Ben, Brooke, and Kayla Sandtveit

Lighthouse in Petoskey

2009-03-23T11:18:00.000-07:00

We took a walk out to the lighthouse in Petoskey, here are some pictures

Christmas with the Craggs

2009-01-09T14:14:00.001-08:00

Kayla and Jacob watching a movie
Kayla and John Fishing
Most of the Family
Ashley, Mom and Brooke
Kayla and I- Kayla is eating my birthday cake:)

Visiting Downstate

2009-01-09T13:43:00.000-08:00

Painting Toenails Pink with Ashley

Reading
Bubble Baths, checking for fuzz in her toes!

Christmas with Sandtveit's and Gingerbread House Decorating with Teagan

2009-01-09T13:40:00.000-08:00

Santa

2009-01-09T13:37:00.000-08:00

Heres so me pics of Kayla at the Noggin Room- Restaurant in Petoskey, with Santa. She loved talking to him, but got a little scared when he came to sit down.

Kayla ABC's

2008-12-20T19:36:00.000-08:00

Picking out the Christmas Tree

2008-12-20T19:16:00.001-08:00

This year we decided to go and get a real Christmas Tree. We went to a farm in Harbor Springs and picked our own tree out. Kayla got to visit with Santa and feed some farm animals too. Here are also some pictures of decorating our tree.

Swim Lessons 2

2008-12-20T19:12:00.000-08:00

Kayla had a second round of swim lessons and did great, she loves to jump off the edge and to float around! Here are a few pictures

Kaylas first Sleepover

2008-11-02T11:52:00.001-08:00

Kayla had her first sleepover. Cousins Teagen and Breckin spent the night over the weekend. They had so much fun together. Paula and I took the kids to the park, they got to go on every slide, up towers and on the swings. Here are some pictures of them in there pjs at the end of the night watching Dora and Pony's on tv.

Kaylas First Real Haircut

2008-11-02T11:48:00.000-08:00

We decided to take Kayla to get her first "real" haircut. She did absolutely great!! She stayed still and was such a good girl.

Halloween fun and Trick-O-Treating

2008-11-02T09:23:00.000-08:00

The cute puppy dog:)
All dressed and ready for trick o treating!

Here is Kayla with a pumpkin we carved and her doggy outfit.

Sue came over and painted a pumpkin and stuffed a scarecrow man with Kayla.

Fall Festivals and Apple Orchards

2008-10-24T20:58:00.000-07:00

Fall Festivals, and Apple Orchards. We took Kayla to feed the animals at the fall festival in Charlecoix. Then last weekend we went to an apple orchard and rode a wagon ride and got dounuts, and fed some more farm animals.

Bike Rides

2008-10-24T20:54:00.000-07:00

Kayla loves her bike she got for her birthday from Grandma and Grandpa S. We go for rides around the block and say hi to the deers that hang out behind our house.

Visiting Ashley and John in GR

2008-10-24T20:48:00.001-07:00

We went to Grand Rapids to Visit Ashley and John and got to go to the Childrens Museum, it is such an awesome place to go. We loved the bubbles !!

2008-10-24T20:46:00.001-07:00

Funny Faces with Teagan

Kaylas 2nd Birthday!! August 17, 2008

2008-10-24T20:27:00.001-07:00

Kayla had so much fun with her family and friend s at her birthday party..thank you everyone for coming. She had such a great time at the "pool party" with Teagan and Jacob. Wow I cant believe she is two!!

Beach Bumbs Game

2008-10-24T20:23:00.001-07:00

Beach Bumbs Baseball game in Traverse City and then a train ride downtown.

More Summer Pics at the beach

2008-10-24T20:13:00.000-07:00

Kayla Playing at the beach, boating, and having fun.

Visit from Grandma and Grandpa S.

2008-10-24T20:10:00.001-07:00

Bob and Sue came for a visit and we went to the park.

Bens Birthday

2008-10-24T19:56:00.000-07:00

Bens 30th Birthday was on July 11. We took him out to dinner. Where Kayla loved the golf carts!! Then I rented a Pontoon boat and we went fishing and stayed in Mackinac City for the weekend.

