tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82573765615193070922024-03-06T02:32:10.861-05:00The Lah Family JournalAuntie Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15155119960245896267noreply@blogger.comBlogger141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257376561519307092.post-76497497439839763282011-01-28T05:30:00.000-05:002011-01-28T05:30:35.817-05:00RIP BrownieYesterday evening our faithful cat died. Brownie ran out in front of me while I was pulling into the garage. She died quickly so did not suffer. We did bury her right away in one of her favorite shady spots. Addie is having a rough time (both girls were with me). Brownie found us after we had been here in Michigan only a few months. Addie had grown extremely close toAuntie Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15155119960245896267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257376561519307092.post-67227962163847647852011-01-25T16:14:00.000-05:002011-01-25T16:14:52.377-05:00Birthday Party Time!What a party! Margaret's big Princess and Knight party was a hit. It seemed like everyone had fun including the birthday girl. Here are some cute photos from the party.
Auntie Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15155119960245896267noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257376561519307092.post-72285343867493416372011-01-14T13:34:00.000-05:002011-01-14T13:34:31.361-05:00Margaret's BirthdayMargaret turned 3 yesterday. She had a great birthday full of fun. She started the day out by asking to eat pink ice cream for breakfast. I did give in and let her have a super tiny bit of it. Then she asked for pancakes which I happily made for her. She got to open one present at breakfast to help her make it the whole day. She loved the princess dresses and Auntie Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15155119960245896267noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257376561519307092.post-50495741242145004042011-01-10T10:31:00.002-05:002011-01-10T10:31:52.223-05:00Blog MaintenanceAfter several years with the same blogger template, I decided it was time for a blog face lift. Let me know what you think! If you notice any glitches on your end speak up so I can get them fixed.
Thanks! EmilyAuntie Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15155119960245896267noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257376561519307092.post-20756321956727851292011-01-10T07:46:00.000-05:002011-01-10T07:46:19.075-05:00Can't snow us in!The snow might be falling here in Michigan but it sure didn't slow us down this past week. Here is a little taste of some of our activities.
Margaret enjoyed a morning at the local children's museum. Her favorite areas there are the vet station, and the farm area. She is all about the animals! And yes, that is something on her face in the one picture. She visited the Auntie Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15155119960245896267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257376561519307092.post-44798397631890317382011-01-05T13:55:00.000-05:002011-01-05T13:55:06.468-05:00Christmas Break FunChristmas break is over. If you ask anyone in our house it was to short! We had a lot of fun but with the warm up and snow melting the fun was cut to short.
The day after Christmas we took the girls to Five Pines. They have a huge 400 ft. tubing hill and lots of cross country skiing trails. The girls had a blast tubing. Addie and I sneaked away for a little while Auntie Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15155119960245896267noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257376561519307092.post-60335075608906684842011-01-03T19:51:00.000-05:002011-01-03T19:51:44.854-05:00December 2010With these pictures I have now caught up with 2010. I hope that everyone has had a great start to the new year!
Auntie Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15155119960245896267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257376561519307092.post-9066688114782462082011-01-03T10:27:00.001-05:002011-01-03T10:27:44.930-05:00November 2010Auntie Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15155119960245896267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257376561519307092.post-84127801196895354732011-01-02T20:13:00.000-05:002011-01-02T20:13:20.865-05:00October 2010
October 2010
SoccerAuntie Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15155119960245896267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257376561519307092.post-43328430258041442882010-12-30T12:23:00.001-05:002010-12-30T10:35:46.449-05:00September 2010September 2010
Right before school started we had a big birthday surprise for Addie. We surprised her with an early birthday present. We gave her the American Girl Kit doll with matching Birthday dresses. Along with it came a trip to Chicago the next day. We took the train into the city and went to the AG store and the Hancock tower. And of course she wanted a deep Auntie Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15155119960245896267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257376561519307092.post-49166644249900917672010-12-30T12:01:00.000-05:002010-12-30T10:05:27.095-05:00August 2010August 2010
August slowed down a little for us. Thank goodness! We stared the month of by going to the Kalamazoo Children's musuem as well as the Air Zoo. The kids loved the big air musuem! There was lots of neat exhibits for them and all their friends that wen with us.
Addie's favorite event of the year happened this month. World Pulse Festival. It is a huge Auntie Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15155119960245896267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257376561519307092.post-19953793134050703632010-12-30T11:52:00.003-05:002010-12-30T11:52:00.169-05:00July 2010July 2010
What an exciting month! We started off the month by going up to the U.P. over the 4th of July week. We had a great time. While fishing Ben proposed to Becky with Margaret in their fishing boat. Everyone was so excited.
The girls and I made it home to the airport festival at the Kentland airport. Addie was able to have her first hot air balloon ride. Auntie Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15155119960245896267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257376561519307092.post-51797297174816802762010-12-30T11:12:00.000-05:002010-12-30T11:12:00.185-05:00June 2010June 2010
June was a busy month for us. Addie finished up 1st grade at the beginning of the month. It was a great last week of school for her. She had a field trip to Dutch Village up in Holland MI. She liked learning all about Holland. Then she had a book open house at school were she was able to show off to her family books that her class had written through out the yearAuntie Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15155119960245896267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257376561519307092.post-88493831732938839422010-12-30T10:50:00.001-05:002010-12-30T10:50:00.198-05:00May 2010May 2010
We decided to sell the Vibe in May as well as to have a large garage sale. Both things took a lot of time but not really photo worthy. However, both were successful. It took us a while but we did find a buyer for the car.
