NOTICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello again gang,

Well, we have began our move South! In 8 short days we will be south of the Mason-Dixon line. We are all really excited to start this new chapter, and at the same time we are sad to leave this place, family, and friends. But hey, it's not like we are moving to Eastern Baqoima.

This old blog is going to experience some changes too. It has a new address:

thevisserblog.blogspot.com

and a new look. So all you RSS fed bloggers... you are going to have to change the feed settings for your readers at this time.

More to come soon.....

Abigail all lit up.
Samuel and I went to a ballgame with Grandpa and Grandma, Uncle Don and Peyton.

Samuel and Abigail made friends with Fletch while we visited Uncle Ryan, Aunt Kate, and Grandma Linda in Ohio.

Memorial Weekend

The weather was uncommonly warm and sunny for a Michigan Memorial Day Weekend. (The hallmark of this particular holiday in Michigan is a sharp 30 degree temperature drop accompanied by precipitation in all its forms flying in sideways in a 40 mph gale)

Samuel loves to swing. The life jacket is just in case he flies off into the lake.

Abigail has a good view of the hike from her perch over my shoulder.

Beach

While this isn't our first time to the beach this year...
...it is the first time we didn't have to bring snow-shoes, a parka, and a walrus just to keep warm.

Day out with Thomas the Train.

Saturday we took a trip to the Greenfield Village in Dearborn for the Day out with Thomas the Train.

We liked the area so much we put a bid in on this house.

Apparently it was a little low, and we didn't get it.

Ewe butts!!

At the end of a long day Abigail shares an after dinner binky with her brother.

Springing!

Here are our several attempts to usher in spring over the past month.

I wish they had toys like this for grown-ups.

Thursday we went to Playworld.

Hey!! Did you see me jump that?!

"We all live in a yellow submarine..."
C'mon everyone sing-a-long.

Almost a bi-ped!!

Abigail is getting more comfortable on her hind legs.

Movie Review

Today was the day for Samuel's first trip to the movie theater. With a bucket of popcorn that was 50% of Samuel's size and enough beverage to irrigate most of Darfur we sat for Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who. Samuel gave it good reviews stating how pleased he was to see the director had stuck so closely to the book. It was a good time.

This week in pictures

What! 5.4 seconds!! That was my best time yet on one brownie. Now time me with just my left hand.
This was not posed. I promise.

Icecapade

Without the use of crampons or supplemental oxygen we climbed to the tops of these ice formations on the shores of Lake Michigan.
The ice-cliff was about 25 ft. high.
The expedition team.

Abigail's Birthday Party

A castle cake for the princess.
As you can see she loves the ladybugs.
Hey! What's up dawg?
Oh its time for cake you say!! I can do that, yeah!
Click on the picture to see the animation.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ABIGAIL!

Thursday of this week marked the completion of Abigail's first trip around the sun. She celebrated the day in much the same way she celebrates most Thursdays. We will be partying in a week. Stay tuned for pictures.

A visit with BOB.

Last Saturday we went to check out the Bob the Builder exhibit at The Grand Rapids Children's Museum.

Towards the end of the day Abigail was searching for someplace to get some eats.

And Samuel was looking for somewhere to hit the rack.

Umm..

...Yeah.(sheepishly) Hi there blog. How has everything been going? Umm... I.. uh..I've been swamped, and uh..so.. OK look -I'm sorry for not writing to you. I don't have all the time in the world to sit around and talk to you all day long, I do have other responsibilities you know. Well of course I enjoyed seeing you last month. No no it has nothing to do with you, it's me. Aggh! fine.. Readers: I would like to take this time to publicly apologize for neglecting blog. There are you happy now. For Pete's sake.
See you soon, Andy.