1st Day of Kindergarden

Well, I can't believe it has happend, my oldest child is off to Kindergarden. Here is a photo of his first day, hes so excited- we will see how he feels about his first day of school after hes been going for several years. I hope he will continue to like school and do well. He attends Zeeland Christian 2 full days and a 1/2 day. Secretly I am excited too. Some more mommy time, it's quieter and there is less fighting during the day between him and his brother. Is that bad that I enjoy him going to school and have been waiting for this moment for awhile? Most moms are sad and crying. Of course I miss him at the end of the day and Im glad to pick him up from school and hear about his day and what he has learned and the friends he has made. He's growing up so fast!

Hungry Horse Campground

Every year in August my side of the family, which includes my parents, 3 siblings and there spouses, 8 nieces and nephews, and our family of 4 go camping. Its a tradition we started about 5 years ago and its a lot of fun. This year we went to Hungry Horse in Dorr. Its very nice, it has a kiddie pool and regular pool, playgrounds, game and candy shop, bike trails and every Sat. they have a hay ride(minus the hay) and drive youaround the campground and over to their horse farm so the kids can feed the horses and then have ice cream afterwards. Its nice to that the boys are a little older and I dont have to keep a constant eye on them. They had tons of fun with their cousins, got very dirty and crashed each night in bed from playing so hard, and then they were up early(too early for mom) to do it all over again. We can't wait to go back next year!

Dumont Lake

We decided to visit Dumont Lake for the day with all the cousins, it was a beautiful day and the kids had a great time together. I think hes well protected in the water with all that stuff on

Carter is keeping mama cool by watering her feet Riley, Carter and Sophia all floating in the water with their tubes on. Carters version of surf boarding

Riley, Carter and cousin Sophia had there own private mud hole by the lake

Wicked Witch of the West

Its the middle of summer and he wants these socks on and with a two year old you pick your battles, so I let him wear them. Only in the house b/c they are totally mismatched and they look quite silly.He looks like the wicked witch is the Wizard of Oz.

Future Underwear Model!

Striking a pose
He even had his hand on his hip
Muscle man!

Well I had the camera taking pics of our younger son and Riley starts "modeling" I have never seen him do this or encouraged him to do so, so I have no idea where he got it from. Someday he will hate me for posting these, but they were cute and hes pretty good at it.