Great Weekend

Family, friends, steak, mowing, swimming, going to church...what could make up a better weekend than these things? We truly had a blessed weekend up here in MN. Megan continues to grow and develop more and more. She's going to be crawling soon I'm sure. =) We had a church steak fry with about 40 people...a lot for us. We had some kids over to our house several times over the weekend to swim in our pool - we have one of those semi-inflatable ones (3 1/2 ft. deep & 15 ft. wide).

Meg is constantly trying to push up with her legs, she's getting so strong! Here she is doing aerobics with Tiffany.
These smily faces are two of our friends from church who came over to swim and play games. Hi Laura and Ryan, now your faces are on the internet!
Megan in her little swimsuit
Megan all dressed up to go to church Sunday Morning. I think she's making kissy lips at the camera! we've been trying to get her to give us kisses, but no go yet.
Hope you all have a great week! Feel free to post a comment or 2 and say Hi.

Eating Time for Megan

We've (actually Tiffany most of the time) started feeding Megan yummy solid food lately. She started with mashed bananas andthen got rice cereal the next week. Just last week we tried peas(cooked and mashed) and found that she loved them. She ate all that we had ground up for her. Hopefully she'll keep liking those vegetables her whole life (and not pick up her mother's distaste for some of them). lol j/k. Meg is so cute when she is eating because of course SHE wants to hold the spoon and feed herself. =) already thinking she knows best and wanting to take control of her life. =P I'm really looking forward to those teen years...

Bath Time for little Meg

Megan loves bath time more and more these days. Sometimes she kicks her legs in the water so hard that it splashes halfway across the bathroom and gets Tiff wet in the process. =P

Davis Family Photo

This is the whole clan that was at the cabin. Dad and Mom Davis and their 10 kids with their familys and significant others.

4th of July Reunion Photos Part 2

This is Tiff's niece (who's almost as old as she is) holding Megan. Meg was held pretty much non-stop the whole time we were down there I think. So now she's on a let down because it's just Tiff and I at home here. =) Really though, it was great for Megan - she loved it. A real diva/first born.

Tiff's brother's Todd and Troy (are they holding hands!!??) on the jetskis that her other brother Terry brought down. We used 40 gal. of gas between the two during the 4 days we were down there!! Thank God everyone was safe during all the jetskiing and tubing and swimming.
We were pumped to actually get Tiff's Mom on the tube behind the jetski - pictured here between Joy and Tina. They had a blast (other then being really tired out afterward)...riding that tube can be quite the upper body workout.
Meg was in the pool a few times with Mommy or Daddy and she really enjoyed it - even though she has a kind of sad face in this photo. =)
Some of the boys goofing off in the pool with an inflatable raft
We've started introducing Meg to some more solid foods like Rice cereal and mashed bannanas. These next few photos are of her trying banannas at the cabin. It's a funny progression cause 1st she's eager to try it, then she's grossed out and then she ends up finding the napkin and liking that better. =P ha!

July of 4th Pictures

Here are some photos from our great week down in KY with Tiffany's family around the 4th of July. We were down there for a family reunion. Wow...it feels like we've been on vacation forever! =) It was such a wonderful time to be away from all the rush and spend a relaxing time with each other and our family. The weather was great the whole time we down there and we spent a lot of time in the pool and jetskiing on the lake (Kentucky Lake). It was so nice to have all 10 of the siblings together for the first time in years.

Tiff's Immediate Family: Tony, Tom, Terry, Troy, Todd and Tyler (R to L in back)

Tina, Trish, Tiffany and Tracy (R to L in front)

This is the really nice cabin that we stayed in on Kentucky Lake - it was nicely furnished and really comfortable with air and cable and beds for most everybody.

This is the sweet pool we had in the back yard - needless to say, we spent a lot of time in there

Meg did pretty good on the ride down, but got sick of her car seat after hours on the road.
Meg loved the pool and being outside so much
Tiffany's sister Tracy holding her niece Alleigh

Tiff holding her cute little nephew Cameron

Our Time in Michigan

Finally I've got some photos from our trip to Michigan to be with my family. I know they're from two weeks ago, but I really like them and wanted to share our good (and sometimes difficult - see June 21st post about my Dad) times with you all. God is so good to my family...I cannot help but praise Him as He "works all things together for good to those [of us] who love Him and are called according to His purpose." Even through the hard times, God blesses us.

My brothers Joel (left) and Nate who had the Open House while we were there

Joel just graduated from Northland Baptist Bible College and Nate just finished High School and is headed to Nothland this fall (Lord willing).

This is Dad on the body board in ER after he fractured the vertebrae in his back and one of his ribs (we didn't find out about the rib until a couple of days later). He said this body board was literally torture.

This is the infamous raft off of which Dad dove into the bottom of the pond. Thank you all for your prayers for him...he is showing marked improvement after 2 weeks and is in therapy to help the long healing process. Thank the Lord that his injury wasn't worse as he is able to move under his own power and is able to sit at his desk at home to work (which is a big relief to him) in order to pay the bills.

I goof off with MeganMeg loves her Omi (our name for my Mom - it's from our German roots)
my brother Joel with Megan - she's so cute when she stares at people!
For some odd reason, Megan loves my red Addidas hat and stares at it whenever I wear it. She always tries to get her hands on it too and eat it. So sometimes I let her wear it - like here with my sister Emily.
sooooo sleepy...or yelling in excitement (I can't remember which)! =)