Josh's Annual Sleepover

Josh decided that he wanted to host an annual sleepover. We decided to keep it to two friends this year, so here are a couple of pictures from that night.

Abby's 5th Birthday

For the past few years we've been able to celebrate Abby's birthday at the cottage in Grand Haven. It's a great place to have a party!


Papa, Abby and Pops

Grandma and Nana

Uncle Mike Dunlap and Uncle Jim

Unle Mike Lemmen, Aunt Karen and Aunt Angie

Luke, Abby and Chrissa (her new American Girl doll)


Abby's barbie cake

We Must be Rednecks

Or... maybe we had a flood in our basement??

There is a long story to go with this flood story. I'll have to post that soon. By the time I was able to see our basement Todd, my brother-in-law Mike, my dad and our good friend Keith had the water out and most of the tremendous amount of toys out of the basement already.

Thanks to my great friend, Leanna, our water in our basement didn't seem like a huge issue. She had about 4 feet of creekwater in her basement last spring. Now, that was something to clean up! So, thanks, Leanna for once again helping me to put things into perspective! Sorry that it's your life experiences that do that!

The dog had a riot going in and out of the basement (he's never allowed down there) and rolling around in the mud. He just thought it was a grand time!

Psalm 23

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,
he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

Random pictures from the last couple of weeks

Josh's last day of school - he had a carnival. Just some pics of some really happy kids! ;) On to third grade now!



Baseball - Josh has been playing baseball again this spring/early summer. This year Todd was assistant coach.

This picture sums up the season - the boys have had a lot of fun. ;)



We had a Kuiper family reunion on Saturday at the cottage in Grand Haven. There were a lot of "Kuiper's" there!

Todd's cousins Jeanne and George set up a "treasure hunt" for the kids. That was a lot of fun!

All the treasure!

Uncle George Kuiper, Mom Kuiper, Aunt Donna Kuiper, Aunt Lil Kuiper, Uncle Ron Kuiper and Dad Kuiper

Uncle Ron Kuiper, Dad Kuiper and Uncle George Kuiper

Scouts

Josh "crossed over" the other night from a wolf scout to a bear scout. He is in cub scouts currently with hopes of going to boy scouts in 6th grade and eventually becoming an eagle scout. We'll see what time brings, but we certainly will encourage this!



And, today we were honored to watch him walk in the Hamilton parade with the Korean War Veterans. What a priveledge and honor for him to be able to hold a banner for them!

Abby's first dance recital

Abby went to ballet class this winter and absolutely loved it. Today was her performance of "Que Sera Sera".


Abby and her good friend Olivia - they were in threeschool and preschool together (besides ballet) and will be going to Sandyview together this fall for kdg.




We were blessed to have many family come and watch. It was such a mad rush to get out of the building and out of the way of all the people(her show was at 11am and they had another show at 1pm)that this was the only picture we have afterward. This is my sister Angie with Abby and I. My parents, my other sister Cheryl, her son Luke, Ang's kids and Todd's folks also came.