Ward Garden and Grandpa MacPherson's Birthday (and Uncle Kevin's)

This last week was full of fun and adventure, but unfortunatly I didn't catch it all on camera. On Monday we went and helped weed the Ward Garden. It is one of Ryan's things he likes to do and the kids have fun in the dirt. On Friday, we went to the concert in the park. Here they have someone perform music while people sit and listen on blankets. We went for a walk, ate popcorn and snow cones and played in the grass and fountain at the park. On Saturday, we went to the temple and while Ryan and I went through a session, the kids had a primary activity next door. Then on Sunday, Grandma and Grandpa Macpherson, Uncle Kevin and Great-Grandma MacPherson came over for dinner, cake and ice cream for Grandpa and Uncle Kevin's birthdays. We had a great time and kept busy all while working on potty training.


Happy Birthday Grandpa who is 29 and holding.

Standing on the fence at the ward garden while getting ready to leave.

Potty Week 3

I think we got it!!!! Except for a few accidents here and there the kids are now potty trained. They occasionally get too busy to come inside, or are having too much fun at the playground to take a break, but for the most part our days are usually accident free. They are growing so big it's hard to believe that potty training is here, but I am so happy to not have as many diapers to change. The triplets are their own cheering section and have gone to Chuck E. Cheese twice for going #2 in the potty. Now our goal is 5 consecutive days without an accident. Will it happen? Tune in on another day and find out.

Potty week # 2 here we come.

Potty Training week #1 is over. The kids are doing pretty well. They are all going #1 in the potty, but still are struggling with #2. Hopefully this next week will be the week they catch on and we won't worry about too many accidents. We started sticker charts for motivation and Gracie loves to put hers on the poster when she's done, as well as singing: "Gracie went potty. Gracie went potty." Gotta love it.

Fourth of July

We had a great 4th of July weekend. On Friday we went to the Muskegon River and played, had a BBQ and played by a camp fire. Later, we went and saw the fireworks above the Lake Macatawa. Saturday, we went swimming and had another BBQ with family and friends. Then later, we did some of our own fireworks. Here are some pictures (I will add more, but my computer or the internet stopped letting me download tonight).


Gracie by the campfire.


Jaxen and Joshua sitting by the fire.



Morgan playing in the river.

The kids playing in the river with cousins and daddy.

Kids playing in the river.