4th of July Fun and Fireworks

2008-07-08T18:59:00.001-07:00

We were able to spend some time over the 4th in Traverse City with my parents, sister, grandparents and cousins. Ben, Ashley, John and I went out on the boat to see the air show and the Blue Angles...awesome show!! They soar right over you, it is crazy how close they get! We also got to celebrate Ashley and Bens birthdays. And my cousin Jeff threw an awesome firework show for us...with some help from Ben and Uncle Mark. It was the best fireworks I've seen...Kayla even got to stay up and watch them too..which she loved! We also got the chance to meet Ashley and Johns new puppy, Bruce Lee, he is so adorable..what a cute puppy!

4th of July Float and Parade

2008-07-08T18:54:00.001-07:00

My work was able to have a float in the Boyne City 4th of July Parade. And Ben, Kayla and I were able to participate in it. Kayla had so much fun being on the float and waving to everyone, and then watching the end of the parade afterwards...her favorite being the firetrucks!

Laura Wedding

2008-07-08T18:46:00.000-07:00

One of my good college friends got married and had one of the best weddings we have been too. Here are a few pictures of Laura and Pauls wedding!

At the Park

2008-06-01T18:35:00.001-07:00

We took Kayla to the park tonight 6-1-08. First we got some ice cream, and of course shared with Kayla;) Then we played on the slides, monkey bars, and bouncy horses..which she absolutely loved! The weather is getting so nice out now, we will be spend a lot more time outside.

Mushroom Festival (Carnival Rides) In Boyne City

2008-06-01T18:24:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures from the Mushroom Festival here in Boyne City. We went to the carnival with a friend of ours. Kayla love the BIG slide, mom and dad got to go down a couple of times with her. Ben also took her on the Carousel, which Kayla seemed to like a lot too.

The Catipilar

2008-04-30T19:03:00.000-07:00

Kayla and daddy playing with a Catipilar

Pictures of Kayla

2008-04-30T18:48:00.001-07:00

Our little daredevil, climbing on her elephant
Ben and I took Kayla to the fish hatchery in Petoskey, her are some pictures. She loved watching her shadow and saying hi to it.

Walking on the treadmill

Easter Egg Hunt

2008-04-30T18:41:00.001-07:00

Hunting for Easter Eggs, and checking out what Kayla found:)

2008-04-30T18:21:00.000-07:00

Ben Sledding & Falling on Mardi Gras weekend

Some New Pictures: Mardi Gras/Easter Weekend

2008-04-30T17:59:00.000-07:00

We had a blast over Easter Weekend. It was also Mardi Gras Weekend at Nubs Nob. So we stayed at the Chalet that weekend, with Ashley and John, and Ken and Luanne. We did some crazy sledding down the street by the chalet!!! Kayla had lots of fun trying to catch bubbles with Ashley and collecting beads, and hanging out on the ski hill on mom and dads back!

New Job/ Update

2008-03-16T13:09:00.000-07:00

I havent updated in a while, things have been pretty busy over here lately. I just got a job working with an insurance agency here in town. It is a great job, and the people there are very nice. I just finished my second week of training and things are going very well. Ben is still working with Yellowbook, and he is actually living up in Sault St. Marie from Monday-Friday (about 2 hours away) and is home on the weekends. His territory is the U.P., so he will be up there until the end of July. It is definitly a challenge not having him here during the week, and Kayla misses him lots, but we are doing well. My mom has been staying with me for a few weeks and is watching Kayla during the day. She is going to be staying through the week of April 14th. She has been so wonderful and such a huge help, I don't know what I would've done without her here...Thank YOU:) I found a wonderful daycare for Kayla, it is right here in town and only 5 minutes from home and where I work. The people there are very nice and I think Kayla is going to really enjoy daycare and learn a lot! Besides that we are just enjoying the past couple of warm days and hoping there is a lot more to come. I have added some new pictures below, and a little video of Kayla and Ben at her last swim class. We hope everyone has a great St. Patricks Day:)

Raven Hill

2008-03-16T12:58:00.001-07:00

After Kayla's last swim lesson we decided to take her to Raven Hill. It is a discovery center for kids, they have all kinds of reptiles there, music intstuments and lost of fun interactive toys for kids to play with. There was a huge turtle there that Kayla absolutely loved, she kept following him around petting his shell. My mom and Ben even got to hold a snake!! And Kayla got to pet lizards and snakes too! It was a lot of fun, and Im sure we will be going back there again.

