Mom's Weekend Away :)

Yes, you read it correctly. We only left for one night but it was still really cool to just be with my friends for more than 24 hrs :). We chose to drive to Grand Rapids which is about 2 hours North West of where we're living. 

I packed already and Frank was ready to take over so I snug out a few minutes earlier than I had to and took a little shopping spree at TJ Maxx before meeting up with my friends :).

First stop was the Meijer Skulptur Garden. It was sooo beautiful... I really wanted to go back with Bjoern and show him but we never did :(...

Some Art Exhibit was on display as well... It was breathtaking:

A little walk the next morning and checking out Grand Rapids Downtown

A very old hotel

That was super nostalgic

Look at this... very cool

This was a really interesting place, very delicious though: Crepes

And our Cappuccino. It took forever to finally get it and then we knew why :)... it was a creation of art

Overall a really great time and much needed Mom Out time.

Rest of May

Hello my friends... I'm sooo sorry... I missed you guys too!!! It has been quite a May with starting my own business and trying to navigate through it and getting organized. Now we're almost done with school and I'm ready for summer break with the kids.

Here some fun shots from our time in May: Oatmeal Raisin Cookies... YUM

Oh, yes, I had another dinner play date :)... hihi... love those

May is here...

Unbelievable... we have reached May already... it's going to be a busy summer that's for sure :). Here some pics from the last few weeks.

The teacher surprised the kids with a movie one day and they got to bring their blanket + teddy :). 

We added a new tradition to our FR nights... since I needed another weight class during the week and I didn't want to give up any of my Zumba or party on the bike classes I take one on FR nights and afterwards we go swimming :)... the kids love it and I really love our FR night tradition as well :).

Ice Cream on the way home from a Playdate, yum

One Sunday we decided to finally tackle this 500 piece puzzle... it was fun

One of my fun Plexus Posts

Sunday Night it was about half way done...

TUE Zoe was home sick and I had some time to finish it up... yeah... it was fun. I was so into it... I forgot how much fun puzzling is.

My little girl had a book report in school. She was super nervous but she did great and everybody else was nervous as well... so she wasn't alone :)

My little Zumba Buddie... Summer offered on THU to do the 'kids at work' / 'kids at workout' and even though Henry told me he wouldn't come he surprised me to show up and he had a ton of fun dancing with us to the 'Baby Songs' he calls them :)... he's used to the real stuff at home with me *lol*... not baby Zumba *lol*

Our dental checkup was also a success... Zoe had one of her favorite moods but we survived and another 6 months will pass in no time and we're back...

Zoe wanted to write a Thank you Card and this is the spot she picked out! Really? She's too much *lol*

Let the FR night tradition continue...

... this time the kids got some Frosty Boy Ice Cream afterwards... wow...

This 'Busch's' grocery store was a LONG time in the making... they started building it and we were waiting for it for years to open up... they must've put a hold on the build but finally it opened up just recently and I got to see the inside for the first time. It was really cool, it even had some cool trucks on the outside for show :)

Yard work... there were still some leaves from last fall that were in our flower beds so I blew them out of there and we're ready for the summer now :)

My girl... Compassion... I love all these cool art pieces they do in school.

I've started cooking a little more again and I've missed it so much... oh I just love cooking and baking... it's so relaxing...