The Brooks Family

Lunch with the Fossitt Family

Before we headed back to Chicago on Tuesday, we met the Fossitt's in Battle Creek for lunch. It was SO GOOD to see them and meet Jalen! I really wish we would have had more time to catch up!

Jalen is absolutely beautiful! She is so tiny; especially compared to Justin!

New Daddies!

Justin and Jalen - they would not cooperate and look at the cameras :)

New friends!

Jason, Jamie and Justin

Jamie and Jalen

Melissa and Jalen

Christmas Day in Kalamazoo

Somebody must have been good this year!!!

Shadow and Ayrie - Yingling's puppies!

Ryan and Amanda

Great Grandpa Rosebush and Justin

Grandma Metzler and Justin

Megan and Justin

Rob, Shadow and Aunt Michelle

Melissa and Blake

Alec and Morgan

Aunt Connie and Grandma

Dad and Grandma

Mommy, Daddy and Justin hanging out in our PJ's the morning after Christmas

Ayrie & Shadow

Justin's 1st Christmas Morning

Mommy, Daddy and Justin

Daddy and Justin having fun!

Grandpa, Grandma Metzler & Justin

Playing with his new dog toy. He loves all of his new toys! They are so bright and most play music & make noise...

Visit to Great-Great Grandma Bowen's House

We went to visit Justin's Great-Great Grandma Bowen on Christmas Eve day. She was very happy to see him again! We had fun looking at the old family pictures on her wall. I will have to dig some up someday and post them...like my mom's band picture from high school!

Justin and his great great grandma

Dad and Rob

Ryan, Mom and tired Justin!

Christmas Eve Day at Great Grandpa & Grandma Metzler's House

Wait until next year when he'll be jumping all over his uncles!!!

Justin talking to Uncle Ryan

Mikey and Sandra.... :) She'll be cropped in at a later date!!! (She was at Christmas with her family)

Happy baby in his preppy sweater!

Grandma & Grandpa Metzler

Great Grandma Metzler and Justin

Great Grandpa Metzler and Justin

Grandpa, Amanda & Ryan watching the Bears beat the Lions! Until the last 10 minutes of the game when we lost cable!!!

Grandma Metzler and Justin

My grandparents feed the ducks everyday and Justin LOVED watching them. We were out there for a long time and he did not take his eyes off of them the entire time!!! Next year he'll be out there chasing them :)

Mommy and Justin watching the ducks.

These are just some of them! There are a lot!!! The feed store loves Grandpa!

Hanging out in Bay City - Saturday night

Watching football with Uncle Mikey

Hanging out - before Uncle Mikey fell asleep from the heat! :)

Mr. & Mrs. Reindeer - Christmas Card 2007?!?!

Lil Yooper Outfit

I took this picture a couple of weeks ago but never posted it because Grandpa Brooks got a 5x7" picture for his office for Christmas and we didn't want him to see it! This outfit doubles as a "wish I was in the UP outfit" and a "can't wait to play in the pole barn with my Grandpa Brooks outfit". He does NOT like hats, but he humored me for the picture!!