This turtle actually used to be Ben and mine. We donated it to Raven Hill a few years ago, and he is doing great still. All the animals they have there have been donated from different people.

Last Class of Swim Lessons

2008-03-16T12:09:00.001-07:00

Kayla had her last class of Swim Lessons this past Saturday. Ben swam with her this time, and they had so much fun together! Kayla loved jumping off the edge to daddy! I think we might sign her up again this April for more classes. Here is a little video of her swimming.

Milk Mustache

2008-03-16T12:06:00.001-07:00

We are trying to teach Kayla how to drink her milk from a cup. It is going slowly, but she is learning. We just do a little bit at a time. We are hoping she will be totally off bottles by the time daycare starts in April.

Feeding the Ducks

2008-03-16T12:01:00.000-07:00

There is a pond down the road from our house. There are always lots of ducks there! Now that the weather has been starting to warm up Kayla has made a few trips down there to feed them.

Visitors

2008-03-16T11:46:00.000-07:00

Kayla got a visit from her Great Aunt Kathy, Great Aunt Chris and her cousin John. She had lots of fun playing cars with John and playing in the tent. They were so cute together, gave each other lots of hugs! We will have to get the cousins together again soon. Thanks for coming over!

Swim Lessons!!

2008-02-17T18:25:00.001-08:00

Kayla started swim lessons this past Saturday. It was a lot of fun, there are actually alot of other kids in her class, most are around the age of two. Kayla seemed to like it a lot, we have 4 more classes that go through march. We will keep everyone updated on how swim lessons go.

Happy Valentines!

2008-02-17T18:14:00.000-08:00

Hopefully everyone had a great Valentines Day. Ben got me some beautiful flowers, that Kayla loved too. Here is a picture of her smelling them, and playing with one of the ones I gave her.

Snow Shoeing and Playing with Teagan

2008-02-04T13:00:00.001-08:00

The other weekend we went to Traverse City and went snow shoeing with Kayla and Anna too. We also spent some time with Bens cousin Paula and her daughter Teagan. Kayla and Teagan are so cute together and have so much fun playing together. They are going to be such little troublemakers when they get older.

Pigtails:)

2008-02-04T12:55:00.000-08:00

Kayla loves to have her hair put in pigtails and ponytails now. She thinks it is so much fun!! Heres a picture of her and Ben looking in the mirror.

Bens Fishing Trip with his Dad

2008-01-17T18:54:00.001-08:00

Ben and Bobs Fishing Trip in January.

While Ben was packing for his weekend Fishing trip with his dad, Kayla was bringing Grandpa all of her stuffed animals!

Chalet

2008-01-17T18:47:00.001-08:00

Fun at the Chalet!! Kayla got to spend the day sledding, playing in the snow and watching the skiers at the Chalet in Harbor Springs. She had lots of fun exploring around.

Pictures from the past month

2008-01-17T18:27:00.000-08:00

Lots of pretty barrette's!!

Ben and Kayla feeding some deer and elk.

Ben and Kayla making Christmas Cookies.

Sledding Fun ;)

2008-01-05T18:42:00.000-08:00

On New Years Ben and I took Kayla sledding in our backyard. It is perfect, there is a small hill that is just right for Kayla. Here are some pictures of her sledding, she loves it!

