Adeline's last night of swim lessons...

Adeline is our little swimmer.  She is a fish.

Adeline also has moved on from her past session graduating from poliwogs.

Good job Addy Kay we are so proud of you.  I sure do love her smile.

Andrew's last night of swim lessons...

We are very proud of Andrew and all the progress he has made this swim session.  Thank you to Grandpa and Grandma Bean for paying for this session.  Andrew has officially passed Pikes and has now moved on the Pikes 2.

Isn't he cute....I just love him.

Sissy was also very proud of her brother.  Good Job Andrew!!!

Andrew was so excited to have his very own ribbon.  He takes it everywhere.

Dinner, a jump, and a movie....

We had a fun night with the Rudd boys.  For dinner we had bourben chicken, followed by a jump and movie.  It's always a fun time with the boys.  We have to do this more often....

A very busy beach day

It was no surprise that July 6th would be a busy beach day.  The kids and I headed down to enjoy the nice weather.  When we got there we saw tons of boats.  It seemed to us that there were almost as many boats as there were people.

Adeline brings some of her beach barbies to play with on the beach so Andrew decided that he wanted to bring his Ken doll too.  There were a couple of times we had Ken and he didn't have any shorts on so I went searching and found his swim trunks so that he wouldn't be embarrassed anymore.

Daddy came and met us on the beach for lunch after work but unfortunately I didn't get any pictures.  I will get at least one picture of James on the beach this summer.

Fireworks

Instead of watching fireworks in Battle Creek and then driving home at midnight we decided to drive home at seven and watch fireworks with friends in North Muskegon.

Adeline and Georgia were stuck at the hip.

I think Adeline put Georgia down for this picture but she may be behind her.

We love the Corbin girls.

Andrew playing with his cool glow stick holder

Sophie and her Aunt Katie.  Any guess who Sophie looks like???

Me and my kiddo's

Here with my girlfriends.  We all got to hang out more after the fireworks.....it was a fun, late, night.

James and Great Grandpa

We sure wished our time could have been longer but we are happy for the time we had.  Thank you for coming to visit Great Grandpa and Carol....we love you.

Adeline Reading to Great Grandpa Bean

Before our visit was over we wanted to make sure Adeline read to Great Grandpa.  She did a great job and I could tell Great Grandpa was really enjoying it.  I wish I would have also videotaped Adeline reciting all the books of the bible for Grandpa but I didn't.  She did recite them flawlessly and it was cute hearing her say all the books with her new missing front tooth.

Pictures, Pictures....

Adeline got to open up her birthday gift early from Great Grandpa Bean.  She was so excited to see Georgia underneath the wrapping.  Great Grandpa and Great Grandma have bought Adeline I think five different dolls/babies and she still plays with them all.  A girls got to have dolls!!!

Great Grandparents with their Great Grandchildren

Family shot minus Josh (taking the picture) and minus Erin and Betsey.

Addy and Andrew with Great Grandpa and Great Grandma Carol.

4th of July Parade

This was a pretty fun morning.  We all headed to Marshall for their kid and puppy parade.  There were many dogs dressed up and a lot of kids riding bikes, walking, or being pulled in a wagon.

Then we sat and listened to their community band play many great patriotic songs.

We ate lunch and enjoyed our time.

Great Grandpa Bean and Great Grandma Carol enjoying the music.

Me and my love.  

Josh Bethany....check out your faces here.  I am sure you aren't even looking at each other but it does look like you guys are mad or fighting :)

It's been two years since.....

.....the kids have been able to hug their Great Grandpa Bean!!!!  And they couldn't wait.  I think he was pretty excited about seeing them too.

Right away Grandpa came out to greet us and wanted to pick each kid up and give them the biggest hug.

We then made our way inside where we saw Great Grandma Carol and the kids were able to talk with Great Grandpa.

I wish we would have taken another four generation's picture.  I just didn't think of it.  But here we have three Bean men...

This was so sweet to watch Andrew talk to Great Grandpa.  Andrew was telling him stories and rubbing Grandpa's arms while he was talking.  Once we turned on the camera Andrew stopped and we weren't able to capture it...but I can still picture it in my mind and that memory will last forever.

Tooth #3

Today while we were eating lunch after church Adeline says "hey Mom, look".  When I look over I see her tooth completely twisted to the side.  Up until now I have left it up to her but the thought of her swallowing it (and possibly choking) was no longer her decision.  As she started to cry I told her that I was going to pull out the tooth and that she needed to trust me.  I asked her to open her mouth and while she was still crying I pulled out the tooth and put it up where she could see it.  She didn't even feel it and it didn't even bleed.  She was instantly on cloud nine bouncing around the house talking about the tooth fairy.

A night with the Morse family

Tonight we went over to the Morse house in New Era.  Adeline and Andrew were very much looking forward to going all day.  We were originally planning to go to the beach for the day but it was cloudy and rainy so we decided on dinner in the evening.

We played a fun game of kick ball....we were all so sweaty by time the game was done.

Then the kids all headed over to the playground....with their stuffed animals.

Missy picked up some fun fireworks for all the kids to enjoy.

It was a fun night....thank you Morse family!

Hanging by a thread....

We'll see how long this tooth will stay inside Adeline's mouth.  Right now she can push it all the way forward and all the way back.  Once she can twist it I don't think I'll leave the choice up to her...I'll just pull it out.  It makes me nervous about her actually swallowing it.