Tonight we rode our bike to Rileigh's school to meet the Hambergs and Meyers. The kids once again had a great time and us adults could actually hang out and catch up for a little while. Annika was super silly tonight as you can tell by the picture above!
All the kids pose for a few pictures. Can you tell the kids have been brain washed by their dad's about the Tigers?!? You will have to check Whitney's blog soon she took some cute one's of the kids. (Sorry Whitney nothing like me putting the pressure on you to update your blog!!)

Shipshewana

On Monday Night Whitney and I had a great idea to take all of our kids to Shipshewana for the day! 9:30 am on Wednesday we loaded 6 kids into my mini van and off we went. The kids did awesome and a great time was had by all.

Above is a picture of Rileigh and Lucas at the flee market.

Tyler and Jackson in the "diaper Changing Station" aka the back of the van.

Annika, Lucas and Reese finally finding a place that they could play for a while in the shops down town. Most of the shops downtown are not real kids friendly(minus this one) so the kids got reminded a ton not to touch anything. We made it out of the town with only breaking one small item! Not to bad!
The kids cleaning off in a water fountain. Thank goodness all the shops in this area was closed at the time!

On the way home Tyler had a small melt down and thought he needed to eat NOW! We stopped at in a parking lot to feed the babies and let the kids run for a while! We finally made it home by 10pm!

A great time was had with great friends!

Week in Review

Last week was a nice relaxing week over here! On Saturday we went to the Tigers game with our friends. It was raining when we left home and by the time we got to Detroit we would occasionally get a few sprinkles but not enough to stop us from tailgating! It was great to get away with just adults for a day, us girls where talking about how the whole day we did not having us call MOM a million times! Priceless!!!

On Monday we went to my sister in laws pool for the day and soak up some sun! Tyler had his first swim in the pool, He loved it!. Unfortunately I could not get any pictures b/c I was holding him the whole time! Maybe next time! The girls had so much fun hanging out with their cousins for the day and I enjoyed catching up with my Mother in Law and Sister in Law!

On Tuesday Michelle stopped over to pick up her sunglasses she left in my purse from the game and ended up staying most of the day to let the kids play! Again my kids had a great time and was wonderful to hang out with them for the day! Summer doesn't get any better then this!

Wednesday is Farmers Market Day! In Hudsonville they have a small farmers market that we have been going to this year, unfortunately the main thing we go for is Kettle Corn!! If you have never had it you have to try it! I never knew there was really a difference between that and Popcorn! ( I know, I don't get out much!!) Rileigh ended up spending the afternoon and evening with her cousin Taylin while Annika and Tyler went home for a nap.

Thursday I did the unthinkable!! I took 3 kids shopping to Holland during prime time nap time!!! Tyler took a nap in the van on the way out but Annika and Rileigh where in the back horsing around the whole time so Annika never fell asleep like I thought she would!! People must have thought I was nuts!! Tyler was in his car seat in the stroller and Annika spent a good share of time in the basket under the stroller!! She was so tired she almost fell asleep. I wish I had my camera!

Friday and Saturday we just hung out and ran a few errands while it was raining. Saturday night the Hambergs came over for a campfire and to let the kids run for awhile. Phil and Michelle's oldest son was so scared of our dog for the longest time but Saturday night he beat that fear and became good friends with bear! ! Way to go Austin!!!

Tomorrow it is back to Indiana for Derick and I! Have a great week!

Tiger take 2

Tomorrow morning the Hambergs, Meyers and Us are heading to the Tigers Game! Pray for no rain!!! We are looking forward to a day away, this week has been very busy for Derick and I know from here on out he will be putting in more hours, but we have to praise God that he has a job!
I am sure we will have pictures to post when we get back, but there will probably be no Red Wings in them. Sorry guys! I just don't think it will happen 2 times in a row but I could be wrong.
Enjoy your weekend!

Boating Take 2

Rileigh Skiing
Annika and Mom getting ready to go tubing. Annika was unsure about it at first but once we got going she had fun!
Tyler and Grandma. Tyler loves to ride on the boat even with his sister's purple life jacket on. We need to go get him his own now that we know he loves to boat.
Annika trying to catch Minos
Enjoying the ride with Dad

I had to throw this in. I came out of the house to find Rileigh and Morgan sitting like this! Very creative way of staying cool! The Happy Couple
"Charlies Angles"
My Angles!

Yesterday was just all together a great summer day! The kids and I hung out all day outside and at night we went to my dad's for some boating. We ended up taking Rileigh's friend "Belle" with us so Rileigh would have someone to tube with for hours on end. Belle had never been tubing before but she had a great time and we even got her and Riliegh up on ski's! Riliegh learned how when she was 4 but this was the first time she did it this year. The night was also full of lots of pictures for my sister Melissa's wedding slide show so I will thought I might as well included some on the blog! Enjoy!

4th of July

Boating at Grandpa's

Rileigh and Ethan
Annika and Mom Tubing
Boating Babe
Look mom no hands
Tyler's first boat ride
Annika and Emma

Camping

Better late then never! I have been trying to put this slide show together for the blog and as you can see the first try did not work and I have no idea how to get it off so sorry!

We had a great time camping once again this year. The group we go with is kinda a mixture of a bunch of friends and friends of friends but we all have a great time together and the kids get along so good. Tyler had a hard time adjusting to the camping environment ( but now I am wondering if he was coming down with an ear infection) Annika and Rileigh swam a ton and had a great time catching all the caterpillars, playing, and going to the candy store of course! The last night was the night that they had a hot air balloon take off from the campground (see slide show) the kids really enjoyed watching that. It turned into an eventful night in the Talsma Trailer! When I came in from the fire I tripped over Annika who had gotten up to go to the bathroom and had sat on the lid (down of course) to discover that she never pulled her pants down to go to the bathroom! Sweet I am now standing in what I thought was water but it is actually pee! I get in bed around 1 am and Rileigh now is bawling, her ear hurts her. Wonderful! So I was up all night with her until Annika falls out of bed! it was so our last night! I took her to the doctor to find out that she has a double ear infection! Does anyone see a pattern hear?!?
Now that half of our house is on Amoxcillin we should be on the mend! I hope!

Check out my Slide Show!

Ear Infection

We just got back from the doctor and he said one of his ears looks "suspicious." He did suggest to treat it, for that I was happy! So hopfully by the 4th we will have a happy baby! If not it has to be teeth. YUCK!

5 Months Old

Tyler turned 5 months yesterday! I can't believe how fast he is growing and learning new tricks everyday! He now has mastered rolling all the way across a room, dropping toys just to watch mom pick them up, and his new thing is that he holds his own bottle! I will admit that this is a huge time saver when needed but I still try to sit and hold him while he has it. Today I will be taking him to the doctor to see if he is fighting and ear infection, he has not been himself since camping so I would really like to rule the ears out.
I will post again when we get back.