Potter Park Zoo

There is a sweet little zoo in Lansing and some of the cousins got together Wednesday to check out the animals.



I think they make bars and cages to keep the 'kids' out-why-to protect the animals of course! ha!







The kids really loved the bird cage-It was filled with hundreds of colorful birds that were flying and whizzing around-even between you.


Can you see the bird by Emersyn's shoulder?


....goat

..................Goat

................................ GOAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOTCHA~!

Then there were THREE.............

And then there were FIVE..........................poor little goat


lunch time

What is summer

What is summer without some bubbles (Eden & Shawn)

Or how about a hug


Or hey, lets kick


Or how about playing in the corn and weeds (Elle-with those grubby paws-to match her feet above)

Duct Tape

If you look really close---and with great caution-there is something in this crib that shouldn't be there:

Hence

The Duct Tape


I think this picture speaks for itself---------------------and yes, it works!!!!!!!

How to Eat Corn

You can eat corn many different ways-the twins seem to prefer all of them

Eating the husk (Elle)

Eating it Raw (Eden)

Eating it on the swing (Eden)

The Woods Family

Cyndi-my sister wife (no, not really................. inside joke), Jeremy, Molly and Tyler were here to visit this weekend and I snapped some impromptu shots of them

Shawn and Katia

Baby Girl Gallagher-their first- will be arriving sometime in November-We can't wait to meet you Alenee, Emberly, Hadassa, or whatever your name will be???????

Aren't they glowing?

Ummmmmm Shawn....................................who is pregnant? LOL

The flying twins

Eden

Elle

Grandma

Happy 3rd Birthday Emersyn

Our Niece turned three on the 25th of July--Happy Birthday Em!

Blaine's sister Carmyn-and her Emme

Transitioning!

About 2 weeks ago Eden finally realized she could get out of her crib. And so, a whole new journey lay before us-----Going from the crib to a 'big girl bed'. It took about 5 nights till I think she had pretty much adjusted. 5 nights of taking everything out of the dresser drawers, opening all the cabinets, pulling the 'sit-and-spin' over to the dresser to use as a step stool to crawl up on them and turning the waste basket up side down to stand on to get into Elle's crib (Elle did NOT like Eden joining her in her crib un-invited!!). I knew, just knew, that in 2 weeks time, we would be doing this with Elle. Well, I was right. Elle wasn't about to sit by in her crib and let Eden have all the fun. We are in this process right now w/Elle. The only thing is Eden is bored with the whole 'freedom' thing while Elle ran around her room the first night her big girl bed was set up like she had drunk 30 gallons of coffee. Oh, the other thing that has accompanied this is the undressing thing. Elle has taken off her clothes and diaper 3 times in the last 12 hours and has peed on the bed twice (yes, on the new set of sheets) and the floor. I am getting the duct tape out! AUGH!

Kristy and Andrew

Blaine's cousin Andrew and his wife Kristy of almost 1 year, surprised us when they showed up this week-all the way from Massachusetts. So, what a good reason to get together with all the cousins-----and have some corn too!!! (thanks Dad!)

(FYI-this corn is raw and they are still lovin it!)

Keira-- just up from her nap--

Colleen and Trevor-bet you couldn't tell they were siblings

Trevor's new puppy-is this not one of the cutest puppy pictures ever? He really is asleep here.

The still newlyweds

Elle/Eden-Ring around the Rosey

Great Grandma----and Evie


Kallyn

Kolton

This sweet little face could sell ALOT of corn. What a cutie!!!!!!