Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Baby Why Don't We Go Down to Kokomo...

That's Kokomo, Indiana... not really a destination on our trip to the Midwest last weekend, but we were not far from my birthplace during Cole's inaugural trip to Indiana. The purpose of our visit was to attend my cousin's wedding in West Lafayette. Drew (who designs the women's graphic tees for American Eagle) married Betsy on Saturday night. They had a lovely wedding and her dad gave an especially sweet toast. It was so fun to attend the wedding and see family as well as family friends that I grew up with. Cole got to meet his Great Grandma and Grandpa DeSutter along with many Aunts, Uncles and Cousins.

Grandma & Grandpa DeSutter with Jeremy, Cole and Amy


Aunt Julie, Aunt Jeanna, Colden, Sophie (La Giraffe) and Amy

The "Guys"... Uncle John, Jeremy, Colden, Grandpa, Uncle Dave & Dad

Amy's Cousin Jill, Colden and Amy


Sunday morning was spent at brunch and catching up with the DeSutter family back at Grandma & Grandpa's house.
Colden & Grandma

Amy & Mom (she looks great in yellow!)


Paca, Colden & Nana

Sunday afternoon, we headed to Northern Indiana to visit with my mom's parents. Grandma Cripe was crazy about Cole, as expected! She is also crazy about Jeremy ;) Who wouldn't be? Grandpa surprised me though... he was very fond of Cole and enjoyed having him sitting on his lap. Cole just loved Grandpa's deep voice.

Apparently Grandma 'made' Grandpa wear his Chicago Bears hat because Jeremy is a Cowboy's fan... keep in mind tha Grandma is barely 4'11" and Grandpa is 6'1" and a lot meaner ;)

It was a wonderful whirlwind tour of Indiana and worth every bit of sleep lost traveling! We love you all!

3 comments:

Renee Westcott said...

Great recap and pictures. You forgot to give a shout out to Uncle Dave in the boys picture. You should put the pics on Picassa so I can download some of them! Love you and miss you already.

Jacquie Von Hohn said...

My mom was born in Kokomo, my grandparents and cousins live in Greentown which is 10 miles outside of Kokomo! Very fun pics of the wedding - Cole is too cute!

The Long Family said...

Fun trip for you - the grandparent pictures are great - Grandpa Cripe is kinda cute with the babies I always though....so glad you were able to make the visit and looking forwared to yours