Christmas Morning 2007

2008-01-05T18:25:00.000-08:00

We spent Christmas morning at my grandparents in Traverse City. Ashley, Ben and I all got CMU Motor City Bowl sweatshirts to support Central in the game! Kayla got lots of great gifts. She got a Winnie the Pooh Chair from Ken and Luanne. And my mom made her two beautiful blankets that Kayla loves to lay on! Thank you all for your gifts. It was great to spend the holiday with everyone. Kayla had a great Holiday and it was tons of fun watching her play with family and open her gifts, she is growing up so fast!

Christmas 2007 Traverse City

2008-01-05T18:08:00.000-08:00

We went to Traverse City for a few days to celebrate Christmas with the Craggs family at my grandparents house. We had a lot of fun! And lots of family there to celebrate. Kayla got to play with her cousins Jacob and John. Cousin Jack brought over the game "Guitar Hero" it was the hit of the party, I think everyone tried it out. Heres a picture of Ashley and my dad playing, it was a lot of fun!

Christmas 2007 Downstate

2008-01-05T17:55:00.000-08:00

We went down to celebrate Christmas with the Sandtveit and Insleys at Bob and Sues house. We had a great time! Bens grandparents flew in from Hilton Head South Carolina and his Aunt flew in from Connecticut. Kayla had lots of fun with everyone, and got lots of great gifts! Thank You everyone! She especially loves the Rocking Horse that Bob made for her....it is beautiful! Here are a few pictures from our time downstate.

Kayla's First Hair Cut.

2007-12-19T17:45:00.002-08:00

Well Kayla's bangs have been getting so long and are always in her eyes. She hates to keep her barrets in her hair, so we decided it was time to cut her bangs. Here are a few pictures of her getting her bangs cut by mom. She did pretty well, and now she can see again:)

Ashley Graduated!!

2007-12-19T17:36:00.000-08:00

My sister Ashley just graduated from CMU this past saturday. Congrats Ash we are so proud of you! We went to her graduation and stayed the night in Mt. Pleasant. We all went out to eat at the Casino and Ben made Kayla a sundae all for herself that she absolutely loved!!

Kayla's15 Month Checkup

2007-12-12T10:55:00.000-08:00

Well Kayla just went in to the doctors yesterday for her 15 month checkup. She had it a little late since she will be 16 months old on December 17th. Her checkup went great, she only had to get two shots this time:( But the doctor said she is doing wonderful! She now weighs 21 pounds and is 31 1/2 inches tall. Just wanted to update everyone on how fast our little girl is growing.

Fun in the SNOW!

2007-12-09T14:29:00.000-08:00

Kayla had some fun in the snow.

Santa

2007-12-09T11:20:00.000-08:00

Well Kayla actually got to go see Santa twice this year. But she was not sure what to think of him, and was a bit scared. We went downtown Petoskey to the winter festival. It was really neat, they had a steel drum band, tree lighting, Santa, and all the stores were open and passing out hot chocolate. It was freezing out!! but was a lot of fun.

Funny Girl

2007-12-09T11:14:00.000-08:00

Well Kayla loves to put her winter hat(s) on. She was playing around and wanted to wear both hats together around the house. She is such a funny girl!

Happy Thanksgiving

2007-11-23T20:47:00.001-08:00

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We had a lot of fun. We spent the day and dinner with Bens family. Kayla got to see her Uncle Kyle and she loved playing peek-a-boo with him! Then we went to my Aunt Kathys for desserts. Kayla got to play with her cousin Jacob. They loved this Little Tikes car that was there, they had a blast climbing in and out of it. They also got to watch "The Cars" movie. It was great to spend time with both of our families.

Heres a video of Kayla and Jacob playing with the car.

Chicago

2007-11-23T20:34:00.000-08:00

Ben was in Chicago training for a new job. And my sister Ashley lives in Chicago. So I took the train out to visit them both for a weekend. We went in town one day and got to see a parade going on. The leader of the parade was Mickey Mouse, who would point to all the trees and stores along the street and then the christmas lights would all light up. It was a great weekend and a lot of fun. We will definitly be going back to Chicago, maybe when its a little warmer out though!

