Happy 18th Anniversary!

Happy 18th Anniversary, Dad and Mom!!!

We love you so much!
Thank you for being such wonderful parents,
you are awesome!!!

Meijer Gardens

Last weekend we went to Meijer Gardens for my parents anniversary (I am going to do a post on them if I can find a picture... :D); a gift from Grandpa and Grandma K.

I didn't put these pictures on in any order, but this was a perfect one to have first!
It was beautiful. :D

Baby Ian sleeping in the log cabin.

This is my favorite picture from the trip!

*Best friends*

Children's Gardens

So pretty!

Tree fort

Thank you Grandma and Grandpa!!!

~M~

Fun with Aunt Robbie and Uncle Tom

Aunt Robbie and Uncle Tom took us to their campsite yesterday and we had a picnic. It was so much fun!

Ian found this lighter in the sand but it didn't work. He couldn't tell the difference though!

I love him!
(even though I was attacking him with cherry seeds at the time)

Sisters <3

Lainie

Me pretending I was drowning

Cutie!

Love her!

Oldies

Me and my best friend!

THANK YOU SO MUCH AUNT ROBBIE AND UNCLE TOM!
We love you!

-Andrea- John 15:13

Just like Daddy

Seth and Dad mowing the lawn. Well, one of them was mowing the lawn. :D

The other day Seth went outside with a mask, gloves, and a spray bottle and was "spraying" the trees (with water)--just like Dad. He wants to do everything just like Dad does. Almost every day he reminds us that he wants to be "big like Daddy". :D

Alaska-Part 5-More family pictures, by color! :D

The Chester kids
We took a picture of the WHOLE entire family. Each smaller family had their own color shirts. Then we took pictures of smaller groups of people...

Stavros/Kimball kids
L to R:
Uncle John, Uncle Paul, Uncle Ronald, Uncle Matthew, Mom, Aunt Rose and Aunt Amy

Emily and Seth
After we took the pictures we went to dinner in our colorful shirts.

Andrea and Mia
We love Mia!!!! We haven't seen her in.. I think 3 years. We had never seen her brother, Kent, before the trip.

Ian and Lydia

Alaska-Part 4-Family pictures

One evening at dinner we took a whole bunch of pictures of the family.

Uncle Matthew, Andrea, Lydia and me

Mom and Aunt Jackie

Uncle Matthew, Aunt Kyoko, Miyako and Kent

The Stavros kids!

Mom and Uncle John

Adam and Mom

Mom and Dad

Alaska-Part 3-Fun on the ship

Adam and Miyako

Andi and me

Seth, Adam, Miyako and Ian watching for whales

Mia!!! :D

Mia swimming

Seth and Dad

Fun with Angelina

This week our cousin, Angelina, and our grandma stayed with us for a few days. We had a lot of fun with them!

On the trampoline

Andrea and Angelina

They started off playing on the Slip 'n' Slide....

Then our neighbor invited us over to go swimming! :D

Grandma and Mom

5 years.....

Ian turned 5 today!
He is getting so big and sweeter every day. We love Ian! He is such a blessing to our family.
Ian likes:

Parsley!
He and Seth will go out and pick it straight from the garden.

Playing with Seth.
He got this sword for his birthday-well actually he got two of them. Because everything is more fun when you have someone to play with!

Family... and oreos! Mom and Andrea made him an oreo ice cream cake for his birthday. :D

He also likes animals, Playmobil, trampoline, siblings, farms, friends, taking pictures..... and lots more.
Right now he is learning: How to ride a bike and how to read. He asked for school books for his birthday! :D He is definitely enjoying learning, although it can be frustrating for the person teaching him, because he gets distracted very easily! :D

We are so incredibly blessed to have Ian as a part of our family. I'm not sure what life would be like without him, but probably quite a bit less exciting. It is so much fun to see him grow and learn. He especially loves to learn about Jesus.
We love Ian!!!!!!