Bathing Beauty

Forget the lake, the ocean, or even the neighborhood swimming hole...all Betsy needs is 4 inches of water in an inflatable plastic pool!

Making Her Way in the World

Strolling with purpose on the boardwalk at Millenium Park

Corn on the Cob

Yummy!!

Betsy makes a friend

Last Saturday we headed down to Hobart, IN for my brother and sister-in-law's baby shower and Betsy made friends with beautiful little Olivia, Wendy's niece. They were so adorable together. It will be so fun to see how she and little Jake become friends when he arrives!

Joel and Wendy and Baby Jake William

Betsy LOVED Olivia's toddler bed...easy to climb in, easy to climb out (which is why she will not be getting a toddler bed anytime soon!)

Auntie Wendy, Baby Jake (in process), and Olivia

Betsy liked this cash register so much that Grandma Karen found out where Olivia's grandma bought it so she can get one for Betsy for her birthday!

Uncle Joel grabbing some food before heading out to golf with Daddy.

Grandpa John enjoying the lovely weather.

Playing store with Grandpa.

Betsy with two of her favorite people!

Convincing evidence that Joel and Wendy are going to be great (and fun) parents!

Betsy riding Olivia's "ca-er-piyar"

Betsy and Olivia...new best friends. (They kissed and hugged each other over and over...it was so cute.)

I'm a Bible Scholar!

You know the Bible 100%!

Wow! You are awesome! You are a true Biblical scholar, not just a hearer but a personal reader! The books, the characters, the events, the verses - you know it all! You are fantastic!

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OK...so it's not that hard to be a Bible scholar when the question is "In Jesus' parable, who stopped to help the man in need?" and the choices are (a) Don Knotts (b) Donald Trump (c)Donald Duck (c) the Samaritan.

Call Upon the Lord

Today Betsy bumped her head on the table corner...it was right before naptime so she was rather fragile and burst into tears that the bump didn't really merit. I picked her up and she began wailing, "Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!" Thankfully she only hears the name of Jesus in the right context or I would have thought she was cursing! I had to laugh, but it also made me feel good that she's equating Jesus with comfort (I think she was saying that because we've been singing Jesus Loves Me at bedtime and so she associates that with being cuddled and comforted.)

We've been working on weaning her from her bedtime nursing and the other day when she was upset about it she whimpered for Daddy and then after a moment when he didn't come, she whimpered, "Jesus." She was hoping someone would come and make Mommy give in! ;)

Ah...out of the mouths of babes.

Lori does it again...

I keep telling her...she needs to go pro!!

She took this tonight when we happened to meet up at the park with both kids and dogs in tow. Betsy and Devin had a great time running and rolling in the grass. So cute!

Heartbreakingly beautiful

My wonderfully talented friend Lori took this picture of Betsy on Saturday at the Great Strides Cystic Fibrosis walk. It leaves me speechless!

Tulip Time

We spent a perfect Michigan spring day in Holland at the Tulip Time Festival on Saturday. Betsy saw her first parade. She liked the drums and the various pretty girls in tiaras (Miss Asparagus Festival, Miss Pre-Teen USA, etc.). She DID NOT like the giant dragon balloon that had to be abruptly pulled to the ground to go under the trees right in front of us. She leapt into my lap and said, "Scared, Mama!" It was a little scary, I must admit! In spite of this it was a fun day!


Sniffing the pretty tulips


Daddy with a homemade caramel...not a cigar!


Still recovering from the dragon encounter.


In front of the pretty flower-covered fountain


Daddy and Betsy checking out the goldfish pond


Made in the shade with a Tootsie Pop

Summer Evening S'mores

Hanging out in the backyard, having some s'mores!



Daddy minding the fire.


Betsy going undercover...to get more graham crackers.


All giggles!!


Yum...I like my s'mores without marshmallows or chocolate...



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Band of Brothers

Here's Myron camping last weekend with the great guys in his men's group: Kevin Miles, Myron, Dave Turner and his son, Brian.

Kevin has just started a ministry called Go the Distance to help men become great fathers. Check it out here and learn how you can help!

Playtime in the Sun

A couple bowls of water and a spoon equals summer fun!





Dirt...another favorite pasttime!

Pretty in Peach

Daddy picked out this cute outfit while he and Betsy were on a date to Target. :) Daddy has good taste!

Checking out those ants again! (The other day I picked her up from the sidewalk and she was covered in little black ants...swinging from her hair like little Tarzans, crawling on her face and all over her arms and legs...agh! She didn't care one bit. Unfortunately the next day she put her hand in a pile of angry little ants and they decided to bite. She slowly brought her hand up off the sidewalk, looked at all those angry little bugs, and it suddenly dawned on her that all those pinches she was feeling were bites! Waaaa! But once I brushed them all off she was right back to her ant loving ways.)