Happy Grandparents Day!!!

Okay, I'm a week late according to Hallmark, but the official date really is just a good reminder to step back and appreciate the fact that our boys are quite possibly the luckiest boys in the world!! They have four incredible grandparents in their lives. So we would like to take a moment to just say "THANK YOU!" to those incredible grandparents for everything and everywhere they have been with us in the past three years. People ask how we are able to smoothly and easily handle all the changes that we have navigated in our lives recently, especially having two young kids in tow. None of it would have been possible without GRANDPARENTS!!!

You make sure our kids know their history and culture...

...watching vintage car races

 ...go Packers!

You make sure our kids have music! (Singing songs together, playing guitar, piano)

You give our kids a safe, constant place to always return to, no matter where our crazy lives land us

You make sure our kids get to appreciate the finer things in life...

...like hand-picked fresh squeezed juice every morning!!

...like pontoon boat rides!

...and playing with Play-Doh!

From your first days as grandparents, you have been at attention, full service ahead!

- both grandmas dropped what they were doing to come live with us at various times while Andrew was away working, so that I would have help when I went back to work after Arjen was born, and right before Gus was born, and any other time in between when I didn't think I could survive for a few days without another adult around.  You both made being a new mom seem managable!

- and both grandpas kept life moving ahead at their homes so those grandmas could be there for us!

- all four of you have repeatedly, unconditionally opened your homes to us for as long as we've wanted/needed whether we had a home of our own or not!

- and possibly most importantly, all four of you have provided us with the best babysitting service ever! Thank you for giving us the freedom to take full advantage of your time and your love for your grandkids! 

So thank you, Baba, Dave, Cherie and Wayne.  It's Grandparents like you that make a Hallmark Day like "Grandparent's Day" an absolute necessity!  We just want to make sure you know how much we appreciate you!

And to our own Grandparents, thank you for being such great grandparent role models!  (Is that why they call you "Great-Grandparents"???)