brace yourself

Maria before and after braces

more weekend photos

Trip to Sturgis

The new van

The corn field behind Grandma Alice's house

just before the storn

Great Grandma Alice & Paulina

A string of tanker cars stored along the end of the Michigan Southern Railroad

collecting wild raspberries

Hard to believe but this is also the railroad ROW now abandoned

Grandma Alice got us some KFC

Paulina said it was finger licking good

Holy Sepulchre cemetery

Maria getting some more practice driving in at the cemetery 

She starts drivers trains in a week

Carmen taking photos at the park

Vitamin Z

While the rest of us headed to Sturgis to visit Grandma Alice and pickup Isabel, Grandma Rose & Grandpa Bob took Maria & Mateo to the Detroit Zoo.

It was Grandma & Grandpa's first trip back to the zoo in over 20 years. 

And they got us a family membership plus 2 guest pass!

Here's a photo of Maria & Isabel at the zoo from 11 years ago!

Waiting for the train

Mateo is uncharacteristically serious

riding the train

Polar bear exhibit

lunch!

more summertime fun

Carmen took all these photos

Mikey holds on for dear life as a cluster of boys fight for control of the water faucet

Petey prefered to play by the creek

Mateos routine: get wet, get muddy, don't rinse off