South Haven 2015

Wooden Park 

Cartwheels on the beach

Cousins

Bruxen

Worn Out

Birthday Boy

Minion

Minion

Kianna in one of our holes

Chasing Sea Gulls

Burying Kaylee

Bruxen

Bike Ride

Beach Photo

Silly Boys

Mike with his corn beef hash

Cousins

Laughing

Grandma Becki and her grandkids

ATVs

Lighthouse

Our Kids

Mom and her kids

Pirate Ship

Ice Cream

Glow Stick Tag

We just returned from a week in South Haven, MI where we vacationed with Grandma Becki and The Langfald's. Grandma Becki rented a beautiful house for us all to stay in. We had a fabulous time and made so many fun memories.

Some of the highlights were:

• Lots and lots of beach time
• Digging holes in the sand
• Boogie Boards
• Awesome weather!!!
• Walks and runs along the lake
• Celebrating Bruxen's 3rd Birthday!
• Bike ride along the Kal-Haven Trail
• Movie Time- We saw "Ant Man" and "Max" while there.
• Renting ATVs- so much fun!!!
• Walk to the lighthouse
• Wooden Playground
• Lots of family time
• Good food and lots of ice cream!
• Mike's yummy breakfasts
• Water Balloon Fight
• Glow Stick Tag
• Relaxing

Vacation was so fun. Now back to reality...

Yau's Visit

Jodi and I

Mila, Hannah and Kaylee

Kianna and Mila running together

Princess Mila

My college roommate, Jodi, and her two girls, Mila and Hannah, came to visit us for a couple days. We swam in our pool and played at Corner Park. Kianna has been on a running streak this week, running 20 minutes four days in a row. Mila decided to join Kianna on one of her runs and did a great job! Kianna also had fun playing dress-up with Mila and doing her make-up for her. Kianna enjoyed being the oldest kid in the house while Kaylee was away at camp! It was a nice visit.

Church Camp

Alyssa, Emily and Kaylee in their dorm

Waterslide and canoes

Bounce pillow and swimming dock

Kaylee and Emily

Pastor Janet with kids from our church

Kaylee spent the week at Waters Edge Church Camp in Howell, MI. She went with one of her friends, Emily Willet. Her camp counselor's name was Alyssa. There were 10 girls in her group and six of them were from our church. The camp was from Sunday at 4:00 PM until Thursday at noon. This was Kaylee's first time away from home for more than a night without family. The hardest part for me was that this was the first time I was out of phone contact with her. It was very difficult not being able to talk to her each night to hear about her day. Thankfully our children's pastor, Janet Benjamin, was the camp speaker, so she would send me updates on how Kaylee was doing each day, which helped.

Kaylee had a fun week, but was worn out from the long days. They were busy from 8:30 AM until 10:45 PM each day. Kaylee said she wished the day ended at 9:00 PM instead. She had fun canoeing, swimming in the lake, going down the giant waterside, and playing the group games. When she got home she went to bed at 6:30 PM and didn't wake up until 6:30 AM the next day and she was still tired. I guess she has time to catch up on sleep while we're in South Haven...

Silly Kids

Plaid Boy

Crazy Hair

Meet the new Kianna and Trace

Crazy Kids

Quote from Kaylee while trying to cook something in the microwave: "Where is the play button?" #digitalworld

Baseball

It seems like whatever sport Trace is playing at the time is his favorite. He gives 100% to each sport. He has been playing Coach Pitch Baseball this summer and is loving it. It has been fun watching his team's game IQ improve each day. Last game Trace made two outs. He made a good throw to first base for an out and got another out at 3rd base. Trace loves to slide into bases. Whether he needs to or not, he slides...

Flender's Visit

Our friends, Mike and Angela Flender, along with their kids, Chloe and Zach, came to visit us. They were on their way from Iowa to Pennsylvania and decided to stop on both their way there and on their way back to Iowa. They ended up spending three nights with us. We introduced them to The Spotted Cow on several occasions, as well as, The Dog House. We also spent lots of time swimming in both our pool and at The Corner Park. We invited The Johnson's over for a night swim one night. It was fun having a bit of our old small group together again. We had some good laughs, especially in regards to the croaking frogs...

Zach and Trace got along splendidly, as did, Kaylee and Chloe. The former swam together and played legos. The latter two, did make-up (Kianna did too), hair, played games, and made a video together. It was great catching up with our friends!