Silliness with cousins

I still have a lot of photos of August and Leif and the cousins to share, even though they left a week ago. I have a feeling it will take a while to get them all posted.

Shenanigans in the backyard on the nicest day so far this spring.

My favorite part of this series is watching how August gets engaged and starts jumping with us:

August at the Air Zoo

So, we're supposed to be back home in Stockholm now, but we missed our flight (James's flight from Portland to Chicago was delayed 5 hours, arriving just after our international flight left). So we have another few days in Kalamazoo, as the first flight we could get back home is on Monday.

Last week Grandma and Grandpa took all the kiddos (and Uncle Ben) to the Air Zoo while I drove to Indiana to visit my dear friend Sabrina.

Going on the Ferris wheel with Uncle Ben and Gwenn:

Just running around:

Back to Michigan...

...at least virtually, as I found these pictures recently when I was posting about our camping trip. I'd forgotten I'd taken them!

Watching the fish with Grandma:

Dinner with the fam:

Last Michigan pictures

Fun pictures from our week in Michigan.

Grandma's pond

We've landed back home and are slowly settling in. While it was nice to get back to our home and our stuff, I have to admit that it's also been a bit overwhelming - all this stuff! Clothes, toys, books, odds and ends - we've lived for four months without it all, and there's a sort of shock in coming back to it and having to deal with it. That said, it's also nice having the right cooking pan for the job and more than three shirts that fit. And we have so much more unpacking, organizing, and getting rid of to do before we even think about packing for real in a few months...

One thing that Augie really enjoyed doing while we were in Michigan was "helping" Grandma (and Grandpa) with the pond. He'd pick up a skimmer or the grabby thing (sorry, don't know technical names for backyard pond equipment) and poke around in the water. I imagine next time we visit we'll really be able to put him to work.

(I still have Chicago pictures to post! Yikes!)