow jump...

She had a black coat at the top of the hill. now it is white.

she makes it up the hill with a smile.

Christmas Pic's

We had a fast and wild Christmas morning. We told Alex that he could not go downstairs until 7 in the a.m. and that he could only open his stocking before 8. I saw his light go on around 5;30 and he crawled into my bed around 6 and then at 6:59 he headed down stairs. Was good and did not get me up until 8. I was hoping he would do good since I was not crawling into bed until around 3am. Santa was very good to all of us this year. It was a year of trucks, guns, and cloths. Hope everyone had a great Christmas.

Grandpa Curt

Todd got a fishing pole.

Alex got money!!!!

Traffic cones

Train show pics

Alex, Grandpa and I went to Traverse City for a weekend. We went to have Christmas with Grandma and pa Morris. They were there for the opening weekend of the Train show. Grandpa is a train member. It was pretty amazing on the detail the guys go to for their sets.

When you sat in The big Thomas you could run the little one.

Some pic's of Grandpa's section

Lu Ann was also there running her son's train.

11-13 Work/fun at Dad's

Well it was a busy time, but we
also had fun. Three of my
brothers flew in and one drove
over. We had an old fashion
work party. We cleaned out the
closets, garage and misc. places
it was a lot of work but we had
some fun also.
Dana, Ron, Tony
Dad, Chris Alex, Randy
Todd was down but not in the picture.

Ron and Dana stripped the
wallpaper and hung new paper in the
main bathroom. What a "fun" job
It turned out GREAT.

Alex was a lot of help also.

We wanted to play some cards at

night. Dana had to look up the

rules on his phone.

Dad caught on film. His hand in the

m & m's bowl.

10-31 Halloween

Alex said he wanted to be a Waste Management garbage man. Thanks to Uncle Ron and the gift of a vest it made my life very easy.

10-24 Alex's party pic's

My little guy is 7 as of 10-23. I can not believe it. Alex (I think) had a nice birthday. Friday he got to go out to dinner and open a couple of gifts. Sat. morning before Dad went to work Alex opened his gifts from Mom and Dad. Sat afternoon was a party for some of his friends. We had it at a place that has an indoor play area. It has climbing things that are 3 stories tall. The kids had a blast. Alex wanted a construction cake this year. I did the best I could. He was concerned that he would not get his trucks and men back. But he did.




Happy Birthday to you... Happy Birthday Dear Alex....

Yes he blew out the candles in one try.



The kids took a break from playing to have pizza, cake and ice cream.

Alex in the play area.

10-18 Trip to the cider mill

It was such a nice day and who know how many more we will get. So after church Grandpa, Alex and I headed to the local orchard. We walked thru a corn maze, picked some apples and even a pumkin. Alex had fun getting the apples. We also could no leave withou getting a fresh donut and apple cider. It brought back fond memories of when I was little and we would all get packed up and head to the cider mill. Now Alex wants me to make apple sause like his Aunt Chris does.

Alex and some corn
Which way is out Dad? I have no idea.....

view of the kiddy maze from the platform

Apple time