Our Rottier Family

Saturday, August 04, 2007

Our UP Vacation Part 4...The Island and Butterflies

The kids weren't as impressed as we thought they would be with the butterflies...could be that it was like 90 degrees and humid where the butterflies were. The butterflies seemed to like grandpa the best and flew right on his back and neck twice!

Our UP Vacation Part 3...The Island

The ride to the Island was more than adventurous with three small children. I am thankful that Grandpa and Grandma Rottier and Aunt Kate were with us, or I think we would have lost one or two over board! The kids had a lot of fun, we went on a carriage ride around the entire island. Luke took a couple naps during this time (sorry no photos yet, Aunt Katie took those on her camera!) The horses mezmerized Jake! He couldn't get enough of them. Anna REALLY wanted to pet every horse and dog that she saw...it certainly was an interesting and TIRING day!

Friday, August 03, 2007

Our UP Vacation Part 2

I was attempting to copy-cat my good friend in Colorado and get an adorable shot of my 3 angels in their matching American Flag shirts...except that they would be in front on the Mackinac Bridge instead of Estes Park. Well, my children don't comply with mommy's rules. The one shot that is decent...you can't see the bridge! GRRRRR! Oh well, I guess my 3 are actually monkies not angels!

Our UP Vacation Part 1

We went up north for the weekend just to get away for the everyday life. The kids did awesome on the way up. We stopped at our traditional spot on Lake Huron just before the bridge. The kids had a blast trying to walk through the water, the rocks were very painful and sharp, but that didn't stop them!!!

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

We got Butched!

I wasn't very good about getting the boys in to have their hair cut in a timely fashion, so they really got A LOT of hair cut today! Even our hair dresser, Laura, was shocked at how much hair she had to take off! Isn't it amazing how close in size the boys are now? Luke had his one year check yesterday. 28 pounds and 31 inches. He is in 18 month clothes now and walking like a champ.....when he wants to!

Monday, July 23, 2007

The Fair!!!

We went to the fair with Grandpa and Grandma R, Aunt Kate, Uncle Danny and Aunt Noelle. It was HOT! But, the kids were in high heaven! Jake, of course, loved the tractors, animals and anything else we showed him. For the first time ever, Anna was a little leary of the animals and not really excited about touching them or even being near them. Towards the end Luke became interested in all the activities and reached out to touch a sheep. We had a fun time and the kids slept great that night!!!

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Gourmet Cookies!!

Talk about amazement! We stopped at a local bakery today and the kids couldn't get enough of all the neat sweets! They each picked out a cookie with a dog on it, and of course, mommy had to take a picture of each kid with their cookie (Luke shared mommy's cream puff!).

Monday, July 16, 2007

And the cake!!!

I could have put 20 cake photos on here! As you can see, Luke LOVED the cake! There are after photos of me washing him, he was very upset about that! Luke had a wonderful birthday. Thank you to everyone who helped us celebrate our youngest son's first year of life!

The food and fun!

The First Birthday Party...the presents

His favorite present you ask? A frog birthday card with google eyes. He wouldn't put it down!!!

A ONE YEAR OLD...ALREADY!!!

Where does the time go? Luke is already one, I can remember being pregnant with him better than what happened last week!! I feel like I have been placed in a time warp!! Luke can walk now, although he CHOSES when he will do so...which makes it difficult for anyone to believe me! Honestly, he really does walk all the way across the livingroom with no assistance!!! He has 8 teeth and a whole lot of personality now!!!