The Grant Family

Monday, June 1, 2009

Congratulations Kristen!

We went to Spokane this last weekend

because Kristen finished up her 4 years

at Moody Bible Institute and we wanted

to be there for her graduation! We are so

proud of her- she ended up graduating with

highest honors (I think her GPA was a 3.86)!

She will be staying in Spokane for the summer

and then will head off to Asia the end of August

to teach English!
(above: Caleb and I with the graduate)

Caleb and his Auntie Kristen after the graduation

Kristen right after she recieved her diploma

Kristen coming through the door at the

beginning of the ceremony

Some pics of our time in Spokane

Halle on her belly!

Halle and her Auntie Kristen

Grandma loves Halle

Halle and Great grandma

Caleb and me during storytime getting

ready for his nap!

Playing with Hayden and Olivia

When we went to Spokane, Landen and I

went to dinner with our good friends Scott and

Amy. While we were away, My sister and mom

were in charge of the 4 kids! They took some

really cute pics of them playing!

(above: Halle doesn't look too happy being

between the two boys)

Olivia and Halle (only 9 days apart)

playing together- they are both so

chunky!

Caleb and Hayden in the pool! Caleb thought

Hayden was so funny because he was jumping

in the pool and running around the yard!

Where's Caleb?

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Happy Memorial Day!

Kristen came to visit us this weekend and

so far we have had a lot of fun! Saturday

we took the kids to a really cool beach and

it was so fun to watch Caleb play with Landen

in the sand! Sunday we went to church and then

went up to Uncle Bob's and Aunt Jo's for a

delicious BBQ and homemade apple pie!

(above: family picture at the beach)

Our little beach bum!

Dog pile on daddy!

Aunt Kristen blowing bubbles with Caleb

Memorial weekend continued...

Landen and Caleb digging a hole!

Hey beach boy!

Digging another sand castle

Kristen and Caleb in the car on the
way to the beach

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Today Halle turned four months- wow! She is such a delight and a real joy! She has a real sweet spirit and loves when you look at her and talk- she gets the biggest smile on her face. She is also very intrigued with her daddy. Whenever he talks, she just stares at him like he is the greatest thing (which he is). One of my favorite things to do with her is during Caleb's nap her and I will go lay on our bed and cuddle and I will watch her fall asleep (usually I do too :) it is so cute to see her lay there and the process it takes for her to finally doze off! I also love watching her watch Caleb. Today he was talking (well more like gibberish) to her and she thought it was the funniest thing! Since he is so active, she is constantly watching him go back and forth and throw things across the room and jump off the couch, and whatever else he may do.

Caleb is almost 22 months and is also a real joy! He is a little more temperamental then Halle, but he keeps me on my feet! He is starting to talk a lot more and it is so cute- every day he seems to be saying more and more words. One of his favorite words is of course, Elmo. We don't let him watch tv, by he does watch sesame street on you tube and he absolutely loves it! We found one with the NY Jets playing football with Elmo, and Caleb watches it over and over. He also loves sports- anything to do with a ball. He loves to throw just about anything, and I have to say he has a pretty good arm (I always have to be watching for flying objects around the house). Caleb also really likes to go on walks and point out all the basketball hoops, the big trucks, dogs, and stop signs!