Holland, Michigan

Yes, you read that right! There is a Holland, Michigan that was settled by the Dutch. We had fun and look forward to visiting the real Holland, real soon (still totally pinching myself!) These shots are straight out of the camera...no photoshop. The colors are that vibrant. That unreal! They almost look neon, some of them. There was even a 250-year-old working windmill transported from the Netherlands. My two older children and hubs went up to the top (although he is super, my almost 2-year-old we knew couldn't hack the stairs and we forgot our back pack for him). Luckily I could be at the bottom to take a fun pic of them on top. I LOVE tulips. There are so many varieties (I don't even know all the names). I think they are the epitome of spring (along with daffodils). We had a great time.

We also enjoyed this fun road trip with our great friends, the Gildea's and the Andrews'. We feel so blessed to have these wonderful families as our good friends. (I hate that I'm leaving them!! I wish they could come to Germany with me!!) The kids all had so much fun even just staying at the hotel. Breakfast was yummy and FREE! Love that Residence Inn! Thanks for the fun, friends.

This salmon color is my fav...especially next to that blue sky.

Oh, there they are on the tippy-top!

Super boy kept on his glasses the whole time. He gets the sneezes when he goes into the sun and his baby blues are VERY sensitive! He wanted a picture in front of the flowers.

sweet G in front of the windmill

J {I know he looks like the uni-bomber...} spinning a little windmill

Rolling Ridge Ranch

Just when I'd thought we'd seen all there is to see in Amish country...we found ANOTHER amazing spot. This ranch was AWESOME!! First we walked through a petting zoo where the kids got to hold and pet all sorts of baby animals. Then we went on this hour long wagon ride where the animals came right up to the wagon to eat out of our hands...amazing. My kids were giggling and squealing with delight the whole time.

Super boy loved the baby ducks. I love how he is checking out his wing in this one.

Proof that I was there too...got to love having my 5-year-old take the picture with my huge lens and camera...she did pretty good {even if she did cut off my head}

Little pretty, who is my animal lover, with a baby goat.

This little rascal {along with his big brother and our friends} chased the animals so they would run away from him.

Ohhh...cute cow

"Laaaa-ma face" {has anyone seen The Emperor's New Groove?}

I took a bazillion pictures of all the amazing animals we saw. Not pictured was a camel, zebra, zedonk {half zeebra, half donkey}, and a crocodile.

This peacock was amazing! The colors are so vibrant.

Aflac...doesn't he look like that duck?!

These are pictures from our wagon ride. It was quite the experience. This is our Amish tour guide. The animals were hungry!

Super boy kept pointing to all the animals saying, "Am-mal"

This water buffalo blew snot on Super's face! It was funny!

The ostrich kept pecking at G's food.

We lost our bucket to this guy!

I caught him licking his lips after we fed him, funny.

Easter

Spring is FINALLY springing! {just with TONS of rain}
I love Easter. We have had a great weekend with people that we love.
We decorated eggs, had an egg hunt at church, and attended a beautiful service this morning.


Here is my rainbow egg that I was proud of!

J's "pink panther" egg

G's rainbow egg

the kidlets in the gym at church after the hunt

super boy taking time to eat {I mean hunt} for eggs

I made their Easter baskets by following the "'soft basket" pattern from HERE

then I added a 1 handle instead of 2