Summer Fun

Strawberries

We went strawberry picking on Saturday morning. I took both the girls and my mom went also. Brooke loved picking last year, but this year she just looked at the bushes and said "I don't see any." Kenzie was picking them off the bush and eating most of them. Brooke got into it toward the end and Kenzie had enough. I picked about 6 qt. At night mom and dad came over for pizza and then we made jam. Brooke did most of the mashing of the berries she just loves doing things in the kitchen. Another strawberry season done = a freezer full of jam :)

Swimming Lessons

Brooke has been taking swimming lessons the last two weeks and she loves it. I think we might have a water rat on our hands. She has improved a lot over the last week and a half. She can put her whole head under, swim with just a swim belt on, jump off the diving board with a noodle, and today she swam by herself with no swim belt on (not for a long way). Brooke loves having mom and Kenzie watch her every day. She is always waving and smiling at us. Kenzie will make silly faces at her and yell out Brookey and clap. She had one bad day where she was scared b/c they took the noodle away, so I told her if she doe's better the next time she may get some swimming goggles - man what a bribe can do. She did great the next day and off to Target we went to get the goggles.

Father's Day

We had a great but busy Father's Day this year. Corey sure did play the card that he needed a break for the day. We had my family over at noon for a hamburg fry. We all took some good naps except Brooke. Off to the De Vries family were we enjoyed another hamburg fry. Corey made out good this year the girls gave him a box full of candy with little made up sayings on them. I got him some church clothes and the washer game for outside. I hope he had a great day.

Ludington

O.K. I got yelled at that I didn't include all the fish that the guy's got.

We went on our first camping trip of the summer to Ludington Sate Park. We went with the Brouwer and the Mokma family's. The kids had such a great time playing together they play so well together. The weather on the other had was cold, windy, and rainy. We lived in our jeans and sweatshirts. It seems weird because it was so hot back at home. Brooke did a bunch of fishing and caught a lot of fish. We went to the beach and let the kids play for awhile, but it was so windy that didn't last long. Corey went fishing everyday and I think for the first two days they were in the boat it rained on them - you think they would get the picture. We decided to go home Sat. night instead of Sunday morning since they were talking strong storms all night and in the morning. I think we should have stayed the night I was awful driving home in the downpour of rain and all the lighting. We got closer to home and all the roads were covered with water and the fields were lakes I never seen anything like it. We finally made it home around 10:30.

Preschool Graduation

Brooke graduated from preschool last week. This year went to fast and I can't believe it's Kindergarten for her next year. They had a program for the parents and grandparents they sang songs, said their bible verse and then the big moment getting their diploma. The next day was their last day of school we went to Tunnel Park the mom's could join them so I dropped Kenzie off and off we went. She had fun going down the big sand dune with her friends. After saying our good byes to her friends and teachers I took her out to lunch just the two of us. Now the fun starts trying to keep her busy during the summer.

2 Girls + 1 More = 3 Kids

That's right we're expecting our third child in December. We are so excited to add another one to the family. Brooke can't wait for the little one to come and Kenzie could care less. Brooke is so excited that the baby might share her birthday which is the 17th. I had an ultra sound last week and seen the little thing and the heart beat. We gave the family these candy bars that had the news on them. Everyone was surprised. That's our big news this week. Hope you all have a great week.