Addie was busy with soccer this spring. She enjoyed it like always. Michael was able to finish restoring an old guitar that had been Auntie Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15155119960245896267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257376561519307092.post-64241114363568811052010-12-30T09:36:00.000-05:002010-12-30T09:36:00.450-05:00April 2010Post-Easter April 2010
Margaret eventually got better health wise. It seemed like it took forever to get past that nasty virus she had. But as the weather got better so did she. Spring came extra early so we took advantage of it. The girls enjoyed playing in the sun, Michael got a head start on finishing the fence around the garden, and I was able to get a little earlier start Auntie Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15155119960245896267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257376561519307092.post-54197191476289458902010-12-30T09:25:00.002-05:002010-12-30T09:25:00.855-05:00Year in ReviewHappy New Years!
Michael and I decided that since we have been slacking on posting family updates we would make it up to you before the end of the year. So we have decided to do a year in review starting with just after Easter since that is were we stopped and take you through Right before Christmas.
Here is to a better blogging year in 2011!!!!Auntie Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15155119960245896267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257376561519307092.post-21905700047471035552010-12-25T22:50:00.000-05:002010-12-25T22:50:43.486-05:00Merry Christmas!!!Merry Christmas Everyone!
We have had a busy but joyous Christmas at the Lah house. The girls and I started Christmas a little early by going to Indiana to see family starting on Monday and Michael joined up on Wednesday. It was great seeing everyone before we headed back north to be at our house for Christmas.
Christmas Eve we went to Mass and when we got home we found that Auntie Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15155119960245896267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257376561519307092.post-27905230926506596892010-04-11T10:27:00.000-04:002010-04-11T10:27:22.685-04:00Easter WeekendWe hope that everyone had a great Easter weekend. We were able to enjoy time with family. Not as much time and family as we would have liked, but it's hard when you have sick kids. Margaret got a bad virus on the Friday before Easter so we had to limit her exposure to other kids. Easter was not what we had dreamed it would have been, but we still really enjoyed it. Auntie Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15155119960245896267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257376561519307092.post-81102186912656151632010-04-11T10:07:00.000-04:002010-04-11T10:07:58.546-04:00Spring Break 2010I'll warn you right now. This post is extremely picture heavy. Sorry for those of you with slow downloads as this might take forever.
For spring break this year we decided to take the girls to Boyne Mountain Resort. Back when we originally made the plans we had hoped that there would still be plenty of snow up there and we could go skiing and do other winter sports. Auntie Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15155119960245896267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257376561519307092.post-22095995688962080212010-03-28T14:43:00.004-04:002010-03-28T15:17:23.669-04:00Addie's Guitar PracticeAddie has been taking guitar lessons from a local high-schooler for about 6 months now. She's doing really well, but gets embarrassed when we ask her to play for people. She'll hardly play in front of Emily! Grandparents, aunts and uncles - no way.This week, Emily had had enough. She told Addie that she would be practicing in front of the video camera. Little did we know how well this would Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05449100145223553747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257376561519307092.post-69948304892096012322010-03-08T21:00:00.000-05:002010-03-08T21:00:15.070-05:00Tree Tapping Good TimeSaturday we decided to take the plunge and tap our maple trees. Michael and I have talked about doing it since we moved here but have never actually tried it. It was the perfect weekend to try it. As you can tell by the photos we all enjoyed working outside. Margaret would only hand the hammer over to daddy when he needed it to tap the tap spikes into the tree. Otherwise it was Auntie Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15155119960245896267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257376561519307092.post-20418191543183756082010-03-03T09:25:00.000-05:002010-03-03T09:25:00.151-05:00Ski BunnyI think that Addie has a new favorite sport. Skiiing!
She loved watching the olumpics this winter. Her favorite sport was the ski jump followed closely by any other ski event that looked dangerous. She was so cute as she sat there analazing their every move. What the skier's arms did while they moved their legs. Every move was carefully looked at.
Michael andAuntie Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15155119960245896267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257376561519307092.post-39361993200856809012010-03-02T09:25:00.000-05:002010-03-02T09:25:32.819-05:00Dreaming of the Beach
Some times a girls just has to be creative on how she will work in some beach time in the dead of winter. Or maybe it was the sunshine that was so brightly reflecting off the snow that day that they could not wait until they could play in the warm sun at the beach. Either way, the girls had a great afternoon last week playing beach in their room for a couple hours.
Here's to summer!Auntie Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15155119960245896267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257376561519307092.post-55549952636343442402009-12-25T11:17:00.009-05:002009-12-25T13:02:56.106-05:00Our Family Christmas in PicturesIt's been a wonderful Christmas here in the Lah household.Last week was Addie's Christmas Show at school.I guess some goofing off is allowed at Christmas when you're 6.Then, we spent a long weekend in Indianapolis and took the girls to Conner's Prairie. We at dinner there and went on a candlelight tour of Prairie Town at Christmas. Margaret was a tad cranky (ear infection), but other than that,Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05449100145223553747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8257376561519307092.post-31774090119642354602009-11-01T12:14:00.005-05:002009-11-01T12:28:53.837-05:00Spooky SistersHappy Halloween! At the beginning of the month we tried to schedule a 'Fall Harvest' party for the end of the season. After studying the calendar a bit, and seeing all the spoken-for weekends, it quickly turned into a Halloween party. We had also hoped to have it outside, but had to limit that to a photo-op due to the cold, breezy day.We played games, read books and enjoyed some fall snacks and Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05449100145223553747noreply@blogger.com1