Happy Memorial Day!

We met up with Eli and Lukas for the annual Memorial Day Parade! I absolutely love watching the four of them together!! :) especially...these two! :)

Emma's Young Fives Graduation!

Last fall we decided to enroll Emma in Young Fives(at Heritage Christian), and we haven't regretted it for a second. Having this extra year before Kindergarten has been good for her!

Emma's cute little class! :) It's official! :)

So cute with her little toothless grin! :)

Oh...little side note....when we got home that afternoon, and were changing into play clothes, we realized that Emma had worn her dress backwards the whole day. She thought that was pretty funny! :) The 3 girls. Natalie, Emma and Madison! It has been so fun to watch Emma make great friendships this year that will carry over into kindergarten!
Emma and her wonderful teacher Mrs. Burlison!!!

We feel so blessed to be able to send Emma to this school!! And we are thankful for all the sacrifices that the teachers and staff make to serve and teach our children! What great role models!! Thank You!!!

I posted pictures from our Florida trip...but they're below my Matt G. Post for some reason...check them out!! :)

Emma Lost Her 1st Tooth!!!!

Emma lost her first tooth last night!! We have been anticipating this for the last few weeks, although I didn't think it would fall out so soon!! She's so proud of the big "hole" in her smile! And can't wait until the one next to it falls out!!

Here she is with her letter from the Tooth Fairy! :)

Before she went to bed, she told me that her cousin Eli "said" he got $20.00 for loosing his tooth!!! Come on Emily....I can't compete with

that!! :) You're going to have to set her straight!!! :)

Kalamazoo LOVES Matt Giraud!!!!

It's no secret....the Kilians (mostly me...) love Matt G. We faithfully watch American Idol every Tuesday and Wed. and cheer for Matt. (who also..for those of you who didn't know...attends our church.) I have been know to sit with phone in hand for the whole 2 hours and vote until my fingers went numb!!! Unfortunately he was voted off 2 weeks ago, but he was one of the last five standing...which we thought was pretty cool!!! :) We went downtown Kzoo tonight to welcome him home. The weather was beautiful, the music was great (although Matt wasn't allowed to sing b/c of AI contracts), and my new camera is... AMAZING!!!! :)

Beware...I may seem like a crazy paparazzi stalker in these next photos....but I was just that close!! :)

Gettin' our tickets to AI live @ VanAndel tomorrow morning baby!!! :)
oh..and we also love (and have crazy Milwaukee ties to) Danny Gokey!!! My votes now go to him every Tuesday night!!

Destin Florida-2009

We decided to take a "last minute" trip to Destin Florida with our wonderful friends!!! Before the trip, Phil went to the Salvation Army Thrift Store, and found these festive shirts for the drive down! I think it has the possibility of a tradition!! :)

Grace..all set up for 16 hours of Dora!! Thank goodness for headphones!! :)

Phil took the girls down to the ocean every morning to hunt for shells. The girls looked forward to this time with their daddy! The Pool.....and THE goggles...

A day at the ocean!
Sandcastles with Daddy, and Uncle Phil
Baby Anna, catching some rays...and some zzz's
Emma's first swim in the Ocean!
Maddie went up to about her knees..and that an accomplishment! :)

Sunset pictures

We decided to head to the ocean again towards the end of the week. The goal was to create some kind of grand "Michigan themed" sand art. What started out as a UofM football helmet...ended up with each of us creating a letter to spell DESTIN.

Phil decided to do the Detroit Tigers "D"...to continue with the Michigan theme! He, of course, made the rest of our letters look unworthy! :)

Scott and Stacey teamed up for the "N"

If you look really close you can see "Destin" written out in the sand! Hey..at least we accomplished something!!! :)

Grace, helping bring up water for the sand letters!

Phil and Scott body surfing

Shark Attack!!!!

The whole group! :)

Our house for the week!!!

About half way through the trip, White Chocolate (Sayer's van) started overheating! It slowed us down just a bit...but not enough to stop us from laughing and taking pictures! :) I'm pretty sure Scott and Phil S. have the problem under control here, and Phil is just ordering a pizza...or maybe making reservations for the stellar buffet that was available at the "gas station" we stopped at!!! :)

Wake us up when we're home!!!!

Thanks again Sayers and Lubbers for inviting us on this amazing trip!! We had SO much hanging out with friends and making great memories!!!