Girl's Weekend

My mom and sisters and I went to Chicago last weekend. We left of Friday morning and met Molly at our hotel. We then drove into downtown Chicago. We spent the afternoon shopping. We ate dinner and went to the the Broadway musical, Wicked. It was so fun. The costumes and sets were so elaborate and the music was very fun. We crashed when we got back to the hotel, but we were up bright and early for another busy day of shopping. We had great success at Ikea and other stores in Schaumburg, IL. We went out for dinner and went back to the hotel for games and girl stuff. We had a car packed full of stuff, unfortunately we did not take any photos of this. Sarah was especially successful at Ikea with new furnature. Click here to see photos from our trip.

Elliott at Saugatuck Dunes

Here are some pictures from a Sunday afternoon hike with the Schreuders.  Click here.

Halloween 2008

We had a busy day visiting people on Halloween. Grace had a pumpkin costume that she wore for part of the day. She also had a princess costume that she wore. Elliott was a police officer for Halloween(costumes compliments of Nonna and Papa)! We visited Great-grand parents during the day between naps. Then we stopped by the Hallelujah Party at church before going to our friends house for dinner. It was a very fun day. Click Here for some pictures of the kids in their costumes.

Elliott's Bible Story

This evening Seth asked Elliott if they talked about Bible stories at school. Elliott replied, that they did. We asked which story they talked about today, expecting a short response, but instead Elliott told us this. "We learned about Abraham and Sarah. The visitors told Sarah she was going to have a baby and she laughed and said, 'I am too old.'" We proceeded to ask what the baby's name was and Elliott said, "Isaac." So we asked Elliott what this teaches us about God. Elliott responded this, "Well God said, 'Let's call them babies and give them to everyone'". It is so fun to see Elliott learning, maybe not fully understanding, the stories of the Bible. This also taught Seth and I how important it is for us to teach these to children. They are so hungry for knowledge at this age and they can remember so much, it is amazing!

Smiles

Grace

Peek-a-boo and the johnny-jump-up got a couple smiles and laughs out of Grace.