Crystal Mt 2013

We had a fun and busy time for the four days we were away at Crystal Mt this year. We went swimming, played outside, spent time as family, rode the chair lift and spent some time relaxing too. Here are some pictures.

Roedema Cousins



 On top of the mountain after riding chair lift games and music

 Free Face Painting Too..getting his blue beard. He was a little embarrassed.

 

 Sparkly Heart

 Playing after supper



 At the water park. Levi loved the Lilly pads. Learned to jump far!

 Daddy Chasing Maci at the pool..she loved the slide behind her

 Getting wood for the campfire. They worked hard at this

The Cabin where part of us stayed..very nice in the woods..peaceful

Chair Lift Ride, A little scary. Hold on Tight.

 Grandpa and Luke laughing hard

Campfire at the cabin

 Craft Time with Aunt Al.

 

Water Balloon Day

The other day it was so hot! The night before at dinner we proposed a water fight Daddy and Levi vs. Mommy and Maci, boys vs girls. Ryan filled up more than 50 water balloons and of course the fight was over in about 10 minutes. But the kids had a great time. They laughed so hard when Ryan hit me with a balloon. Then we all ganged up on him.

Allendale Splash Pad

This past Sunday afternoon we took a ride to Allendale and played at the park and went to the splash pad. We picked up a pizza for supper and had fun running the bases at the ball diamond, watching the kids at the splash pad and playing at a new big park with different toys.

Really Tall Slider

 Really Bad Picture..but here we are eating pizza

 Luke watching as we played run the bases

Love this picture of Ryan running "home" !

Random Pictures

Last day of Day Care for the Year at Sandy's. Levi, Maci, Claire and Ian 

The Brothers Hanging Out 

Go Tigers!

Boulder Ridge Safari Park

Last week we had an outing to Boulder Ridge Safari Park in Alto. It was ton of fun with all the Roedema cousins and Grandpa and Grandma. The kids saw and petted a lot of different animals. They had giraffe, peacocks, wildebeest, ostrich, antelope and zebra to name a few and whole lot of little reptile and spiders. We went on a safari bus ride and played in the sand box before a picnic lunch. We had a few seconds where we thought we lost Maci but just so happens that when the safari bus stopped she got off before the rest of us and was waiting for us by our strollers. Levi didn't want to get off the bus until Katelyn and Grandpa did. Luke tried to sound like a little monkey when he saw all the animals..he just takes it all in.

Ludington State Park Camping June 2013

We had a great time camping this year. We left Luke home with the Grandparents so that we could enjoy some time with Levi and Maci and with past experience we knew that taking him along would equal alot more work and stress. We camped for two nights and ended our trip a little early due to forecasted rain. But the two days that we did have we so much fun. The best part was seeing how much the kids just enjoyed being dirty, outside, how they played with each other and experienced the little joys of the camping trip.  We started out and stopped in New Era to County Dairy Farm. It broke up the ride a little for us and the farm tour was fun. We got to see the whole milk process right to where they bottle the milk. The highlight was the endless samples of fresh chocolate milk to try.We had Levi pack his bag himself and we usually check it but did not and he only packed one orange t shirt. They were also were scared of going in the shower with us so no baths for a few days for them. I did tried to wipe them down at night.:) We set up our tents and Levi was more than helpful to help Daddy with that part. We had a campfire both nights and Levi probably asked 50 times each day when we would start the fire. He loved doing this and now claims that he is the best smore maker. He would get so upset when I would get the stick too close to the fire with the marshmellows on the end. The first night they went to bed around 10pm because it was so light out and so much noise around us. The second night we all had to take cover in the tent around 845pm because of rain and stayed there till morning. We colored, played games and told stories to past the time and they were so content doing this.They went to sleep easy that night. We stayed mostly dry but everything else around us was wet. They were not scared of the rain  Levi and Maci both loved riding their bikes and we took longer bike rides with them in bike trailers. I pulled Maci in her " princess carriage" and Ryan pulled Levi. We saw racoons and deer on our rides. Levi and Ryan bought some worms to attempt to fish but no luck. We saw a ton of fish but no bites. We also went to the lake to swim and Maci was so tired afterward she fell asleep in the bike trailer and took a  two hour nap in the tent. We went out for supper and breakfast to make meal planning easier and ate lunch at the camp with  alot of snacks in between. On the way home, we stopped in Silver Lake for a dune ride a sort of compromise for leaving early..Levi was so upset but there was no way we were going to spend another night in the rain. It was beautiful day there and the dune ride was fun for everyone. Levi and Maci both were tired after this and slept in the car all the way home.

Levi will you marry me? Levi: Mace will you come talk with me by the fire. Maci also holding her "tiny" . Here "she is drinking me" as Maci would say. Maci was really listening at the dairy farm

 

 So scared of the cows

Me and Maci by the fire

 Silver Lake

 Fun day by the beach

 Loved camp fires and smores

 Getting ready to cast..into the woods, weeds and sticks. Levi got better at it and finally moved to the bridge where he could just drop the line in.

 Levi wanted to take a picture of Mom and Dad. Good memories made!

Luke's First Haircut

Luke was blessed with an awesome amount of hair from the day he was born. Dark black hair that lightened up and never fell out just kept getting thicker and longer...fast. Last week, I took Luke over to my neighbors to get his first cut.He needed it. Luke was scared at first but I held him during it and he was fine.  He was so relaxed that he closed his eyes a few times during the cut. He looks so big and grown up now.

 Looking Like Bozo..ready for a trim, scared that I left him in the chair

 All done! Big Boy!

 Stop taking pictures..I want lunch

Met Dad and Kids at Park afterward..then home for lunch