Fishing with Papa

Behind Papa and Yaya's church is a small tank that are full of bass. Papa couldn't wait to take the kids and see what treasures they would pull out of the water. Turns out they hit the jackpot! It didn't take long when they put the hook in the water for a little tug and a nice fish on the hook.

Making special memories...it's what it's all about!

Zoo Trip

The kids have been so excited to visit the zoo with Aunt Sharon. She always takes good care of us when we visit her favorite place. Being that she is a docent at the zoo, she is able to get us in early before the zoo opens and on a cart to bypass all the foot traffic later in the day. 

Here we are on our special golf cart we rode on through the zoo. The kids loved it!

 The famous fountain (and some pretty cute kids as well!)

 The Wolverine

 Jackson loves eagles and couldn't get enough pictures of them with his camera.

 They loved being able to get up and close with the groundhogs.

 This girl cracks me up. She brought her journal to jot down her favorite things in the zoo.

 Sweet photo of Aunt Sharon and Jackson. I am pretty sure the next time we come in two years Jackson will be as tall as Aunt Sharon.

 The highlight of the zoo trip is always the polar bear cave. Thankfully the polar bear was cooperative and swam/walked on the glass above us.

 We love making our trip to the zoo with her and making memories that the kids always remember. The kids are already looking forward to the next time we come. We were telling them that our next trip they will be 8 and 10. That is hard to believe!

Loving MI So Far

So far in Michigan we have had a fantastic time! It is so good to be back with family.

This post is a picture overload, but there were just way too many to choose from. As you can see from the pictures we cherish our family time!

Grace loving on her new cousin, Kennedy

 GG with her newest great-granddaughter

 Jason and Grace having some playtime with Kennedy in the morning. She is happiest that time of day.

 Our family shot from our trip up north to Ludington. It was a great get-away for all of us.

The park had different sculptures throughout the ground the kids played on. I loved their posed ones.

 Papa and Yaya in heaven!

 AJ is always moving an up to something active. I couldn't find him and then I looked up and he was high in the tree. Such a handsome boy!

 Just like a little model...

 Grace and her friend, Chloe June. 

 Dinner at Rain Forest Cafe. The kids loved it!

 GG and Grace doing their favorite thing together; playing cards. They do it multiple times a day and have so much fun!

As you can see we are loving our time here together so far. We have some great things planned in the days and weeks to come. I'll be sure to keep it updated.