ken, heidi, and jack (with isaac and clarke too!)

the following is my montage, of our life at the end of 2009.  jack has continued to make the world, and this life, good…more good, more fun, more worth it than i could have ever imagined.

imagine the following images flashing across your screen with the above song playing in the back ground, and some great voice narrating:

we decorated for christmas, ken puts up lights like a good suburban dad, papa played the accordion, jack got his own bike, a tractor, time with soph, a ball, a cookie monster bib, a teepee, his own table and chairs, and of course…an elmo.  jack chilled with uncle dan, he posed for a vw ad, isaac was cute, matt and tracey came for new years eve, the girls got dressed up, we had a tea party at the ritz to celebrate tracey’s baby, we embarked on our first sledding trip (everyone was too cold so it ends quick), and…

and…we rest (with juice).

hiking with dad in the morning…and discovering how to get free candy at night:

gigi wrestled him to his costume…

i fought hard to get whiskers drawn on the face…

and a perfect little lion emerged!

the highlight of the night was that jack’s friend julian dressed as elmo – so trick-or-treating is great, but trick-or-treating with elmo is fabulous!

everything’s better with dad:

jack’s introduction to ken’s first love…

today we went to our first pumpkin patch with grandpa bob and grandma susan…very “fallish”, and very fun!

i couldn’t believe it, but at one time jack was wearing or surrounded by all that he loves most in the world (besides us of course!).

his hat.

his water bottle.

his music box.

his boots.

and cheese.

our jack:

jack’s new favorites:

after a short hiatus from blogging…here’s the williams family again!  we had a fabulous summer.  i had to work full time, so i missed having my tuesdays and wednesday off with jack – but we made up for it.  and although it is officially september, the sun is shining, jack and i just got done playing in the back yard and we are soaking it up until the summer breeze leaves for good.

we went to charlevoix and north carolina for our summer trips this year.  jack was a trooper in the car (except on the 11 hour drive from north carolina, you can only imagine the quantity and quality of screaming that occured…)

jack discovered the joy of getting in and out…and in and out…and in and out of the suitcase as we tried to get packed!

we celebrated uncle gary’s 70th birthday at the country club…apparently, jack was thrilled with his mac and cheese

and we spent alot of time playing…

ken, jack, isaac and clarke took a hike…literally.  they went deep into the woods and explored everything – i believe my husband tasted heaven that day: