We went to the cabin up north over the weekend!  What a nice and relaxing trip!  (although, right now I'm super annoyed because I was mere seconds away from finishing this entry when somehow I deleted the entire thing with no way to get it back! grrrrrrr!!)

Anyway, we went to the beach, for a drive but mostly just lazed around enjoying each others company!  Our last mini trip as a family of THREE!!  YIKES!   Here are some pics!

Gwen shows off her muscles!

Gwen dips her foot into the LEACH pond!!  (I got a leach swimming here last year on my toe!  GROSS!! First I ran out of the water, then realizing that as a mother it my responsibility to not only save myself, but my child as well! So, I turned around and grabbed poor Gwen by one arm - to protect her from those blood eating savages!) haha  I guess she has no memory, since she went into this water more readily than our previous day at beach!

The Pink elephant!  Gwen now knows that when you see the pink elephant, it means you are UP NORTH!!  We take her picture standing by him every year to see how she's grown!  :)

Gwen sure LOVES those Michigan cherries!

Running through the cabin!

No matter where we go, there is always a playground!

Gwen is not in the mood to swim today!  Too bad, cause I could have spent HOURS relaxing in the crisp refreshing spring water!

Well, it was hard work - keeping my mouth shut that is!  But it all worked out and we discovered that I actually CAN lie (a new talent?)! haha  I think having a surprise party a month early was really the best option (we can think baby boy for that!) since Shaun was really genuinely surprised!   He had a lot of fun - one last HUURAAH!  as a young whipper snapper!  Thank you EVERYONE for coming to the party and for not making my fear of only 4 people being there for the surprise come true!! hehee

The arrival - we were not prepared for!                        Call the fire department!! 

the dino cake that Gwen picked out!                             Gwen has to help the old man!

Shaun enjoys some cotton candy!                                  Playing in the rain!

So, Shaun was able to link this blog - which is free through our web host- through our website!   YAY!!!  I'm sure it was easy for him, but I would have NEVER figured it out.. had no idea even where to begin! 

Our actual website is still intact and without current information - there is a link through this page (SSRYAN HOME PAGE to the right).  This is really so much easier for updates!  I hope I actually update regularly now!

But anyway, Thanks Shaun!!