Playing in the Leaves

2007-11-23T20:07:00.000-08:00

Kayla had lots of fun playing around in the leaves. She loved kicking them around and sitting in the big pile!

Kayla Talking to Anna

2007-11-07T18:49:00.000-08:00

Kayla loves to call for Anna and talk to her. Heres a video of her calling Anna.

Some More fun Pics

2007-11-07T18:36:00.000-08:00

Ben has been in Chicago and will be there for a few more weeks, training for a new job. Kayla and I went to Walmart today and she got some new Princess Slippers, heres a picture of her in them. She picked them out herself!

Last weekend we went to Traverse City to stay with Bens parents Saturday night. Teagan and Paula came over. Kayla and Teagan had a blast playing together. If you say Night Night the two of them hit the floor and pretend to sleep, it is so adorable!! They are both getting so big!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

2007-10-31T19:52:00.001-07:00

We had a great Halloween. It was rainy all day but then cleared up so we could go Trick-or-Treating. Kayla was a Kitty-Cat. She had so much fun, we went downtown Boyne to a few houses. We also spent the day carving a pumpkin. She thought that was pretty interesting! Kayla did great and got lots of candy, to bad shes not old enough to eat it yet:( But we made her a Halloween cupcake to have instead, and she was happy with that. Heres a short video of Kayla checking out her candy. We hope everyone had a Happy Halloween!!

Fall

2007-10-31T19:43:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago we went to Bay Harbor for the Harvest Festival and Kayla got to ride her first Pony. She liked it when we stood still but once the Pony started walking she wanted off. Im sure next year she will like it more.

Also here are a couple of pictures from last weekend when Ben, Kayla and I went to look at some of the colors of the trees. The trees turned colors pretty fast this year. Kayla got to ride around in her backpack, lots of fun!

Halloween 2006

2007-10-22T18:56:00.000-07:00

I thought I would put up a couple of pictures of Kayla in a pumpkin last year. Wow she has grown so much!

Pumpkin

2007-10-13T20:29:00.000-07:00

We got a Pumpkin for Kayla today. She had lots of fun with it. She kept kissing it and trying to pick it up. Here is a little video of her and her Pumpkin.

Chicago!!

2007-10-10T12:21:00.001-07:00

Kayla and I made it down to Chicago to visit Auntie Ashley and John. We spent the weekend there and had so much fun! Went to the Shedd Aquarium and got to see dolphins, fish, turtles, and whales...Kayla loved it! We even got to see Dorie and Nemo! Here are a few pictures from the weekend I will put some more up later.

Friske Orchards

2007-10-02T12:25:00.001-07:00

Last Weekend Ben and I took Kayla to Friske Orchards in Charlevoix for a kids day. It was a lot of fun, she got to watch some farm animals, sit on an old tractor, and run around in the grass. She had a blast!

BUBBLES !!

2007-10-02T12:17:00.001-07:00

Kayla loves trying to pop bubbles! She likes to watch them float in the air and then tries to reach out and grab them all. Heres a couple pictures from a few days ago out on our porch.

Yates Cider Mill in Rochester Michigan

2007-09-20T11:33:00.001-07:00

When we were downstate last weekend it was so nice out we decided to go to the Cider Mill. Kayla loved it! She got to see how the cider is made. Got to taste a doughnut for the first time, and liked that a lot!!! There was a petting zoo, with lots of goats, sheep and a lama. Kayla would point to the animals and watch what they were doing. It was a great trip downstate we had lots of fun!

Cousin Jacob's 1st Birthday Party

2007-09-20T11:20:00.000-07:00

Kayla and I went downstate to go to Jacobs 1st birthday party. It was lots of fun and great to see the family!!

Visit from Grandma and Grandpa S.

2007-09-10T11:37:00.002-07:00

Bob and Sue. came to visit for the day on Sunday and have dinner with us. They brought over a red wagon for Kayla, and a new quilt too. Kayla loves her new wagon!! Thank You

Kayla Dancing to Music in the Car

2007-09-07T10:53:00.000-07:00

Another Labor Day Weekend Photo

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