August 2011
Week 2
Part 1: Sunday-Wednesday
8.7-8.10
Sunday we had a family day with Grandpa & Grandma Patches, Uncle Steve, Aunt Davee, Austin, Tate, Maci & our family.
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See the family resemblance?
Patches (with Gma Patches)
Back at Gpa & Gma's house, waiting for the ice cream boy
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...choosing their ice cream treats...
the big kids with their treats
Gpa, the ice cream boy & the cousins
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this is what it looks like when Noah gives kisses :)
sweet happy boy :)
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And since you can't complete your visit to Orange City without the obligatory photo in the wooden shoe... :)
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Windmill Park
Monday we went to Minnesota to see Paul & Laura.
We stopped by our friends the Groen's for lunch to catch up with them and meet Mika, who came home from Haiti in February!
Mika & Emily playing with playdough
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Lindy
The boys feeding their baby boys
Alex watching the girls play dress up:
Two princesses and a monkey wearing a tutu :)
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I SO wish they lived closer so that the moms... I mean, the girls... could have play dates more often. :)
6 kids under the age of 4
(Well, first try of this location!)
Tuesday morning we went to the Mall of America with Uncle Paul, Aunt Laura & Josephine
Emily has been asking to have her face painted for months, so we thought today was a good day to let her do it. :)
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[Back home at Paul & Laura's]
Tyler, Jill & Julia just moved to Minnesota this week (and live just one suburb over from Paul & Laura) so they stopped by for an hour or two after dinner and we went to the park.
Em was a little confused as to why her CA friends were there, but happy to see them nonetheless.
Noah & Josephine
No, we didn't plan to match them... we all got ready in separate parts of the house and then found they were wearing the coordinating monkey onesies from Target.
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Lunch at Potbelly's! Yum!
Laura introduced me to this delicious tea :)
This is one of my favorite photos of Emily...
maybe ever...
Uncle Paul & Em playing Kinect back at their house
{Noah kept trying to hold his cousin's hand}
Joey smiled!!!
...and then she cried.
...and cried a lot... (my kids weren't sure what to think)
...and then Noah decided he shouldn't let her cry alone...
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...and then this Mama put down the camera!
Reminder: this is just the first half of the week.
Thursday-Saturday's photos coming soon!
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