Allison Loves to Dance

Allison Loves to Dance

I know we recently shared a video of Allison Dancing, but I just got this one off from the camera and it just made me laugh. The minute she hears music she gets so excited. Nicholas and Gabrielle love to listen to Veggie Tales Cd's in the car. One of them is Larry Boy and the Larry Boy theme song is quite a neat song. For several months now, the minute that song starts Allison starts bobbing in her car seat. She gets so excited. Anyway, she got this toy for her birthday and once we got it playing a song, she joined right in.
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Allison Walking

Allison Walking

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July 20, 2006

Paul picks up the biggest wheel order he has ever had. He could only fit about

1/2 of it in the van at one time. The total wheel order is for 300 wheels, which they need by August 4. A wheel building

marathon is on it's way!

New shopping Cart, Allison loves to push it around!

Allison's First Birthday

Allison's First Birthday

How time flies, Allison turned one year old on July 14.

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Camping July 20-24,2006

Camping July 20-24,2006

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When It Rains It Pours!

When It Rains It Pours!

When It Rains It Pours!
We haven't been known to get a lot of rain here in Ravenna lately! As a matter of fact, they have been saying that Nunica is one of the furthest below normal rainfall areas in West Michigan and we are less than 10 miles northeast of there. Anyway, the other day, the story was finally the opposite. We were one of the few areas that got a lot of rain. Our neighbor's rain gauge had over 3 inches of rain in 4 hours. Check out what happens in our backyard when that happens. The lake that starts in our yard actually goes 3 more houses down the street before it dumped into an empty lot.

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Allison Dancing

Allison Dancing

(Our first try at publishing a video, it's a short trial run)

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July 10, 2006 Giving Papa a make-over.

July 8, 2006

Does Gabrielle's helmet look good on me too?

I'm ready to go on a bike ride Papa!!!

July 8, 2006 Don't let the bed bugs bite!
Apparently, we forget to say this to Gabrielle the other night, because some kind of bug definately got in her bed and got her bad!! Don't know if the pictures do justice but these are only a few of the biggest bites that she had. She probably had 6 or 7 more that we didn't get pictures of. There were a lot of them and they ranged in size the way up to silver dollar size!

July 7, 2006

Being silly for the camera.

July 7, 2006....I want my milk now!!!!

July 5, 2006... Boots again???
This time she's even got brother in on it.

July 4, 2006 Here kitty, kitty!
Allison was very interested in the
kitty, but once she touched it she
wasn't quite so sure what Grandpa
was getting her into.

July 4, 2006 - The Fourth of July. We spent the morning at the Kentwood Parade with Grandma and Uncles and Aunts. Then we took a little break for naps in the afternoon and concluded the evening with swimming, grilling and fireworks at Uncle Shawns. Unfortunately the pictures of swimming are non existent, it's hard to take pictures when you're in the water with the kids. We got plenty of shots of the parade and fireworks though. Nicholas and Gabrielle found the perfect spot for fireworks....sitting with Aunt Erin and Aunt Catherine pigging out on popcorn.

July 1, 2006 - Is it bedtime yet?

Nicholas literally could not stay awake at the dinner table. His eyes kept going closed and his head kept bobbing. One time, he fell asleep with the pizza actually in his mouth. He also, would kick his head back and hit it on the chair. Needless, to say when bedtime came around he didn't put up much of a fight.

June 28, 2006 - Can I help mama?

Well, up until the other day Allison was always "content" to play with the silverware rack in the dishwasher. She would occasionally crawl up onto the door and sit there, trying to get inside.






However, this time she figured out that she could also stand up on the door and reach the top shelf. Too bad, she won't be this excited about the dishwasher when she is 8 or 9 and it required to empty it.

June 25, 2006 Fast Asleep

Nicholas and Gabrielle in their new sleeping bags. They have the air mattress built right in. It was pretty cold, so they had to have another blanket on top, but they sure look cozy.

June 24, 2006 - Roasting marshmallows at the fire with Grandma and Grandpa. Gabrielle actually sat there for quite some time turning her marshmallow ever so slowly.

June 25, 2006 - What? This isn't my chair.

Allison decided it was really fun to climb into other people's chairs. She was especially proud when she climbed into Grandma's rocker.

June 23, 2006 ...Camping

Just came up from the lake camping. By the time the kids were tired from swimming they didn't want to walk back to the trailer. We just piled all 3 into the double stroller and Papa carried all our beach stuff. Turned out to be a perfect photo op though.

June 19, 2006 - Ha, ha, ha ha, I've got no clothes on!!!

Allison was actually not feeling well this day. She was vomiting most of the morning and not able to keep anything down. So instead of changing clothes multiple times, we just left her in her diaper all day. By the time, she began feeling better in the afternoon, she was definately enjoying the freedom of 'diaper only'.

June 19, 2006 - A new bike!

Well, actually Nicholas got a new/used bike that Grandma and Grandpa got from a neighbor. This enabled Gabrielle to take over Nicholas' old bike. She caught on right away to the pedaling thing and loves to go for a bike ride. It's not exactly a girls bike, but I guess the yellow will work, it just happens to say CATERPILLAR on it. She'll have to wait for the next size up before she gets a pink one!

June 18, 2006 - A thing for boots
First of all, Gabrielle has a thing for boots. From what I hear she comes by it naturally, as I have heard many stories of me and my little white boots. Anyway, she found her boots in the basement one Sunday afternoon. Shortly after that, we found her fast asleep on the floor in the den. Quite a shot....winter boots, sleeveless shirt and capris in the middle of June . I've included an old photo of Gabrielle in her boots from last year. Hard to believe how much she's changed.