Easter

4/24/11

The Easter bunny visited our house!  Owen was very excited to see his Easter egg trail leading to his basket.  We went to my parents for an Easter egg hunt, and for Owen to get his Easter basket.  We then had a nice Easter dinner with my Grandparents and the Sanders.  Owen got to play with Chloe, which he loved. 

Owen collecting his Easter eggs

O and his Easter eggs

He found his Easter basket

O and Erik

O found his Easter basket at Grandma and Grandpa's house.

Easter eggs hunting

He found another egg

Playing with the bunny at Grandma Eva's

Adorable Easter baskets at Grandma Eva's house

Chloe and Owen all dressed up for Easter

Owen trying to steal his ball back from Chloe

We found the Easter bunny

Owen getting his Easter basket from Great Grandma Eva

Grandma and Grandpa with Owen

Chloe and her Easter basket

Proud Grandmas rocking the sleeping babies.

Easter with the Smiths @ Munn

4/23/11

The Smiths had a family gathering at Munn to spend time with one another and visit with Ken and Beth who were visiting from Arizona.  We had a great lunch and everyone had a chance to ice skate or play hockey.  Here are a few great pictures from the day. 

Owen following all the guys

Owen getting his Easter basket from Grandma Krissy

Adorable picture of Owen walking around Munn

Erik and O cheering on the skaters

Brendan, Jarret, and Aaron playing Hockey

Ricker and Krissy

Me and Owen watching the skaters

Evelyn and Owen

Playing Hockey

Erik showing off his hockey skills

Owen and his grandparents

O snuggling with Aunt Lori

Dying Easter Eggs

4/15/11

Owen dyed Easter eggs at Grandpa and Grandmas.  He really enjoyed slam dunking the eggs into the dye. 

Owen and his Four Wheeler

A cute video of Owen in the driveway on Tuesday. 

One busy week!

This week has been super busy.  It seems like we are going 100 miles per hour.  On Sunday Owen went over to Grandpa and Grandma Sander's house to have a play date with Chloe. 

O and Chloe greeting each other... almost looks like they are going to high-five. 

Awe!  Chloe trying to hug Owen.

Playing with Chloe's music table

Proud Great Grandparents

Chloe and Grandma Eva

Grandpa and Owen

After playing with Chloe we went to my parents for dinner.  After dinner Owen got to drive Grandpa's tractor around the yard.  He loved it, and was waving to everyone while driving. 

First diving experience

Driving around the barn

Eating grass... yum

After school Monday we went over to the Anderson's to celebrate Noah's 1st birthday!  Owen was so excited to play with his buddy. 

Birthday Boy Noah

Noah and Owen playing in the ball pit

Noah opening gifts from O

Owen and Noah having a chat

Tuesday after school we gave Owen a surprise outdoor toy: a Kawasaki 4 wheeler.  He loved it!

O's Walking

Owen's been walking for about 3 weeks now.  Here is a cute video of him walking from the kitchen into his bedroom today. 

St. Augustine Part II

4/5/11
We woke up Tuesday morning to a tornado warning for St. Augustine.  Luckily by the time we saw this on the news the warning was ending.  Since the morning was a bit gloomy we decided to check out the Pier, and the Alligator farm.  Once we were done at the Alligator farm the sun was out and Owen was ready to hit the beach.  When Owen finally crashed Erik ran to get us some take out Mexican.  We enjoyed our dinner on the balcony with a wonderful view of the Atlantic. 

Erik and Owen on the St. Augustine Pier

Owen excited to see the alligators

O decided to take a food break at the zoo

Owen loved this fake alligator

St. Augustine Beach 2011

O didn't like the feel of the sand on his knees, so he bear crawled everywhere



So proud of our little walking nugget



Enjoying our balcony

What a view! 

4/6/11


Wednesday was a beautiful day.  We headed into town to check out Castillo de San Marcos fort.  After touring the fort we walked along St. George Street.  Owen fell asleep during our walk so we decided to drive over to my favorite road in St. Augustine- Magnolia Street.  We spent the afternoon soaking up the sun.  We rented two chair and an umbrella for Owen to play under.  Best $20 spent of the whole trip.  After a long day of sightseeing and playing on the beach we packed up to get ready to head back to MI.

At Castillo de San Marcos

Inside the fort

Erik going through the tunnel into the artillery room

View from inside the fort. Hard to believe they fit 1,500 people in here!

View from the top of the fort

Inside one of the lookout towers

Owen loved the feel of the fort's walls. 

Owen got to meet one of the reenactors

The original gates of St. Augustine

The oldest schoolhouse in America

Owen in front of a grist mill

St. George Street

Magnolia Street

One of the lions that guard the drawbridge

Owen walking around the chairs

Playing with his trucks in the sand

Owen playing "where's Owen" with the umbrella pole.