Thomas Town: The Adventure Edition Part II

Hello again, friends and family. Oh how the time fly's! We are keeping busy here in Kalamazoo Michigan. There has been an overabundance of snow, artic temperatures, and lots of exciting winter adventures. (Not all have been pleasant)

Just today we walked on water. Frozen Lake Michigan water.

 

 

 

 

Winnie and I lasted about 10 minutes out on the frozen tundra.

 

 

             

 The lake was frozen in sheets and waves. A very beautiful sight! Talmadge and Jared loved running up and down the solid H2O.

 

But, now we need to back track a little...

 

 

 

What are these, you may ask? I took a sewing class and made these adorable pillow cases. The bright, eclectic materials made me homesick for my awesome cousin Denise. Her style is legendary.

I loved my sewing experience and have since made 3 pairs of pajama bottoms, a chair cover, and my planned project is a baby blanket. Fun, Fun, Fun!

 

 

             

This bit of revulsion is something we stumbled upon this summer as we were out running. It was so morbidly fascinating I thought I'd share it with all of you. Poor little frog. (And, Jared still wants to buy a snake. Yuck)

 

         

Why are we so dressed up?

 

 

      

This is why!
One of Jared's best buds, Brian, married the lovely Amanda on Mackinac Island.

It was fun getting there by boat.

The views pristine

The company terrific!

The food - beautiful & divine.

The children - darling

The views!!!

 

 

I Love Mackinac Island!

 

Now on to the not so fun...

 

 

Poor Elantra was damaged so severely that she had to be totaled.

 

 

 

This is the new transportation with more miles, and 1 year older then my previous car. But, it sure is cute!

 

And now... a little comedic relief

 

 

 

I went to use the restroom at the mall and came out to find this Hot Stuff waiting for me. Oh yeah, that's my husband.

Thomas Town: The Adventure Edition, part 1

As I sit in my recliner covered in blankets, warm rice pack on my feet, it occurs to me, I haven't blogged in a while. What brings on this sudden desire to blog you ask? I'm being overtaken by a killer cold and if I should die you all have something to remember me by. (What? Aren't you overly dramatic when you are in pain?)

Here's a recap of the Thomas Family's goings on for the past 6 months.

Miss Winefred (Winnie) joined the family. She wasn't welcomed by all members of the family immediately. But, I must say, to that persons credit he is now much more friendly. ;)

My handsome husband got a great job at Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo Michigan. So... we moved. This picture is on one of our trips to Michigan to find a house. Chicago was a pretty cool city to visit. I kept singing that old Chicago, Chicago my home town song.

We had some awesome people come visit us in the far away land of Michigan. We did some fun things in some beautiful places. The Thomas' revisited memories from their childhood and seemed to be on the same fish spotting wave-length.

 

 

We went to 3 different zoo's

 

 

We went to South Haven beach 4 or 5 times. This time with my awesome parents, and brother who helped us move out to Kalamazoo.

 

 

Jared and Talmadge on our last visit to the beach this season.

 

 

We visited one of my bestest buddies, and former mission companion, Sara Garner. She and her adorable boys showed my little family around Nashville Tennessee. It was AWESOME.  

 

 

Talmadge is moving to Nashville to pursue his dreams of candy stardom.

 

 

Two princesses with The King.

 

 

I almost forgot to mention my birthday. It was spent in the mountains of Idaho at the Thomas family reunion. They even made me a cake! Thanks Jenny! Don't try counting the candles, you'll just get tired. Kudos to Mike and Kelly for planning an awesome retreat. Normally I don't like camping. Talmadge spent the entire reunion in the swimming pool. Yes, even potty time.

 

 

 

Jared got in on the green pool action.

 

That seems like a lot of adventure and summer fun, right!? Well our fun didn't stop there. You'll just have to stay tuned to find out what comes next... In Thomas Town's: Adventure Edition part 2.

So... I had a little blog catch-up work to do. Here are few holidays for ya.

 

First up: The Incredible Hulk for Halloween.

 

 

It's the whole Halloween family. I think this is the first Halloween we all dressed up together. Are you proud Meg & Jeff? (They always dress up their whole family.)

 

 

Isn't my hair pretty? Thank you Denise!

 

 

The boys with the pumpkin we carved.

 

 

And then there was Christmas. We love the Dunn family!!!

 

 

Oh ya! Ben Ten Christmas!

 

 

After all that holiday excitement it's nice to just kick back and relax.

 

And these last few photos I had to throw in because the guys in my life are freakin' awesome!

 

 

na, na, na,...BATMAN! with protective goggles.

 

 

Look out Bon Jovi! Jared is rockin the house.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's the new digs in Kalamazoo, Michigan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's all you get for right now. When there are new, beautiful changes I'll let in on it.