Standiford Family

On Saturday we took a short trip to Fernwood Botanical Garden in Michigan.  We had never been there before.  Besides all the beautiful flowers and plants, they currently have an art exhibit of large bugs on display.  The "Big Bugs" are huge sculptures done by David Rogers and will be on display until October 16th.  [...]

Yesterday we took Kaden in for his 4 month checkup.  He now weighs 18 lbs. 11 oz. and is 27 3/4 inches long.  While his growth rate has slowed a little, that’s still 3 lbs. 9oz. heavier and 2 1/2 inches taller in two months.  The doctor said he was "Perfect" and "The kind of [...]

Saturday night Kelly and I watched a really good movie.  The Walt Disney film National Treasure starring Nicolas Cage was an extremely good action adventure film.  We were thoroughly entertained.  After the film we commented on how there was actually no bad language in the film, was that really Nicolas Cage?  That was a relief [...]

We had a couple of messy trees that we wanted to have removed from our yard.  After contacting a couple of companies, we decided to have TLC Tree Removal Inc do the job.  This turned out to be an excellent choice.  The owner of the company is a one-man show.  He took a Pine tree [...]

This week our household is being overtaken by a cold virus.  It started towards the end of last week with Kelly starting to not feel well, then Mattey actually sleeping during church because of the medicine she took for her cold.  Now yesterday Megan really came down with it.  She had a hard time going [...]

This post is about a week late, but hey better late than never, right?  Last week we went to the Firefly Festival to listen to the South Bend Symphony Orchestra and to see the fireworks.  It was a chilly night, but the show was good.  The fireworks were especially entertaining and the kids loved them.  [...]

Last week we took Kaden and Mattey to Picture People to get their pictures taken.  Kaden’s was his 3 month picture and Mattey’s was her 4 year picture (only a few months late).  After a very long wait, we struggled to get a happy picture of Kaden.  Mattey took her turn and then we finished [...]

Last night Megan played her last Softball game under the lights at East Side Little League.  She had a huge cheering section, including Dad, Mom, Sister, Brother, Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt, Nana, and two Uncles.  The crowd was not disappointed.  Megan came up to bat in the second inning with runners on second and third.  She [...]

My Dad and I went out last night to see the new Batman movie, Batman Begins.  I thought it was the best of all the Batman movies that have been released.  The interesting thing is that, like Star Wars, this movie actually is supposed to have taken place before the other Batman movies.  If you [...]

Due to some untimely rain on Wednesday night, Megan’s game was cancelled.  She now plays her last game tonight at 7:30.  Good luck Sweet Peas!