Kylah and Caleb

My cousin Kelli has a 7 month old son, Caleb. If Kelli and I are first cousins, that makes Kelli and Kylah second cousins, right? So what are Kylah and Caleb? Third cousins? Whatever they are to each other, they are only 13 days apart in age, and it's evident they're going to have fun growing up together! It was fun seeing them smile and talk to each other while celebrating Great Grandma Wisniewski's birthday yesterday. Happy Birthday Grandma!

Leaving tomorrow

Today was Alison's and my last day in San Diego. After a very informative tour at another customer site, and a productive couple of hours writing up a trip analysis, we were able to drive out to the beach, walk in the sand, stick our toes in the ocean, and window shop at stores we could never afford anything at! We took the scenic route from Vista, over to Highway 101 down through Carlsbad, Encinitas, Del Mar, La Jolla, and then into Downtown San Diego. We checked into our hotel and spent the rest of the evening walking around Gas Lamp Village. It really was a great way to end the trip. But I can tell you this - I miss my husband, baby girl, and puppy more than I could've ever imagined!!! So yes, I'm ready to come home tomorrow. Until then, here are some more pictures of the fun stuff, and one from work I thought was interesting:




This picture is from one of our customer sites here in Encinitas, CA. Because they aren't selling as many flowers right now as they estimated to, they end up dumping loads and loads of absolutely beautiful flowers every day. This is just one of the loads out of the many they'll dump just today. I wish I could bring them home with me!

San Diego, California

Greetings for warm, sunny, California! I'm in San Diego with a co-worker right now, and this is my first overnight trip away from Kylah, ever. It's also my first overnight trip in a long time away from Craig and Riley. It's not easy, that's for sure - but I'm being strong knowing that I'll be home to see them again soon. (I love and miss you guys!) In the mean time, Alison and I just finished eating dinner at a fantastic Italian restaurant after our first day of visiting a customer site (greenhouse). The trip has been great so far, so I'd like to share some pictures with you. The view below is from a half block behind our hotel, overlooking Moonlight Beach. It's tough having customers located in really cool, beautiful cities ;)

For those of you wondering what kind of flowers we're dealing with at this customer site, check out the next two pictures. Millions of absolutely beautiful, perfect Gerbera Daisies.

Hopefully the weather in Michigan is nice. It was 70 and perfectly sunny here today!

Please start winning...

We are all Tiger's fans in this house. Even the dog. So we're trying to be optimistic with the horrible start to their season that they will start winning soon. GO TIGERS!

Happy Birthday Riley!

Riley turned 3 yesterday! Instead of cake, we gave him a Pig's Ear and of course, he loved it :)


Yum....

Easter at Grandma & Grandpa Taetsch's

Kylah celebrated her first Easter with us and Grandma & Grandpa Taetsch in Lansing. We spent a wonderful, sunny afternoon and evening together and although Kylah couldn't partake - Grandpa cooked us a fantastic prime rib dinner, and Grandma made a chocolate cake for Craig's birthday! It was great bonding time, as always :)

Craig/Dad:

We love you :)
~Michelle, Kylah & Riley

"Details..."

Well, Michelle and I did it - we FINALLY bought a boat. We've been looking at boats for about 3 years and if you know me - "Do it right, or don't do it at all". So, a little "Lefevre" got in me and I researched, and researched, and researched, and researched. We put an offer in on a Crownline, but that fell through; God said I didn't do enough research. He was right - AGAIN! With more research and some good connections, we got a smokin' deal on a much better boat - Regal 2200.

Grand Bay Marine just opened a store in Grand Rapids on Lake Michigan Drive. While negotiating with the sales person he was NO WHERE we wanted to be. I mentioned if you give me that boat for what we want to spend, I'll give you lifetime advertisement on the back of the boat. That's when the owner of Grand Bay Marine contacted me (no more middle man); it immediately became a tax write off for her. Long story short, if we were to sell the boat on the used market tomorrow, we'd make money on it easily.

Regardless, Michelle and I are super stoked for Summer. Now, if this snow would just melt and be gone with itself!!! Here is a link to some video tours of the boat: http://www.regalboats.com/2008/SportBoats/Bowrider/2200/VideoHighplay01
We chose the color "Mediterranean Blue Gelcoat with Desert Sand Boot Stripe". In "guy terms", it is Navy blue, with a grey stripe, white bottom.

The name of the boat?
"Details..." by Grand Bay Marine - Grand Rapids, MI

Kylah's 6 Month Pictures

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Sittin' up

Look everyone, I've figured out how to sit up now :). Just wait, I'll be crawling soon and pulling on Riley's tail before you know it....

First rollover!!!!!!

I can't tell you how excited Michelle and I are tonight and the fact that we were able to capture it on video for all of you to see. This is Kylah rolling over for the first day on her own!!! :)

Happy Easter!

Craig and I took Kylah to see the Easter Bunny this weekend, and she did very well! I was a sucker and purchased the ridiculously expensive 5x7 photo for her scrapbook because she's smiling in it. I'd post it here, but can't get the scanner to work. So you get to see the one we took on our camera in the mean time :)

So much love!

YYYYYYYYYYYYY

Updated Bath Picture

Couldn't resist; had to post...

HAHA!

This picture is from a couple weeks ago - and I don't know why I didn't post it sooner. It's too funny not to share with all of you! Side note: For those of you who don't know, you can click on the pictures we post to make them much bigger on your screen. This would be a good one to do that with :)