These Are The Days

So...it sounds as if some updating is needed. How come Emilie never gets yelled at for this!? Anyway since I have not updated since September 8th, lets go through this systematically and with order (I know that was redundant, again, over and over).

So last time we left our super family, we had gone to the beach, started school and painted our kitchen. Since then, we have...

Had a family jam session (Emilie was kinda like the bad drummer in this picture, ya know unreliable and off-beat - ha off-beat that was funny!)

Celebrated a number of birthdays in which...

Levi was frustrated by the concept of being alive for two years without the capability to drive a car yet...

...Noah posed for another picture...

Levi protested being part of a family (really he is enjoying the single most irritating car and truck toy imaginable, thank Gretchen and Marc, you will be getting these back in about a year!) Are my teeth straight? (If you laughed at this, you have been at our house since this evening)

Again, Noah is astonished at how smart Grandpa Kelly is. Seriously, he could show Noah a pile of dirt and tell him it came from an alien tiger who flew in on a boat and Noah would believe him and argue with anyone who disagreed with him. It's pretty fun!

Before, during, and after...KA-POW!!! (what a fitting shirt)

While Levi was off KA-POWing, Noah and Grandpa Kelly pleasured all of us with this great picture. I'm not sure who is happier?

We have also...

Learned how to ride a two wheeler (sans training wheels) And what does this mean?

It means that Daddy had to learn that it is time to join a gym and get into shape

Levi learned how to lick a bowl properly. Yes you Levi, you learned it!

We travled to Africa and took a stroll through the savannah, that was fun, kinda hot though.

While we were there, we had the privlidge to see in person the talented group Tito and Sanchez the amamzing singing giraffes. They were pretty good, but reminded me a bit of Hall and Oats though.

Option #1: After yet another melt down, Emilie lost control and tried to trade him away to this giraffe for a sack of onions.

Option #2: Emilie uses the social behaviors of giraffes to use as a teaching tools for Levi and how to get along with others

In a word, wow!

And yes we painted the living room, and hall, and stairway, and upstairs hall. (Thanks dad, even though he doesn't read this, big props anyways.)

And finally, we stopped by a little place in Rockford Michigan to remember good times that were had by all. Nothings says love like eatin' popcorn in the corner!