the kingshott's

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Calvin CRC, our church walked in the Roosevelt Park Day Parade.

Best Buddies

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Haven and Elli playing in the sand box.

Our little Angels after lots of summer fun!

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Audrey is not sure if she likes the duck!

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Boat Ride with Steph and Lena

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Beach Babies

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Back Yard Play

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Summer Fun!

Eleanor Grace

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Audrey Anne

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Uncle Chris came over to show the girls his Sheriff truck and "motorcycle" :-)
Thanks Uncle Chris!!!

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Cousins

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Audrey did not love her headband. She cried every time we put the it on. So I had to snap a picture. Poor baby!

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Happy 4th of July!!!

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Princess Eleanor teaches Audrey how to be a princess.

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Water Water Everywhere....The girls love to play with the water table. Our super kind neighbor got this for Audrey's 1st birthday. Everyone ends up soaked but the girls have so much fun!

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This is from Audrey's birthday. Elli was eager to help unwrap the gifts!

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Audrey loved it too. Here she is with the farm's youngest...only 4 days old. Audrey kept saying woof woof...apparently she thinks anything with four legs is a dog at this point!

Country Dairy

2009-05-30T13:10:00.000-07:00

Today we took a drive out to Country Dairy in New Era, MI. What fun! We got to take a tractor ride and have a tour of the farm. Fed the cows and had some fresh cheese and chocolate milk at the end of the tour.

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Audrey is almost One and is loving walking....Elli is 3 and loves that her little sis' is trying to keep up with her!

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Elli loves to share her strawberry ice cream...talk about motivation to get Audrey walking!

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Happy 95th Birthday Grandma B!

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Happy 3rd Birthday Elli!

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Go Tigers Go!

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Daddy and his girls.
We are so hopeful for Spring Weather to come soon!

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Simply Gorgeous

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Eleanor Grace loves to get "all dolled up" Sunday morning she asks if we can curl her hair and paint her nails...are we in for trouble when she is 15 or what?!

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Elli is looking forward to turning 3 in a couple months. She is having fun running around the house hiding in sisters room.

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Audrey is now 8 months old and is loving being able to get around on her own.

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Updates...we have neglected our blog after finding facebook and keeping up with both was not happening. So Brian will be keeping facebook up to date while I try my hand at blogging.

updated pics

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newest addition to the family

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i would like to introduce Audrey Anne Kingshott. she was born thursday, may 22nd at 9:37am. she was born 8lbs. 7oz. & 20 1/2 inches long. enjoy!

waiting for baby

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courtney is ready for the baby. just one more day! we are really excited to meet her!

let's go outside

2008-04-30T08:52:00.000-07:00

at times it is still a bit cold here in michigan. we have been doing our best to take a lot of trips to the park, go for bike rides, and do some swimming at our health club. this is a picture of our first time out on a bike ride last month.

what a cute kids (ok i know that i am biased)

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elli's birthday

2008-04-18T06:45:00.001-07:00

ok, so it is a really late post, but here are some pics from elli's birthday which was march 16th. she asked for several weeks after her birthday if we could keep having her birthday. she must like all of the cake, presents, and singing the happy birthday song.

ketchup

2008-04-15T08:43:00.000-07:00

ok, i know if have not updated in a while, so here is a post for Traci McKee. she is a friend of ours from Cornerstone. she put ketchup on just about everything. i know i gave her grief about it many times. elli was eating bread with butter on it the other day. she demanded that she have some "dippers" which is ketchup with her bread and butter. it reminded me of traci. check out the pics.

winter again - we can't get rid of it

2008-02-29T07:23:00.000-08:00

so this is the type of thing that happens when you get stuck inside for extremely long periods of time. elli loves music and she loves to dance. she and i sometimes have dance parties to burn some energy. notice the hip shake and the rapper like hand motions (i taught her that)

winter is our friend - sometimes

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this last wednesday we received a foot of snow, literally, in about 12 hours. courtney's drive to grand rapids has been stressful, but we have found some ways to enjoy the weather as well. i have been on several retreats in the last few weekends allowing for some snow tubing and skiing. elli is also had an opportunity to do some "boating" as she likes to call it. enjoy.

really old music

2008-01-17T08:31:00.000-08:00

ever wonder what the #1 song was the day you were born? how about the day you were married? here is a link to your complete guide to the hits of your time. way back in '81 on January 25, blondie had the top song with "the tide is high". what was the #1 song when you were born?

christmas

2008-01-10T08:46:00.001-08:00

our christmas with elli was much more exciting this year. she was much better at opening presents and was so excited! it was a lot of fun seeing the excitement we sometimes loose when we become adults.

christmas

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christmas cookies

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this year elli got to help make christmas cookies and she loved every moment of it! elli loves to help out in the kitchen her favorite was putting the sprinkles on.

thanksgiving

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we spent some time in south carolina visiting my brother and his family. while we were there, we went to the aquarium. elli loved the huge fish tanks with tons of huge fish. we had a good trip and the weather was beautiful, 75 and sunny!

halloween

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ok, a few pics from halloween. elli made it an entire block. by the end of the night she was dragging her pink plastic pumpkin, but she had a lot of fun. the weather was good here. we went to a party for dinner before we went trick or treating. it was a great time to spend together as a family. i am not sure that elli has eaten any of her candy, but daddy is quietly making sure it does not go to waste!

singing

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elli and courtney working on their singing skills. also, a nice taste of elli in her halloween costume. in case you could not tell, she was a butterfly. not a bug.

another on the way

2007-11-06T11:59:00.000-08:00

in case you have not heard, we are expecting another little one. it is great to see that some friends have been checking out the blog, sorry i have not updated more often. there will be a few new posts coming shortly. in the meantime, check out the widget to your right to see what the baby currently looks like.

Stickers

2007-09-19T16:55:00.000-07:00

i never remember stickers being so much fun. we received a bunch for free in the mail recently and the pictures below tells the rest of the story...

elli being funny

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elli is learning how to pose for the camera (make sure you have your volume turned up)

a few days away

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courtney, elli, and i went for an overnight last weekend to traverse city. a few pictures from our two days away...

pyramid point, where courtney and I were engaged (it was a great surprise)

more pyramid point which is part of sleeping bear dunes national park

a nice family photo

a cool place to have lunch in Leland, MI

elli's first lolli pop

books

2007-08-23T16:08:00.000-07:00

the irresistible revolution by shane claiborne

check out www.thesimplyway.org for more information. a great book that will stretch your concept of modern Christianity. shane will challenge you to put your faith into action every day in all that you do. while I do not agree with everything that is said, it is really good to get another perspective that is given in a positive and challenging way.

better late than never

2007-08-20T17:39:00.000-07:00

some pictures from when my brother jeff, his wife jessie and their son ian visited this summer. we had a great time seeing them. they live in south carolina.

Backpacking

2007-08-19T14:13:00.000-07:00

I developed an appreciation for backpacking while in college. This is the first trip I have been on without Courtney. We went to North Manitou Island, which is near Traverse City. I took several college students on the trip. We almost received a ticket from the National Park Service for being close to the water, luckily Rick and Dave saved the day. They moved their tent back earlier in the day and that is what spared us. It is good to get away from the routine. It is also good to carry everything you need on your back. Backpacking helps balance the message the world continually sends us of needing more of everything.

our first entry

2007-08-16T08:47:00.000-07:00

elli, what more can you say! she is the center of attention and courtney and i are continually amazed. what a challenging thing it is to be a parent. it has been so rewarding. i hope i do her justice.