Five Adults, Eight Kids

It has been a whirlwind in the Ward household the past few weeks! To start it off, we had visitors from Milwaukee--our friend Hannah, her sister Rachel, brother-in-law John, and kids Grace, Micah, Nora, Bethany, and Lydia. In the short few days they were there, we went to Family Bible Study together, ran in the Alger Heights 5-K (well, not the kids!), checked out the East Grand Rapids Library, sang quite a few Billy Joel favorites and made several yummy meals together. The kids loved having such a full house, as did the adults. We're already attepting to plan another trip to the Badger State--hopefully for Reinke-fest this summer!



For the rest of the pictures, click here

Trick or Treat

(Please note the costumes of football players and cheerleaders along with Coach Daddy, complete with clipboard)

Oktoberfest+Anniversary+Harvest Party+Beautiful Colors=October

Three Months Old

Our Care-Bear is one quarter of a year old! It is as easy as ever to coax out a smile from her and then becomes almost embarrassed and looks away. Now she is even more alert when she's awake and is having a harder time sleeping anywhere besides her bed. My days of running errands with a "portable" infant may be numbered. She also has started making an impressive variety of sounds and enjoying the toys on her bouncy seat. So much fun.

Fall...finally

Are you ready for some football?

We were last Saturday! We won't discuss the final score, but we all had a blast cheering on the Valpo Crusaders coached by our soon-to-be Uncle Josh. The girls cheered loudly for their team (and Brinn also kept screaming "Go Michigan!") and sat very well for most the game, with the help of boxes of popcorn. A tour of the football offices and some running time on the field helped add to the game-day experience as well.

Frugal AND Locally-Minded

Mali read the Meijer's ad on Sunday. "Look, Mommy! Oranges are on sale....but we can't buy them. They're not from Michigan".