August 2019

Dayton Pool/water park

Kayaking fun

How many ice cream runs?

Happy 12th Birthday Isaac!

When you don't wear a helmet on the hoverboard...

Group ride

We can pretend to be an athletic family

Girls morning out

Enjoying some shopping 

Their happy place

Cousin fun

They were both really good on this kayak!

Forest Kindergarten Big Adventure Day- catching fish

Nolbi and Naomi

First day of school

-August was fun! We helped Grandpa/Grandma J move into their house in Zeeland. Then the 3 boys went to stay at Uncle Ben/Aunt Steph's house for a couple days. They went on bike rides, swam, ate ice cream, kayaked, played games, and Stephen had some stomach issues one night- too much junk food! They all had a great time.
-We celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary! So wonderful.
-We celebrated Isaac's 12th birthday and then drove to Charlevoix for the Jongsma family vacation. Isaac was very excited to get a hoverboard (that we had found a great deal on). He is 5 ft 3 in and 108 pounds. Isaac is the sibling glue. He brings fun to any situation. He is also adept at annoying his siblings. Isaac enjoys playing soccer, basketball and baseball. He is talented at piano and French horn and he is having a great 6th grade year. We love you Isaac!
-The Jongsma family rented a house in Charlevoix and the weekend was wonderful. We played yard games, went to the beach and used our waverunners. We also went on a group bike ride, and slowly we all dropped out and had Jenny pick us up. Ben, Steph, Isaac and Tim went the full 18 miles! (Nate and Caleb couldn't come til later in the weekend because of high school soccer tryouts.)
-The week before school started, Lexi and Nate went on the Forest Kindergarten Big Adventure Day in northern MI. She got to spend time with her classmates, explore and catch fish. She brought home a monarch caterpillar with milkweed which we fed and watched it turn into a chrysalis. Unfortunately the curious 5 year old poked it too much and we didn't get to see the butterfly emerge. Next time.
-Enedina's baby- Naomi- made her appearance 5 weeks early. She was so tiny, but she was healthy and went home in a couple days. Santos, Nolbi (5) and 10 month old Ruth were excited to welcome Naomi!
-The kids began a new school year; Caleb- 9th, Isaac- 6th, Julia- 5th, Stephen- Forest 1st, Lexi- Forest Kindergarten. For the first time in 14 years, all of our kids are in school every day!
-Caleb made the Freshman soccer team- he was pumped!