Sam's 4th Birthday

Sam turned 4 this September (he's the one in the middle), so we had a bash over at my sister's new house with pizza, cake, and ice cream. Chris is the goofy one holding Caleb, and on the far right is our oldest nephew Ben making the silly face. Boys will be boys, and I'm sure Caleb will fit right into the mix with his cousins!! What a good looking bunch of kids.

Lions Weekend

This past weekend we went to the Lions Packers game in Detroit with the Krosschell family. We drove to Detroit with Scott, Marc, and Jen, and met up with Brian and Tara (coming from Chicago). It was a ton of fun. Saturday the girls went shopping at Summerset Mall while the guys watched the Michigan game at Friday's. Then Sunday morning we went tailgating before the game and Jon and Cricket Potvin stopped by to hang out with us (they're huge Packers fans). The Lions almost pulled it out, but with 5 minutes to go they gave up 20 plus points and of course we lost. Then leaving the stadium we had to walk over a half mile to our car in the pouring rain (aka Hurricane IKE) because someone thought it would be cool to steal all our umbrellas!! I was more mad about the umbrellas than the game I think. Oh well, Lions are only 0-2 they could come back right? Superbowl here we come!!

What's our little man doing now?

Caleb is doing more every day. It's so amazing to watch him grow and learn new skills. He smiles every time we talk to him and say his name, and he loves to give great big hugs.

Labor Day Weekend

Every Labor day weekend we go somewhere with the entire DeYoung clan. For the past several years we've gone to the VanBuren Youth camp. We spend two nights in the cabins, eat in the camps dinning hall, swim in the lake, fish, and play games. This year was a little different now that we have an addition. We stayed in the same cabin as my parents. I was a little worried how Caleb would sleep, being that my dad snores very LOUDLY. But once we rigged up an outlet for the sound machine Caleb slept great. I only had to get up once to tell my dad to stop snoring so I could sleep.
Jeff was happy that my parents brought a mini TV, and I'm talking 3" TV, so he could watch the Michigan football game. He gets a little antsy every year because he has to miss the kickoff to the College football season.
Now it's back to the start of the school year. Jeff's back at work teaching two classes of remedial algebra and three classes of Advanced Algebra. He's happy to get back into the routine of things. I'm back to work also. I'm working part time and loving every single minute of it knowing I get long weekend every other week.........LOVE IT. Caleb is getting into a routine also. When I'm at work he gets to go to both Grandma's houses and every other week he gets to go to his friend/neighbor Laney's house. Things are good.

Boating with the "marshmellow man" and cousins Ben, Chris, Asher, and Grandpa.

Caleb loves his Exersaucer!!!

We also got a chance to hang out with some college friends over the last couple of weeks. Sara was in town with new baby Micha, and Lisa was here on her summer break from school in New York.