The Pridgeons

Thursday, September 10, 2015

more summer fun

The hematology/oncology group at DeVos had a party at one of the doctor's houses this summer. They have lots of land, lots of fun toys, a pool, and this crazy slip n slide (made from an old billboard!). Kate and Liv loved the pool - it was heated - and Kate even tried the slip n slide with all the big kids. It was a fun afternoon of getting to know some of the people Matt works with and playing outside!

Girls and their babies:)

At the beginning of August, as a reward for good behavior for Kate, we took a trip to Catch Air. It's an indoor play place with lots of slides, bouncy things, ball pits, and - our favorite - a dance floor. Every hour they turn all the lights off and play one song for the kids to dance. My girls were in heaven:) Liv wasn't too daring on all of the toys, but towards the end of our time there, the girls started playing a game where Liv would sit in the ball pit at the bottom of the slide, and Kate would slide down right next to her and splash the balls all around. Both of them were laughing so hard. It was perfect.

Puzzle time in the basement...sorry, Mom, did you just clean everything up? :)

We had a big get together with friends from Hope at the Johnson's house again. The girls all dressed up and all the kids sang and danced to Frozen. It was pretty funny.

look at all these kiddos! (l to r: karstens, pridgeons, allemans, and johnsons)
and three more are on the way!

This girl and her smile...gets me every time:)

Later in August, our neighborhood block party was next door at Steve and Jill's house. Kate pretty much stayed in the bounce house the entire time. She kept getting hurt and would come to the edge and cry for a minute, but refused to get out. She also cried when they started deflating it at the end of the night.

The very next day, we went to a kid's carnival/picnic at my dad's work. Kate got to do the bounce house again. We had two happy girls.

Matt and my dad also trimmed out the built-ins in our basement, so here's Liv being daddy's big helper at Home Depot when we went to buy all the materials.

The girls new favorite play -and snack - spot: the cubby hole:)

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

GR Airport

I get together with a few friends from high school - and their kids - once a month, and this past time, we decided to go check out the viewing area at the airport. They have lots of room for the kids to run and even picnic tables, where we ate our lunch. The kids were naming all the airplanes as they took off, so they would all yell goodbye to them. We were very surprised by how many planes we actually got to see. Definitely a place to go back to once the weather cools down:)

Uncle Andy and Aunt Sam's visit

Andy officiated a wedding in Michigan at the end of July, and they stayed here for about a week after. We soaked up as much time with them as we could while they were here. Lots of swimming at Grandma and Grandpa's house, dinners together, and Play-doh playing with Aunt Sam.

sweet corn!

Nothing says summer like a few messy ears of sweet corn on the cob. These girls were all about it!

Pridgeon Open

Holy cow, I'm so far behind on blogging it's not even funny. Here goes an attempt at catching up!

We were able to go down to the farm for this year's Pridgeon Open in July. We got there Friday night, and Matt golfed with Brian, Paul and Justin most of the day Saturday (thanks to a rain delay). Dinner on Saturday night was at Caruso's and Kate wanted to sit with Hadley and Grandma instead of us...what a stinker!

kisses from Anna

Owen and Olivia

Thursday, August 20, 2015

Katie + Ryan

My long-time friend (like since junior high!), Katie, got married in July. The location was so fun and unique, and she was absolutely beautiful. We had a great time celebrating the new Mr. and Mrs.!