September 2017

Caleb turned 13!!

The cake might burn up with that many candles

Mexico soccer jersey

Legos Star Wars

Neighbor's unused hot tub- turned into a kiddie pool

Isn't it great to be 38?

Solar lantern

He requested caramel brownies

Camping with the Petersons

Fort Custer was a great campground

Great Wolf Lodge weekend with Shields of Hope

It's a bear!

Pro mini golfing form

Our family poster

Balloon launch

Superheroes

-Labor  Day weekend we camped with the Petersons.  Kids enjoyed mountain biking thru trails in the woods. We did a little hiking and playing at the beach too.
-Shields of Hope took our family along with 30 other families facing cancer to Great Wolf Lodge for a weekend.  We had a fun kid cabin hotel room, enjoyed the waterpark, did some mini golfing, and ate good food.  We were so appreciative of the weekend!
-Caleb is now a teenager. He played soccer this fall and usually played midfielder and defense. We had fun watching him play! We are so proud of Caleb- he works hard at school, is smart, kind and mature. And he is bigger than Mom now. We love you Caleb!
-Nate celebrated his 38th birthday. He received some new backpacking/camping toys.  Nate works and loves his family tirelessly. We love him very much!

August 2017

Ferris Wheel at Dutch Village

Everyone loves the swing ride

Teamwork

5k

Celebrating Isaac's birthday early

Sewing with Grandma

Soapy slip n slide at grandparents

Presents!

Happy 10th Birthday!

And bonus- Aunt Steph was here!

Look how they've grown

First day of school- 7th, 4th, 3rd

Off to junior kindergarten

And 3 year old preschool

And Stacy celebrated with friends

-Kids got passes to Dutch Village
-Nate, Caleb and Isaac ran the Blueberry Festival 5k and did great! Nate has kicked cancer's butt.
-We celebrated Isaac's birthday early as Nate was out of town on his actual birthday. Isaac turned 10 years old and we celebrated at Grandpa/Grandma's house with Aunt Steph and Cardale.  Isaac brings our family laughter and love. We are so proud of him and love him very much.
-Another school year began and Stacy celebrated that for the first time in 13 years, all of the kids go to school!

August 2017- St. Louis

Forest Park

Chilling in front of the TV

Breakfast chaos

Cave formations

The human dam

The sun is too bright!

On our way to the arch

Of course we had Ted Drewes

City Museum

Outside the City Museum

St. Louis Zoo

We have pictures of Caleb on this gorilla when he was little

Fun evening out at a French restaurant

We visited St. Louis with the Gabrielse family and rented a cute, old house near downtown.  We went to Forest Park, the City Museum (very fun and unique), went up the Arch, visited the zoo, went to Onondaga Cave State Park (and swam in the Meramec River!)- basically all the St. Louis things and we had fun!