Happy LOVE Day

Hope you gave lots of hugs and kisses to peeps you love this valentine's day - Sadie sure did!

LOVE was in the air and so was some yummy chocolates from Grandma & Grandpa J

Reeds Lake Kite Festival '09

Yes, the SUN was out in Michigan in February and it was about 50 degrees - what an amazing weekend! People just seemed to be in better moods and smiling more. I love what a dose of sunshine can do.

We spent Saturday afternoon at the Reeds Lake Kite Festival with some good friends. We had a great table on the deck, friends to chat with, some beers, free hot dogs, and cool kites to look at. It was a pretty perfect Saturday!

The dads carting around the little ones

The Custers enjoying the kites and beers on the deck

YAY, we ran into Robert, Genevieve, and Michele - it was super nice to see them. They've been incognito for a while with some yucky sickness. Plus, I am so happy Kurt finally got to meet these guys - he wasn't sure they really existed :)

Watching all the kites, kids, and dogs on the lake

Chicago Trip to Meet Baby Desmond

YAY for Baby Desmond!!!

What a doll and he looks exactly like his daddy, Jason (good thing he's a cutie, too). Let me tell you, this kid loves to eat, sleep, and poop a TON. He seems to do everything with extreme passion. I only heard him cry 2 times while I was there and he is just such a little angel! Mom & dad are very lucky to have such a chilled out baby :) New parents have it rough - I remember those first few months and it is baby bootcamp, so we decided to head over to Chicago and help out. Sadie was a huge help of course (just being cute and all). 

Jason & Margaux with new baby and Sadie - Wow, she can almost touch the ceiling (okay, not really). Hanging out in their new bright orange kitchen... LOVE IT!!!!

Just hanging out and relaxing with Desmond. He's pretty neato!

HILARIOUS - big yawns

At brunch with friends - it was soooooo great to hang out with everyone and eat yummy food at Feast. 

Winter in Ludington

We LOVE going up to visit Grandma & Grandpa Johnson in Ludington. Especially when there is a ton of snow to play in. We have had such a great winter sledding, snow shoeing, skiing, and just enjoying the beautiful snow. Okay, so we are kind of ready for spring and long walks outside, but winter in Ludington is pretty darn magical!

Yep, this is in my folks backyard. It is so pretty that it takes your breath away.  We went back here to go sledding, but it was more like pulling Sadie up and down the hill. Kurt got a pretty good work out! Grandma J tried to get Sadie to eat snow, but she was having none of it. 

Let's teach them young. It was funny because Kurt said that he would not let Sadie have a toy cell phone and now she has 2 play cell phones and my old real one!

Grand Rapids Children's Museum with Angie and the Boys

Angie and the boys came to visit us over Christmas break and we had such a blast! Here are some fun pics from our time at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum. This place is just fantastic, especially on cold and snowy days. 

There was this crazy mirror triangle thing you could climb through and they loved it. It was super fun to take pics of, too. Below is Garren with his missing bottom tooth!

...and Sadie, Garren, Connor, and Owen playing at the drive-in bank.

Give me some money!

Owen putting together the choo choo tracks - he is all about building stuff.

Happy Birthday, Owen #2 RULES!!!!

Happy Christmas and Merry New Year!

We had such a wonderful and busy Christmas and New Years that I have not posted anything in ages... I am so sorry. So, what have the Devlaeminck's been up to?

Our Christmas was wonderful. We headed over to Angie and Adam's place the day before xmas eve and I surprised Kurt with Pistons tickets! I had a t.shirt wrapped up for him and was about to tell him my surprise when our sitter said 'are you excited for the Pistons game?' - OH NO!!!! Oh well, Kurt said he had a suspicion that we were going to the game. He said he saw they were playing the Bulls, so he put 2 and 2 together  - what a smarty pants.

The crew having some drinks during half time (the guy in the background wasn't with us). Had such a blast hanging out with Angie and Adam and of course the Pistons WON!

Christmas Eve was wonderful!

We had some fun times playing the snow, making a snowman, and going for a walk (or sled).  That evening, we had a great spread of yummy appetizers, cookies, and of course toasted the holidays with our traditional Pina Coladas! So, we didn't have warm weather and sunshine, but we had some yummy foo foo drinks :) Angie organized a very nice little service, we sang some carols, and opened presents... it was a fantastic x.mas eve with a fabulous family! 

Garren & Connor posing with their totally AWESOME (and very heavy to make) snowman. 

Sadie thought she'd make a great head to the snowman

Sadie, Owen, and Connor on a sledding adventure

Christmas Cheers - Our traditional Pina Coladas - yummmmmm! Sorry, Kurt to chop your head off - no, it wasn't because I had too many coladas! (connor, garren, sadie, grandma j, owen, alisa, grandpa j, angie, adam, and kurt)

Angie mixin' the magic

Sadie in her pretty Christmas dress (if you've seen this dress before it's because it was also her pretty 1st Birthday dress)

On the lookout for Santa

What, Yoda showed up to Christmas? Oh, wait... nope, that is just Sadie. Sometimes I feel like she does use jedi mind tricks on us...

Yay, time to open presents!

Look how adorable these 3 boys are? Waiting so patiently to open their gifts.

Garren wrote a note to Santa and I think it worked because when we woke up there was a bunch of really cool stuff!