SwimmingFun

As you can tell from the pictures, the kids (and parents) had a great time swimming while we were at Grandpa and Grandma's house. I think even with all the rain that week, the kids still managed to squeeze in a little swim time each and every day! Remember to read the journaling or see a close up of the pictures, just click on the page you want to see. You will have to use the back button on your browser to go back to the main page.

Fountain Fun

Cruising Around

Journaling reads:

When Mommy was a little girl we would go to Iowa to visit during the summer.

While Uncle Ryan & I were visiting our Grandpa Handley,

he would let us drive his lawn tractor all over his big backyard. History
seems to be repeating itself, because your Grandpa Handley let you take

his golf cart out and drive it around his big backyard.

You spent a lot of time cruising around and I am sure someday you will think
back and have the same fond memories that I do of cruising around with your grandpa.

New Layouts

Here are some pictures I got put into layouts this week. The T Ball pictures are from Justin's last game. The baby layout is of David, my friend Amy's new baby. I was present for most of Amy's labor and for the birth with Amy's husband Dave and her mom. It was very special and I am enjoying getting my baby fixes without the midnight feedings attached. :) The bottom layout of Kyle with the ball was taken while we were in Iowa. We were in Grandpa and Grandma's backyard and Kyle was determined he going to hang out on top of the ball. He must of kept at it for 15 minutes. It was hilarious!! I took a ton of pictures while we were in Iowa, so be on the look out for more layouts when time permits. Hope everyone has a great holiday weekend. We had to cancel our camping trip due to Gary's work schedule, but I am sure we will find something fun to do this weekend.

We're home!!

Hello All,

We made this trip in 13 1/2 hours and got home last night. We got to sit at a stand still for 1 1/2 hours in Indiana, didn't enjoy that part at all, luckily the kids were sleeping. I got my house re-organized today (mostly) now I just need to relax and recover from my vacation. The kids are in bed and Gary is working late...so I am having some computer time :)

I took my cell phone in today to see if they can repair it and the nice people gave me a loaner to use. Justin starts soccer practice tomorrow and is really excited about it. He tromped around our backyard in his new cleats for several hours this afternoon and kicked the ball around. Wednesday evening we are going in to meet his new teacher, he will start school Sept 4th.

vacation is almost over...

We have been having a good time hanging out at my mom and dad's this past week. We have been really busy visiting and running the kids around to keep them busy and out of Grandma's knick knacks. I will have lots of photos to scrap when we get home and things get settled down. The kids have enjoyed swimming every day in Grandpa and Grandma's pool. Justin learned to swim without his life jacket and even goes off the diving board without the life jacket. Megan is progressing to a smaller life jacket and will jump off the diving board with the life jacket on. She is developing more confidence in her swimming abilities. Kyle keeps his life jacket on at all times. Just tonight he fell in...the deep end....the life jacket worked beautifully and he wasn't harmed at all...can't say he was too happy however. I was sitting on the side...fully clothed and had to jump in after him...wouldn't have minded so much if my cell phone hadn't been in my pocket.....I wonder if it will ever work again. I took the battery out and plan to let it dry for a few days before trying. BIG BUMMER!! This week we also went to the zoo, the science center, shopping, for a train ride in Boone and to Adentureland. I am exhausted from our vacation!! :) We plan to leave early in the morning and are hoping for a quicker return trip to Michigan than our trip to Iowa....15 hours is too long!!! I have got to remember to give Megan her medication in the morning before we leave...I forgot on our initial trip and the poor kid was sick 3 times before we stopped for 45 minutes and let the medication kick in. Motion sickness....YUCK!! I will keep you posted. Meanwhile I need to go pack :)

new layouts

Backyard Fun

Summer Fun

The kids love playing outside in the water!

My Sweet Monkey

my sweet 2 year old

Tennis Lessons

DK Playdate

This summer we met Justin's teachers and friends from his young 5's Kindergarten at the park. We had a good time catching up, I am really going to miss his teacher next year, she was the best.

Camping with Friends.

A few weeks ago we went camping with some good friends. Here are some pictures.

New Layouts

2 new layouts done

The first layout is from our camping trip a few weeks ago. The kids went fishing for the first time. The picture in the background is the scene we saw from the bridge, it was very pretty and green. We didn't catch any fish but they had fun. The second layout is of various pictures from this years T Ball season. Justin is really improving and he really enjoys the game. Just recently he switched from throwing Right handed to throwing with his Left hand (he is predominantly Left handed) It seems smoother for him when throwing now. When the season is finished next week, Gary is going to work with him to try batting left handed rather than right and see how that goes :) Tomorrow we are leaving to go camping. This is the weekend that we meet up with other families from our church in Muskegon. There will probably be 25 other families, most with young kids that our kids know, camping all around us. It should be a great time for the kids. This is an annual event we have done for the past 2 years. Hopefully, I will come home with lots of fun pictures.