The Ringstrom Family

So when we moved in here, Sam was three years old, and obsessed with Thomas. His room before that was a bland rental which we didn’t decorate. The one before that was his nursery, done up in pastel classic Pooh. So I got all excited and painted his room in bright green and blue, with […]

We went to  a grassy field near the Baptist church at 52nd and Breton which has a great view of the fireworks, not much in the way of crowds, an easy exit to the main road home and plenty of space for the kids to run around. We’ve done this every year since we’ve been […]

I packed a picnic lunch, plastered sunscreen on the kids (and me, learning my lesson from my sunburned shoulders) and hopped in the van to go play on the splashpad in Kentwood. Then…alas! Horrors! Lightning broke the splashpad! Now I’ve got two hysterically screaming, disappointed, hungry children. Here’s where a Blackberry or something would come […]

Remember this? The classic movie poster?

Bob, Erin and Kaeleigh came down so we all went together. The weather was a bit drizzly but nothing that tough Michiganders couldn’t handle. I did quote my dad a couple times, as in, “You’re not made of sugar, you won’t melt.”

We can’t wait to try out our tent! Fingers crossed for good weather next week