For Grandpa Mike & Grandma Lisa

Trip to the Farm

We went to visit Grandma & Grandpa Ross on the farm for the weekend.  Emerson had told them she wanted to "go to the corn" so we ventured out to the harvested corn field to see what we could find.  Emmie found lots of ears to take home and to "peel" (her words).  She took a short ride on one of Grandpa's tractors and had a fun time running around in his "little red wagon" too. 

On Sunday after church, we had a big family dinner, which at Grandma & Grandpa's house is always followed by dessert.  Emerson wasn't interested in the pie, but had a great time devouring the ice cream sundae--and making the biggest mess you can imagine.  I'm pretty sure her whole face was in the bowl at one point!  She entertained us all and loved the attention, of course :-)

I love this face!

Pumpkin Patch

We went to the pumpkin patch and apple orchard a few weekends ago with Aunt Pam, Uncle Steve, Mackenzie, and Madison.  Can you tell Emerson loves spending time with her cousins?  We had a great time picking pumpkins, petting the animals, playing in the corn, and of course, having cider and doughnuts!

ArtPrize 2010

Jeff, Lesley, Noah, and Koen came from Chicago to visit us this past weekend!  We all had a wonderful time together and the kids had soooo much fun playing with each other (and provided the rest of us with lots of laughs!)  After church on Sunday, we all went downtown and walked around at ArtPrize.  We saw some amazing sculptures, paintings, photographs, etc.  We had the most gorgeous weather this weekend...we thought about sitting outdoors at lunch but it was too warm!  Really--in Michigan in October!  It was a fabulous family weekend!

Emerson was tired of walking so she decided to push her own stroller instead



She loves the water and fountain by the Gerald R Ford Museum.  One of my favorite ArtPrize entries is in the background.  Check out the website 20 Liters for more info on the meaning behind this piece!



One of the exhibits was called "Play Me, I'm Yours".  It was a group of pianos (all decorated differently) placed around the city for people to sit down and play. 

Jeff and Lesley pushing Koen and Emerson

Uncle Nick pushing Noah