Friday, May 25, 2012

Memorial Day Weekend: Day 1

It's a long weekend and we are off to Canada!!  Rodney (Daryl's brother-in-law) is celebrating his 40th Birthday tomorrow at the Toronto Zoo.  We are excited to join him and a lot of Daryl's family in the celebration.  Daryl got out of work at 10:30 this morning and we were on the road by 11:30. We wanted to leave on time because our destination tonight is Dan and Danielle's house . . . a good 6 hr drive from Kalamazoo and we told them we'd be there in time for dinner!

Aliyah fell asleep about an hour before we hit the border.  We were hoping she'd stay awake until after the border and lunch . . . oh well!  I love how she has her arm around Callie, her favorite baby doll!

The back row riders - Samuel was refusing to look at the camera.

It was an uneventful (but very long) drive to Dan and Danielle's!  It felt good to get out of the car and run around once we got there.  After a delicious supper, Daryl and Danielle played soccer with Samuel and Jordyn.  Jordyn loves balls and sports just as much as Samuel does so it was fun to watch them play together.  If only they lived closer!  They'd have a blast together!

Hope and Madison were the scorekeepers for the soccer game.

Helping Uncle Dan water a tree in their backyard.  Samuel and Hope both warmed up quickly to Uncle Dan, Aunt Danielle, and their 3 cousins.  It was a special evening with a lot of great conversation and re-connecting!

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