Life at the Lowry's

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Pump It Up

Zach really wanted to show Carson one his favorite places. A big room, with a bunch of inflatable bouncy houses. These boys had so much fun, they didn’t sit still for a second.

Cooper loved to walk around in this one. He would keep falling and laughing and then he would get up and run around crazy some more.

Big girls can have fun in a bouncy house as well:)

Paige playing with Cooper.

Paige, Me, Cooper, and Rachel going on the slide. Cooper kept wanting and wanting to go, but could not climb up by himself. It was a back breaker to carry him up over and over again.

This little boys loves to play with balls. He gets so excited every time he sees one, and he is getting pretty good at throwing them.

That just looks like trouble.

And…this is what you look like when you have been running and jumping for two solid hours. A perfect activity to release some of the large amounts of energy these boys seem to have.

Sometimes when I am talking to my sister on the phone, she will tell me she just saw a flash of red fly through her yard. She often sees cardinals in this bush in her neighbors yard. I was glad to finally get to see one. I could not believe how red they were. So pretty.

Breakfast and Butterflies. When we arrived in Michigan, my sister was housing some caterpillars (recently turned into cocoons) and every morning these kids would check to see if we had some butterflies.

A little wrestling fun with Uncle Shae.

Cooper enjoying a little bit of warmer weather in Shelly’s swing.

Pizza Papalis

I have been hearing from my husband, my sister, and my mom for years that this was the best place to get pizza. It was so good. In fact, looking at the pictures is making me a bit hungry.

The kids had fun watching the cooks behind us. I wish I would have gotten a picture of them throwing the dough way up in the air. It was so fun to have good food with great company.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Detroit

In my visits to Michigan, we had always stayed outside of the city. This trip was the first time I ever saw downtown Detroit. We wanted to take the kids to ride the people mover, walk by the river, see the city, and wave to Canada. I was a little sad to realize that a lot of the buildings downtown were vacant and worn down. This is a picture of the old train depot. I believe they are planning on restoring this one.

The Fox Theatre. Charlie Sheen was on the marquee for that night. We read on the internet the next day that he said some thing rude and got booed off the stage.

Ford Field

Tigers Stadium.

Michelle’s family loves to come see the Tigers play, and last time when Aaron was visiting without me, (he went for a continuing education class) he went to a game with them. He had a great time, and wanted to take us all to a game this trip, but it just happened to be the first game of the season and the tickets were ridiculously pricey.

Posers-Rachel and Paige, waiting for the people mover to come pick us up.

The Renaissance Center, also know as GM headquarters. We walked through and saw some cars, the kids loved the cool couches, and then headed outside to walk by the river.

Rachel got Cooper to wear her sunglasses for a minute.

Cooper, Paige, Carson, Morgan, and Zach

Me, Michelle, and Meghan in front of the Detroit River. On the other side of the river is Windsor, Canada.

This picture is just so Aaron and I can have a funny memory.

These two boys were wishing Grandpa Rich was around, so they could have got him with their pinecones. (Grandpa does that to them all the time when we are hiking or camping.)