Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Fun Memorial Day Weekend!

The weather this last weekend was PERFECT for spending time outdoors! Friday we helped some friends work on their pool by draining and refilling it. We rented a sump pump from Home Depot and drained it down to a few inches before scrubbing the sides and filling it back up over the weekend.
Saturday we headed to Avondale to hang with Greg & Nico and some friends. It was great to hit the grill and play in their salt water pool for the afternoon. It was nice to see them while Greg had a brief break between spring/summer semesters! We capped off the night with a solid round of bags and some good chats...:)
Sunday we hung out with some climbing friends in Phoenix at our friend Sean's house. Rohan had a blast with their dogs and picking up the ping pong ball after beer pong...:) Sean christened his new grill with tons of burgers, brats, etc, and we got some great recipes for foods we normally wouldn't have thought of! Really fun night.
Monday we hit up the gym for some climbing with Jeanette and her friend Jen, followed by some awesome corn on the cob on the grill, along with some steaks and pork burgers.
Rohan has been doing awesome with potty training, and from what I heard, went the whole day at daycare without an accident!!! He has been so excited to tell people when he goes. Although we don't have a potty dance like Jackson did (:P), we have one full poster of reward stickers and another on started already. That has definitely been a motivator for him. He even does great out in public and on the go.
This week I'll be in Grand Rapids & Thompsonville, MI for a Van Andel Research Institute (VARI)/Translational Genomics (TGen) retreat. Should be a lot of fun to hear some of the research going on at our sister company (VARI)! I'll be heading home on June 3rd (my birthday) and I am looking forward to some hugs and kisses from Mara & Rohan.
Enjoy the pics!

1 comment:

Michelle Stokes said...

I missed this post! I love the pictures of Rohan with Stella, they seem like they're trouble together : )

Didn't you know it's mandatory to have a potty dance? Parenting 101. Come on Mike, get it together.