from picking blueberries to starting school

And to round out the summer and jump into fall we did some blueberry picking with friends at a great place in Dexter. We got a ton of blueberries and ate them all before we could get to freezing them -oh well!

Garrett also started preschool a few weeks back. We found a great co-op nursery school that we fell in love with while we were on the school hunt and he did too. Garrett has really enjoyed going to school twice a week for two hours. We get to work in the classroom and I've already done my first shift, it was so much fun to watch him interact with his peers and be a part of this experience with him. He adores his teacher and recently told me "I'm gonna be a teacher after I get bigger".

blueberry picking
showing of my horse eating skills and my big fat cloth diaper

yup, watch out folks, I've got the hang of standing, before you know it I'll be running along side my brother. at shelly and justin's wedding 9-4-10

fueling up for his first day of preschool 9-13-10 cheesing with his soccer ball before school

first day of school

luckily he didn't make this face at anyone while he was at school.

back in august

Way back in August ...... JARED AND ELIZABETH GOT MARRIED!!! It was a most wonderful day and beautiful wedding. Lots of our family were all around for the weekend extravaganza. Here are a few shots of the fun that we had...

watching tv with "the girls" kennedy and taylor
taylor, g, jack, ez, jc, and kennedy

the cranes

the big cranes

bride & groom with the ring bearer and flower girls

checking out the fountain

trying to avoid all of the picture taking

way up high

eating with sarah

uncle trav & e

the fam

kennedy & g

ezra updates & toledo zoo

July also brought us several trips back and forth to the doctor for Ezra, eventually leading to surgery in August. He made an almost instant recovery and is so much happier now! He passed the 6 month mark in August too and started crawling, sitting up, and a few times we've caught him pulling him up to the standing position. Look out big bro!! He also has gotten the hang of solid foods since his surgery and is loving all of the goodies that we make for him, mango, pears, sweet potato, squash, banana, and avocado. And of course because I'm so drastically behind in posting to the blog.....he's already 7 months today! Where does the time go?


We managed to get together with some friends at the end of July to check out the Toledo Zoo. It was a hit with Garrett, but it was a mighty hot day for Ezra, Mom, and Mama. Thank goodness for ice cream!

south carolina

In July we took our second big trip of the summer to Hunting Island, South Carolina. This is a magical island in the low country of SC that will always hold a special place in my heart. The four of us flew down there for almost one week and stayed in a cabin on the beach with Mima, Grampa, Jack, and Brett. We had beautiful weather, wonderful food, and awesome company! Garrett really liked the ocean right off the bat and spent a lot of time playing around the the waves. Ezra loved to get his feet wet in the salty water too.

snoozing in the shade

fishing with jack on the pier

in the lagoon the kayak grampa built this winter/spring

row, row, row your kayak

july

It's been a busy july and the camera hasn't made it out much. We are getting ready for our second big trip of the summer, this time to South Carolina to go to the beach with Mima, Grampa, Jack, and Brett. We'll all be staying on Hunting Island in a cozy cabin enjoying the steamy hot summer on the ocean. We are all pumped! baking cookies with Mama
big ezra

showing off the first zucchini and second harvest of green beans picked by Garrett

june & more arizona pictures

Here are the pictures from Mima's camera from early June and our trip out to Arizona. She got some wonderful shots of the family, the wedding, and the sights out west. Enjoy red pepper
chowing a red pepper like an apple

showing off in the kayak grampa built this winter

g & e in grampa's kayak

family pool time

first swim

swimming with mama

swimming

mom & g at the rehearsal dinner

playing with great grams

rehearsal dinner

g and his "favorite uncle" jack

so proud

THE ring bearer

the family

Arizona

We made a whirlwind trip to Arizona for the wedding of my cousin Jayme and her new husband Tim recently. It was our first time flying as a family of four and it was quite smooth. Garrett got to sit in his own seat and did really well on the way out there and on the way back. Ezra didn't seem too bothered by flying either. The whole Crane family (20+ of us) stayed in a gigantic and beautiful house on the Colorado River for the event. It had plenty of space for all of us, a wonderful pool, and fabulous views. It was so great to be out there with everyone, although we saw little of Ezra because he spent lots of time with aunts and Garrett was off playing with the "big kids" much of the time. The weather was more bearable than I'd expected, but still darn hot!! Garrett spent much of the weekend running around in his underwear, which he proudly shows off now that he is potty trained! (and his moms and pretty proud too, plus now we only have 1/2 the amount of diapers to wash - score!)

Thursday we hung out at the house and played in the pool all day long. Friday we spent the day at the spa with all the bride, her bridesmaids, and family. Saturday was the big event and we came home Sunday. We missed the family trip to the Grand Canyon and Painted Dessert because we had to come back to go to work (boo). I'll post more pictures of the trip when I get them from my mom who good some great shots. The view from one of three decks at "da party pad"

Ezra's first time swimming

Cool in the pool

Swimming with Mima

Relaxing in the shade with Great Grams

the fish

Playing with Uncle Jared

Ezra at the spa with the bride Jayme