August 2021

 

Abi and Nolbi swimming in Lake Mac for 1st time

Nolbi having fun

1st day of school- Forest 3rd and 2nd

Siblings

Naomi's 2nd birthday

Stacy's 1st day of school at Fennville

1st day of school- 11th, 8th, 7th

They made this turtle at Van Buren state park

End of S Haven pier

Playing at Kids Korner

Bike ride on Van Buren trail

Family camping for a night

Petersons let us borrow their camper

Weightset for his birthday

Happy 14th Birthday!

Lexi being cheered on by XC team

Stephen coming in fast

We ran a 5k!

Our 20th Anniversary

Isaac and Levi at Camp Roger backpacking week

Grandma J and Stacy 

-Stacy did a quick trip to visit Grandma Jongsma. It was nice to catch up with her and see some extended family as well!

-Isaac went on Camp Roger's backpacking trip for a week 

-Nate, Stacy and Caleb ran the Heights of Hope 5k and Stephen and Lexi did the 1.5 mile kid run

-Isaac celebrated his 14th birthday! Soccer is his first love, but he enjoys playing basketball and baseball as well. Isaac is well-liked at school and Levi G is still his close friend. Isaac is smart, has a sly sense of humor, cares about others and is a fun/teasing brother to his siblings. We love you Isaac!

-Nate and Stacy celebrated their 20th anniversary with a dinner at Bowdies in Grand Rapids

-Our family camped at Van Buren State Park for 2 nights with the Petersons camper. It was a fun trip down memory lane as we spent time around South Haven 

-Caleb began cross country

-Stacy lined up an internship at Fennville Public Schools so she can get the needed 500 hours working with children for the School Social Worker designation. She will work at Fennville 3 days/week and still do a training once/week.

-Nate was offered a position with the decommissioning company who will take over when Palisades closes in June 2022

-Kids began a new school year! 11th, 8th, 7th, 3rd and 2nd. Stephen is now at the Pine Ridge building in a hybrid Forest School 3rd grade. He enjoys being in the building with the other 3rd-5th graders- doing specials, playing on the playground at recess and the hot lunch! 

-Stephen and Lexi take piano lessons from Mrs. Munger. Isaac is too busy with sports practices right now

July 2021

 

Ashton, Nathan, Jacob and Caleb

Karin and Stacy roadtripping with the boys

Boaters beach

4th of July fireworks in Saugatuck

Julia and Hez

4th of July ice cream 

Siblings and their 1 year olds

Tubing fun with Dallas

Keira and Lexi

Ruth chilling with her popsicle

Waiting for fireworks to begin

Melody's 1st birthday

Our own fireworks fun

Hez's 1st birthday 

Isaac with the church trip

-We had a family celebration for Hez's 1st birthday at the outdoor pool. We also celebrated Melody's 1st birthday at Moran Park.

-We watched the Saugatuck fireworks. One of Carl's clients let Carl use a boat slip downtown Saugatuck for the holiday weekend. So the Gabrielse and us drove our boats down and used the slip for the evening. We played games and ate food on the marina pier/boardwalk and also walked around downtown. The fireworks show was a little small, but it was a fun evening! 

-Isaac went on our church intergenerational service trip to Nebraska for a week. They were helping a widow whose house had flooded 2 years ago. The group did alot of property clean up and they did some fun activities as well. The stories Isaac told us- he fell off a ladder and narrowly avoided nails sticking up from wood on the ground and he and Levi Rozema chopping wood while it was muddy so they kept slipping while they were swinging the axe. You know, stories that make a mom cringe. 

-Lexi and Stephen attended Forest School day camp for a week

-Julia went to tennis camp and two art camps

-Stephen and Lexi did swimming lessons

-Isaac did soccer camp

-Stacy took 3 MSW School social worker classes online thru MSU from April-August

-Stacy and Karin took Caleb, Jacob, Ashton and Nathan to Cedar Point. We drove down, spent the night in a hotel and then the boys did Cedar Point while Karin and I went shopping, did some kayaking and relaxing. 

June 2021

Outdoor piano recital for Stephen and Isaac

Nate is a great coach

Teen boys in charge of supper

Eating our Father's Day donuts and heading to MO

Diving platform and slide on the dock

Playing in the rain and throwing marshmallows

Hiking at Lake of the Ozarks State Park

Jacob, Nathan, Caleb

Cruising the lake

The dock was fantastic

Tweens/teens played the game Signs often

Karin and Stacy

All of us lined up on the dock

Lots of tackling on the swim mat

And some lounging

Group dinner

Our watercraft caravan

Carl towing out boat-out of gas

Nate 

Visiting Hez and Aunt Steph

Last day of school

Last day of school

-The kids successfully finished 10th, 7th, 6th, 2nd and 1st grades! 

-Caleb's finger healed and he got the pin out

-Caleb went to Colorado for a week with the Providence youth group- hiking, rapelling, white water rafting were part of the trip

-Caleb worked for the school this summer, cleaning the buildings.

-Julia did volleyball camp for a week

-Isaac did 4 v 4 soccer camp 

-Stephen and Lexi did Jr Adventure camp thru Holland Rec. It was a week long day camp and they loved it-they wanted to do more weeks this summer

-Isaac spent a couple days painting for a man from our church

-Julia did career camp for a couple mornings one week. She did a couple cooking classes and a design/fashion class

-Lexi continued taking Mandarin lessons over zoom twice/week

-We rented a house on Lake of the Ozarks with the Gabrielse and DeWitts for a week. We towed 2 boats and the waverunners between 3 vehicles. The weather was good, the water was warm, the dock was amazing, house was big enough/nice, lots of water activities, the waverunners worked most of the week, played games, adults took the boat out to eat a couple times, everyone got along well and lots of relaxing. A great vacation!