Father's Day 2010

So for Father's day this year we decided to execute a covert operation and go to Michigan to surprise Papa Stoi for the weekend. We enlisted Momma Jigs to secretly make sure he didn't make any major plans. It wasn't without some work, but all went according to plans and we were able to make it to the house Thursday evening before he got home from work. We parked around the corner at a neighbors and were able to be in the house when he came home. It was very fun and we hope he enjoyed our surprise. The rest of the weekend was filled with our normal lots of food, fun and relaxation.

This was not 20 minutes after we arrived...Grandma got out the ice cream and LJ got to sit in her Nana chair for her treat:-)

Friday evening Ryan was able to take Papa Stoi to the Tiger's game for Father's Day. They had to leave a little early due to some major storms, but the Tigers ended up winning and I think they had a good time:-)

In her Nana chair again for her favorite...Nana's mac and cheese...she can down a plateful in about 2.75 seconds!

Eating one of MANY popsicles in the sun...

Saturday we were able to go up to Travis Pointe's pool and do a little swimming. She wasn't too fond of the life jacket, but she got used to it after a while...

Not very happy that dad is making me float on my own...

We found Mr. Frog in the corner of the pool and Aunt Melissa was kind enough to allow us to play with it, since mom wanted nothing to do with touching him:-)

The family...

Me and Papa in my favorite crab pool...

Helping Papa cook...

I LOVED spending Father's Day with Papa!

Happy Father's Day! Thank you again Nana and Papa for a wonderful weekend!

Memorial Weekend 2010

So this Memorial weekend was absolutely wonderful. We had Ryan's entire family at our house for 3 days, which went by WAY too quickly but was incredible while it lasted. Ryan's parents came from Michigan and his brother Scott and his girlfriend Jenny came all the way from Baltimore. Our little 2 bedroom townhouse was crowded, but we had so much fun together. We can't wait until we get to see them all again!:-) This is a pretty long post but Jenny was so wonderful to take tons of pics for us so I wanted to share a lot of them with everyone!

We started off the first day heading downtown and seeing some sites. We began our trip downtown at the planetarium because it has such a wonderful view of the skyline as you can see...

It was VERY windy here and little one just wanted to run, but we somehow got a quick family pic.

Unky Jigs was so much fun...this was just the beginning of the playing they did together:-)

Playing in the grass with Chicago in the background.

Unky Jigs entertaining again...

Run, run, run, its all we want to do lately.

I love my Unky Jigs! He's going to be such a good Daddy someday, such a natural...

Our next stop was "The Bean"...awesome place for some pictures, of which we took a lot:-)

Inside the bean looking at our reflection.

A picture of us taken through the bean...

If you look in the background you can see me taking the picture of Ryan...

Jenny doing what she loves and is amazing at:-)

You can see Jenny taking the picture on the left...cool how it all works...love the bunny ears though Momma Jigs:-)

My and Jenny...we had such a great bonding weekend, miss you lady!

Running some more:-)

Cool dude!

3 of some of my favorite people:-)

How do I look in Daddy's hat?

Loving my Papa!

Fun with Nana and Papa!

Silly billy!

One of her favorite games was walking back and forth over Nana's legs...

Getting the air out of the mattress was a family affair:-)

Riding Nana's "Pony"

Our favorite "Nana Chair"

Brothers:-)

Nana and Papa bought me popsicles and I LOVED them!

There is a story behind this running with the baby on his head, but you'll have to ask Scott to get the details:-)

Playing golf with Daddy and Unky Jigs

Nanna bought us a watering can that we played with all weekend:-)

Contemplative...

Look what I can do Papa! Like my crab pool?

More fun with Unky...

Helpin a girl out...

Mmmmmm...Nana's mac and cheese!

Everyone right before the weekend was over and we had to take Scott and Jenny to the airport:-(

Luckily Nana and Papa got to stay one more night so we could play a little more!

Pretty girl!

Just had to add this picture Jenny took of our Lorilyn...such a precious moment!

Thanks again everyone for coming, we loved every second and can't wait until we see you again!