Sweet Sam

I just happen to have very talented friends, Audrey took some awesome pictures, thanks !

Squeeze
Sam giving Lydia hugs, so precious
Goodbye zoo!

Polar bear and seal exhibit

This was our favorite exhibit. The bears had so much room to roam and swim!

This was the underwater area, it was great! I have never seen anything like it.

Hey Izzy and Sam!
Nice tummy Syd :)

Zooooo

Making wishes and throwing in pennies at this pretty fountian.

What a beauty, thanks Audrey for catching these beautiful smiles :)
Sydney tossing in her *coin*
Love the little bums leaning over to see all the money in the pool :)

Detriot Zoo!

Here are a few of the friends we met at the zoo.

This silly guy started pulling cheesy faces but I couldn't catch it on camera.


The zebras were gorgeous!
Sam laughed pretty good, as this giant rhino sat on his friend :)

Up close and personal with the rhino

This was the greatest zoo. We went with Audrey, Izzy, and Lydia, and had a great time. The animal habitats were the nicest I have ever seen. All the animals looked so beautiful and the girls loved it. So here is our day trip to the zoo, enjoy!

On to Bronners...

The scenery was so beautiful, this is the view from the other side of the bridge.

Sweet tired Sydney
Yay, for the Christmas store! Bronners is the worlds largest Christmas store.
It was breath taking, and overwhelming. Lets just say that we weren't able to make it all the way through the whole store.
Crazy bunch, and by the look on Sam's face you can tell it is getting time to go :) We scored some nice things, we got some stockings, tree topper, and ornaments. Good day.

It was about an hour drive from our apartment to get to Frankenmuth and about a two or three hour drive home. Why? We got lost, took a wrong turn. It was pretty hilarious. The girls weren't amused and neither was Greg really. Lets just say we saw some amazing country side and braved the notorious city of Flint :) Good times.

More Highlights

Here they are in Little Bo Peeps garden

These two are the cutest curly heads ever.
Pretty Samantha
Loved this haus, ha ha ha
One of my personal favorite stops, fudge factory. It was fun to see how it all comes together and it was sure delicious.

Silly Shots

Cheesy Steph

Bottoms up.
This is for those of you who know and love the true Greg :)
Cute faces
Yeah, Sydney :)

Frankenmuth

I saw this nice horse and buggie and thought of my Dad, so here ya go Dad.

We cruised around this outdoor market and got a pretty cool color box for the girls, so fun.
Izzy and Sam :)
What a cute Dad
Here we are waiting to go to lunch at the Bavarian Inn

Frankenmuth Fun!

There is the most picturesque town called Frankenmuth. It literally feels like you are in Germany,the food, buildings, and music were all authentic.

Fun covered bridge
Inside the cool covered bridge.
And the beautiful view of the river.

For history buffs you can read what Frankenmuth is all about.

Letter Wall

Letter of the day wall! Over the time that we have been here we have been working on letters with Sam. She had a great time and now knows all her letters. She loves to sound out words and tell us what words start with. Sydney joined in the fun and her favorite letter is D! Now that we are finally finished we are going to work on numbers, days of the week and months.

Silly Sam : }

Hey there cutie.

Apple Crisp, yummm

We made some yummy apple crisp for Sunday dessert. Everyone helped and it was pretty fun

Hey baby!
Greg had more patience chopping apples
Samantha made the crispy part with me :)
And I did the rest!

Finished, it was delicious, I bet you are all jealous!

New Bike!

Samantha has a new big girl bike! After a lot of practice on her tricycle she was feeling ready to advance. That and her legs were too long for the tiny bike! Sydney is excited too, this means she can have the red tri-cylce all the herself, wa hoo! It was a great day. Sam rode her bike right up to the checkout stand, then out to the car, she felt so big.

Love all the pads, what a safe little bug.
Happy girls :)
Yeah! It is all mine!

We Have News...

No, I am not pregnant... But, we are coming home!!! We just got news from Greg's work that we will be coming home on October 27th!!!! We are so excited, yes we will be sad too, but there is a life waiting for us in Utah and we are excited to get back to it. We have had an incredible time out here and have made priceless memories and learned tons about each other. I hope that our blog has been good evidence that we have loved being here and getting to know Michigan and the surrounding states. The friends we have here are awesome and it will be hard to say goodbye for who knows how long. Sam doesn't want to leave her best buddy Izzy or her fun Primary class. We remind her of her family and friends at home and she still gets excited. Well that is about all I have to say, other than I am stoked to move back into my house and be home for Halloween! Happy day :) Love you all!

Choo choo!

The play area was lots of fun! It had a zip line, train and barn you could play in and much more. The best part was after all the fun we got free homemade doughnuts and apple cider, delicious. We had an awesome time there and will return soon so we can go pumpkin picking!

Peek
A
Boo!
What a cute pair of bums, see ya later :)