Happy Easter

First of all, we'd like to wish everyone a Happy Easter.  Easter Sunday finished off a whirl-wind week for us.

Our week started on a very sad note when our Aunt Vickie passed away after a 14 year battle with cancer.  With Michele out on Spring Break, we were able to re-arrange and work around the busy week she already had planned to get up to Flint to be with our family for the viewings and services.

Besides the services, we crammed the following things into the week:

• Jake's three-year photos and a new family photo
• A trip to Frankenmuth for Jake and Mommy to play at a water park wth Grandma and Grandpa
• A play-date with Isabelle, Jack, and Helena
• Two fun days of day care including a marshmallow drop from a helicopter on Friday

The weekend found the Pruss Family in on a quick visit from St. Louis.  It was great to see them again.  Jake and Elle played together so well, it was almost like they never left.  We can't wait to get down to see them longer sometime this summer.  Jason also got to help Michele and I put up a new playset for Jake in our backyard.  We capped the night off with some dinner from East Side Marios before they whisked away to see more family and friends in their quick 4 day trip which includes almost two full days in the car.

On Easter, after Jake hunted for Easter Eggs in the house, we went to Church and then found a little time to play in the backyard before lunch and naptime.  MPnA then stopped by for lunch before we all headed over to MKnE's house where Great Grandma, Melissa, and Uncle John were already asking for their turns to hold Emily.  GnGT also came down for Easter dinner, so Mark and Kelly had a FULL house.

Here are all the photos from the past week.  Hopefully the new photo service doesn't throw too many people off while looking at the albums.  We were very happy with dotphoto for several years, but there were just a few "geeky" things they weren't providing, so I figured I'd go ahead and give Picasa a try.  Right away, you should notice that the pictures are a little bigger.  I also think the service loads a bit faster.  Lastly, if you ever wanted to order prints, there are now more options, including the option to print them out at a local Walgreens!  This is more of a grandparent feature, but you never know when you might want to throw together a random scrapbook of our family!

Lastly, we want to congratulate our friends Ryan and Heather who welcomed their new son, Isaac on April 6.  He was born weighing 7 pounds and 3 ounces and measuring 21 1/2 inches long.  The whole family is doing great!  Now we have an even bigger reason to get up to Traverse City sooner than later.