Monday, January 4, 2016

After Christmas Atlanta Trip

 Our family went with grandma and grandpa to Atlanta to visit our cousins. We spent two days
driving in the car on the way down and 15 hours in one day driving back. Here Mason is
working on a red tongue and sugar high.
Temps were in the mid 70s when we arrived and we
went right to their little park to play. Here Madelyn
and Hudson catch and look at lady bugs on a climbing
structure.

The five grandkids on the big swing at the park.
 Selfie........
 Everywhere we went Madelyn "collected" stuffed animals.
Here she is at Cracker Barrel with an armload of pink
horses. She did actually take one home. At one rest stop
on the way home she pulled out four black cats in one
arm and had three pink purses with horses on the other
arm. Fun but none made it home.
 Madelyn and Hudson would pile into the porch swing
with grandpa to eat fruit in the afternoons.
Madelyn and Aidan with fake pizza. He played well with little girl. Madelyn
used their walkie talkies to call in for the pizza order.
 We spent most of one day at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. We walked through
a tunnel in a huge tank where daddy showed Madelyn some fish overhead.
 Mason pets some sort of small shark.
 Madelyn pets a horseshoe ray.
Madelyn watched the Whale Sharks and other species in the 10 million gallon
salt water tank.
 All four boys wore their Ninja tee shirts that Daravia made for them in her printing class.
All five grandkids playing with the Christmas village Lego set.

Christmas Morning in Allendale

 Santa found our house!
Mason got a Scooby-Doo Lego set.
 Baby-girl wore new Minnie jammies.
 Madelyn opened this long box.
My own "atar"!!!!
Singing and playing for her audience.
 Mason opened a little Lego mini town. 
 Mario miniatures.
 Sister got hold of some of the miniatures. 
 Legos everywhere..........
 Doc McStuffin's band aids.

Mason Helping Grandpa before Christmas

 Mason and grandpa took advantage of the warm weather before Christmas
to trim Grandma Carol's bushes by the house. Mason's job was to cut up
the branches and stuff them in the garbage bag.
 Of course, we got some tree climbing in as well.
 Grandpa cut apart the bottom frame for three antique desks, so the new ends needed painting. Mason
loves to paint, so he did the work.
While we were working in the woodshop, Mason
found some wooden snowflake glue-ups and took
them apart. He said they looked like crosses.

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Birthdays and Getting Ready for Christmas

 What is this tree? It is prickly!
 Look at all the ornaments and figures! I can hardly keep my hands off them.
 CHEESE with the tree.
The "Frozen" princess and the tree.
 Mommy and Daddy had a birthday party for Sophie and
Grandma in early December. Sophie and Mike traveled
from Saginaw. Madelyn showed them one of her puzzles
 and Sophie helped her put it together. 
 Sophie loved Madelyn's dancing antics.
We even dance for the camera..........
 Mason helped Grandma blow out her candles.
Sophie smiles while Mason blew out most of her candles.
SUGAR. We love grandma's sweet rolls!

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Late November Travels

 Madelyn and mom pose at home with a bright rainbow in the background.
Mason helped grandpa rake leaves in Muskegon.
Mason also helped grandpa nail up heavy plastic on
Daravia's mom's porch windows. He did good
with the 20 ounce hammer!
 
 
We made our annual pilgrimage to Uncle Randy's mower shop in Macomb Illinois at
Thanksgiving. Madelyn got to drive a mower tractor while Mason danced on the truck trailer. 
 Uncle Randy's showroom is full of mowers to drive!
 Mason with Caleb and Hudson on a zero turn mower.
 Uncle Randy holds his cat "Mower" for Madelyn
to pet.
 The five cousins pretending to race mowers.
We also traveled to the Kendrick family farm at Melvin Illinois for another Thanksgiving
get together and got pictures taken of each individual family for Christmas cards.

Monday, November 9, 2015

Early November Antics

 More animals at Post Family Farm. This kitty loved being petted. Madelyn was happy to comply.
 The goats and sheep have the grass in their pen eaten down close, so they were right there
when Madelyn picked some better grass and offered it to them. They would gobble/lick/suck the grass in as fast as they could from her hand so other goats would not grab it.
 Everyone eats lunch with their swim goggles. For
Madelyn, this is just accessorizing.
 Pulling our self up on the bar above one of the big slides.
 We are fearless on the equipment now.
 Swinging on the big kids' swing.
 Mason helps grandpa make wooden Christmas
snowflake ornaments in the woodshop. Here he is
dunking them in the sealer after they are sanded the
first time.
We had a fish fry for Daravia on her 20th birthday and Mason helped
her blow out her candles. She is trying to hold him back from blowing
out all of them himself.
New way to wake up the 2-year-old from her nap. Put the brother in her bed!

Sunday, November 1, 2015

Halloween 2015


 Madelyn was Sheriff Callie from Disney Junior.
Grandma made her a vest to go with it.
Saying goodbye to grandma.
 We also had a Minnie Mouse costume.
 Mason was a Ninja warrior, go figure.........