Hello All! This past weekend we braved the crowds of Rivertown Crossings Mall in Grand Rapids, Michigan to build a special Bear for Hope. It has become a tradition in our family that the older sibling/s build a bear for the newest Briden addition. Grace built her own bear at about 15 months in Kansas City. Upon Faith's arrival Grace built her a bear in Springfield, Missouri. Faith was only days old at this point and the
pictures are adorable. Before we moved back to Michigan both girls built a bear (actually it is a monkey) for Luke complete with a baseball uniform. They presented it to him upon his arrival. He has loved Max the monkey ever since. So it was only right that they all got to help celebrate Hope. We waited in line for about 45 minutes to build the bear and all three showed amazing amounts of patience. I was ready to turn around after I spied the line, but they would have never stood for that : ) So I have included the photos of them getting ready to build the bear as well as kissing the hearts that they each carefully placed in Hope's bear. Our newest addition to our family is a pink and white bear with Hello Kitty pajamas and pink bows on her ears named "Sparkle". 
After the bear building went to ride on the neat carousel inside the mall. I was sitting watching them ride with Daddy. Mommy can't do carousels at his point for many reasons. Luke kept looking for me and yelling "Mom". It was sweet he really wanted me to see him ride the horse up and down. Next was a stop at the food court for ice cream, Yummy! We truly thank God for these fun family times : ) Love you all! Enjoy- Crystal (Nine days and counting to scheduled induction, we will post pictures as soon as we can)
