A New Nephew and Cousin

My Brother Brandon and his wife Kristin welcomed a baby boy into their family on August 4. They named him Jack William and he weighed 6 pounds and is as cute as ever. He was two weeks early which was a big surprise to all of us. If things couldn't get better for them that week Brandon also was hired full time by Ottawa County. I think they had a pretty good week!

Cadillac

We spent a week camping at Cadillac with the De Vries family. This year it was nice and hot, which made having air in the trailer wonderful. The older girls loved fishing this year and they went out every morning and night with Dad and Grandpa. They caught a lot of fish so it was fun for them to go and a nice little break for me :) Most mornings while they were fishing Ashley, Grandma, and I went for a bike ride around the lake. We also went swimming a few times, craft time at the host site, Nature Center, naps, walks, and boat rides. Kenzie wanted to learn to ride a two wheeler while we were gone. Corey worked with her every day, but no luck. Corey went home for one day to work so it was just us girls for the day and we kept busy the whole time. On the way home we got a flat tire on the trailer so we spent an hour on the side of the road. I was in my car waiting which has no air and three girls all sitting next to each other which = not a fun time for me. We all made it home in one piece so I guess that's good. Sorry blogger wouldn't let me move the picture's so they are all over.

Remembering Grace Olivia Tubergan

On July 23, 2010 we said hello and goodbye to our sweet niece Grace Olivia. To remember her one year later I picked up three pink balloons for the girls to color. On Saturday we went to the backyard and let them go. The girls all enjoyed doing this and it came with many questions about Grace. I had tears in my eyes seeing those balloons go up and knowing why they were doing it for their cousin.