our little guitar.
So Tyler was a guitar for Halloween this year (no he didn’t trick or treat, he just dressed up!). So here is after trying it on for the first time! Such a little cutie pie!
tyler’s first birthday.
Tyler turned one already… where did the year go? He had a wonderful party, the house was filled with people and we are so blessed to have so many wonderful family and friends who could share Tyler’s first birthday with us!
tall buildings.
A beautiful day in downtown Grand Rapids on our River Walk checking out ArtPrize 2009. Amway Grand and JW Marriott hotels.
it’s nessie.
Nessie in the Grand River. This is about as close as we got that day… sooo many people were down there flooding to see Nessie!
walking on a sunday afternoon.
Pops, Nana, Grandma, Tyler and Chris in the courtyard right in front of the JW Marriott.
ArtPrize 2009.
Probably one of my favorite pieces. Not too wild and crazy and in the middle of the Grand River… pretty cool.
walking tour of ArtPrize 2009.
Chris, Tyler, Pops, Grandma and Nana all in front of one of the many pieces of art for ArtPrize 2009. We walked all the way from the Fish Ladder, across the Sixth Street Bridge all the way up past Pearl and across the river and back to the Fish Ladder. It was a beautiful day, but it was PACKED full of people!
peekaboo.
Tyler on the Canuck – after his first sailing excursion ever. He had fun, we think… but he was a tired little Critter.
tyler meets griff.
Boy we had a busy day on Saturday! We all were up for the Grand Rapids Start! Heart Walk! First, we’d like to thank many of you who supported us in donations! We greatly appreciate it! Chris, my mom, Tyler and I all headed downtown to Riverside Park… it was a little chilly in the morning, but it was a beautiful morning! Couldn’t have asked for a better day. Jake and Amanda met up with us too! They weren’t feeling well – I think they’ve got the cough/cold icky crap that I got (and still sort of have). But they were troopers!
Tyler got to meet Griff with the Grand Rapids Griffins… as you can see from the photo, he’s not quite sure what to think of him! Between my mom and I – we either carried Tyler or half way through I think we ended up putting him in the stroller where he sat and then – eventually took a snooze!
Music this year was from a band called Hey Marco – they were excellent! Tyler and I quickly enjoyed some bopping around together while they were still playing, but everyone was tired and hungry… so Jake, Amanda and the rest of us headed off to Pilar’s Cafe – I think it’s now called – over off Plainfield, right within Sweetland Candies there… where the old Cheshire used to be. We had a great breakfast and then headed all home. Of course, we did stop into Sweetland and brings some tasty candy treats home for ourselves!! 
