Kelly finished off the year in band with a concert...
another concert...
and marching in the Memorial Day parade! They sounded great!!!
She's loving summer...this is her with our neighbor's dog, Gracie. Kelly will be off to 8th grade next year! I can't believe she'll be in high school next!!
Jenny is loving summer...especially caterpillars. She has caught several and she's been keeping them in a bug box. They usually turn into cocoons but no butterflys (moths) yet.
Jenny's 2nd grade class made books about MI (Jenny did MI plants) These books were on display at an art show in downtown Grand Ledge and they will travel to Mackinac Island this summer to be on display there. Jenny is spending her summer days playing littlest pet shop, taking classes in tennis, arts and crafts and swimming.
Abbey's had a busy few weeks. She also had her art work displayed at the art show...
She got her ears pierced and then had 5th grade recoginition. She will join Kelly next year in Jr. High!
She had a girl scout sleepover last night. They worked on an outdoor cooking badge...let's just say, they didn't go hungry.
Here's the family at Abbey's 5th grade rec. We're all excited for summer...hoping it warms up soon so we can take the boat to the lake!
She had a girl scout sleepover last night. They worked on an outdoor cooking badge...let's just say, they didn't go hungry.
Here's the family at Abbey's 5th grade rec. We're all excited for summer...hoping it warms up soon so we can take the boat to the lake!
Abbey had Girl Scouts that night and she learned how to do CPR--she said she didn't have to put her mouth on the dummy...thank goodness! Jenny hung out with our friends, the Riekse's and they went to Relay to check it out. Dave and I went to dinner and a show in Turkeyville!
Abbey "graduated" from 5th grade and now she is an official Jr. Higher!!! She and her friends got a shirt welcoming them into 6th grade, they can officially use the youth room and she'll be going on the mission trip this summer to Ohio. Yea Abbey!!
Then had cake and ice cream, then went to bed...
then opened presents..she got a new MSU sweatshirt!
We played a round of 3-D mini golf which was really fun!
And went on tons of rides. There were a few body rides and a lot of tube rides.
There was a lazy river in one part. We met our friends-the Breukinks at the hotel-we had adjoining rooms so we ate dinner together and watched MSU lose together. 
There were a lot of water falls and toys and slides and fun!
Here are the adventure riders...they just got off the Hurricane!
We walked around the hotel and they kept stopping here...the candy store...who can resist all these beautiful colors. Everything is so shining..it's just begging you to come in and taste...we made a few purchases here!
And the ultimate Lazer Tag battle...Adults vs. Kids...
Even though I took all these pictures so I really wasn't a contributor to the game...
and Kim
But we all had lots of fun!!!
We had a quick breakfast and then I took everyone on the tour. We went to my old grade school--it used to be Milwaukee Christian--even though we were in Brookfield but they have changed the name--and expanded the building and got a new mascot! We got a tour of the new school from the principal who is an uncle to one the girls I went to school with. His niece is Sue Brasser--or Sue B. as I know her! He said he also knew Sue T., whose husband is principal in Oostburg, and now he's met me so he's seen all three of the Sue's-who he called legendary! (I guess it is quite unusual to have 3 Sues in a class of 8-10 kids who went to school together from K-8th grade and then on to high school together!)
My brother Dan had this car parked next to the house while he was on his bike trip around the U.S. which took about 2 years (with a break of a few months for him to work so he could buy another bike after his was stolen.) I had quite a few kids ask me if I lived in the house with the Zebra car.
