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!

July 2017

Sparklers

Petting zoo

Cousins riding the barrel train

Graafschap 4th of July Celebration

Our family is grateful for the support of friends and family!

Cool ride

View of the ocean 

Lighthouse in Maine

Whale watching trip

And we saw some!

We may have googled, "how to eat a lobster"

Thankful for time with my friend Summer

We were in Maine the same time as Andrew and Summer Gross

Beautiful

Fishing and enjoying the Terhune's swimming pool

Kiss the fish Grandpa

Isaac and Matthew TeVelde at Camp Geneva

Jumping waves with Russ

Our first time seeing a freighter by Holland State Park

Enjoyed Russ and Kay's visit

Lexi doing gymnastics

Our wedding reception location- so sad looking

20th high school reunion with Heather and Robin

Love my grandparents

Thankful for my friend Peggy 

-Graafschap CRC chose our family to receive support from their 4th of July event. Our family enjoyed the festivities and most of all were touched by the support from friends and family
-Nate and Stacy went to Maine. We stayed at the beautiful Samoset Resort, saw whales, ate lobster, hiked in Acadia, connected with friends, and had a relaxing vacation.
-The Terhunes invited us to their fantastic home- swimming pool, fishing pond, ski boat- we had fun!
-Lexi and Stephen did two weeks of gymnastics
-Isaac and Julia did swimming lessons
-Isaac went to camp for the first time. He went to Camp Geneva and loved it
-Russ and Kay Custer visited and Kay saw Lake Michigan for the first time. Our family enjoyed spending time with them.
-Stacy went back to Freeport for her 20th high school reunion.