A little bit of everything...

At the Zoo - a great cool day!

Well, the girls are with Grandma and Grandpa for the week, hopefully everything goes well. They've already had their first trip to Moomers so I'm assuming they'll be fine. Jason and I are heading out to celebrate our 6th anniversary this week. Wow, six years already, doesn't seem like it's been that long. Time flies when you're having fun I guess.

The girls and I enjoyed a nice week around town here. We headed to the beach, went to the zoo and had a play date. I also, with the help of my sister, worked in my classroom. We unboxed a lot of my stuff and got the room set up. Tons of work to go but after this vacation I'll spend some more time in there. I'm really enjoying my summer with the girls, not looking forward to going back at all. I'm going to add a few photos from our week. Also, check out my sisters blog for some new family photos, we had them taken during festival.

Dinner with friends at Allegan Grill House

Kristen, Me, Jason, Brent, Brian, and LindseyMy GirlsKylynn in her new zoo hat by the star fish

Tired baby after the zoo

Summer days...

It seems as though our summer days are flying by, well, they are. We had a wonderful time up in TC for the Cherry Festival. I can't believe that is done and over with already. Kylynn truly enjoyed all of the events and festivities, so did Addi. We did family fun night, made a cherry pie, the toddler trot, the beach, parades, fireworks and probably kylynn's favorite the Arnold's Amusements. She is a ride girl, must take after her dad.

This week we are just trying to get back to a routine a little bit I guess before we leave again. We headed out to the beach on Tuesday with Julie and Makayla, the girls had a blast, beautiful day. Today Kylynn had a playdate with Mercy. I think all of the kids enjoyed themselves. Now I'm just trying to get organized for scrapbooking tomorrow night. I'm almost a year behind, it's driving me crazy. I think that I might try to get a head start and do some tonight. I want to at least get everything layed out so I don't have to spend time picking out pictures, that seems to eat up a lot of time. My goal was to be caught up when I go back to school, we'll see, probaly not going to happen. A nice thought though.

Here's some photos of our TC trip and stuff we've been up to.Kylynn feeding Addisyn some Moomers ice creamEnjoying a fire truck ride with Daddy, Aunt Kari, Lauren, her Nana, and CamdenMaking a cherry pie with momHavin fun at the beachHappy to be at the parade with momToddler trot for AddisynRiding on the Ferris Wheel with Grandpa VanDyke

Kari and I ran in the Cherry Festival 5K, I'm so proud of Kari she did great

Kylynn and Lauren, Trish too, waiting for the fireworks

Princess of Poop

Addisyn Joy is officially our princess of poop. Tonight while watching the children's parade at the cherry festival she was sitting in the stroller eating some fishy crackers. Her favorite thing to do, eat. My mom and I were both standing there and she decided to stand up. I grabbed her and then my mom said "NO!" She had pooped and it exploded all over her stroller. It was on me, in her shoe, everywhere. Thankfully we were by a river so Jason decided to go dip her in to clean her off a little. Needless to say that was the end of the parade for us. I don't know if it's Traverse City or just the fact that she poops 3-4 times a day and sometimes it just leaks. The last time we were in TC she decided to explode all over the high chair at Olive Garden. I guess I need to be prepared with gloves, bags, and tons of wipes from now on, oh and probably new shoes and clothes. These days shall pass. I will some day down the road look back on this and laugh, I can laugh now but it sucks!

Home again, not for long

We're home again after our Holland camping trip. Terrible weather this year, not fun at all. No beach for us. Well, we went out on Saturday for a few hours, I think I actualy got some sun through the haze. Not the greatest weather but the girls had fun. But were they dirty, oh filthy! Kylynn and Addisyn both loved digging in the dirt, not my kinda fun but hey, they stayed occupied while we sat and watched in our lounge chairs with sweatshirts on and wrapped in blankets.

We celebrated Kylynn's 3rd birthday while we were out there, she had so much fun. We went to Pronto Pups for her birthday dinner and then we had a birthday party for her with the whole Vugteveen family, minus Uncle Brandon and Aunt Jana, on Friday night. She had an awesome Ariel cake done by one of my former student's moms. It was great, check out the picture below.

I am now doing more laundry and packing for TC. We have a family picture and lots of fun things planned for the week, hopefully the beach is included. I had a nice tan beginning at Hungry Horse I'd like to keep it up.

Speaking of Brandon and Jana, they are engaged and planning a May or June wedding next year, congrats to them! We are so excited to have Jana a part of our family and look forward to getting to know her more.

I'll post some pictures but them I'm back to packin and foldin laundry.

Kylynn and Auntie with her new Jasmine

Birthday girl

Kylynn at Pronto Pups, she actually liked the corn dog

Our family at the top of the dune overlooking Lake Michigan

Couldn't help but laugh at our plummer butts


Madison, Kylynn, and Sydney, her friends (Laura Bode's grand-daughters)

Kylynn and her Ariel cakeAddisyn Joy at the beach

Kylynn and her sparkler

The cousins, having a good time

Hungry Horse is over for another year...

We survived! This year will go down in the books, pretty memorable. We survived two nights of terrible storms. Thursday night was worst for me, I just layed there and prayed for safety. Addisyn let out one peep and I plugged her and they both slept through it, thank the Lord. The girls had a great time, swimming in the pools, playing in the sandbox, the merry-go-round and much more. Kylynn did great, Addisyn ended up the packinplay, the first night was awful, don't ever try to put a 16 month old in the bottom bunk with a bed rail, it was like a little jungle gym for her. After that night we were smooth sailing.

Now the laundry has begun and it's time to pack for another week of camping. We head out Sunday to Holland State Park for the week, that will be fun! The beach this time, will be interesting with my sand lover Addisyn.

The girls are napping so I'm updating FB and my blog with photos from our camping experience. The house was also painted while I was away so we have to put it back together, tons to do, and I'm on the computer. I already put my stuff back, the knick knacks and photos, Jason will have to hang the stuff tonight.

We had Kylynn's 3 year, yes 3 year, pictures taken today. My friend Erin did them and I think they are going to turn out great! We had fun with it. I got a sitter for Addi and I think that really helped. I can't believe my little girl is turning 3 next week. All she wants is her princess kitchen. I'm pretty excited to give it to her. She also wants an ariel birthday cake so that is in the process of being ordered from a parent at school. Should be a fun time. Back to more laundry and pickin up the house.

Kylynn and Addi eating breakfast in the trailer

Playing in the sand

All of the kidsKylynn Joy, bathing beauty

Addisyn Joy, enjoying her sucker

Baby Tibbe has ARRIVED!!!

It's a boy! Yes, I have my first nephew. Last night we went up to the hospital to meet Cole Richard Tibbe, Jason and Courtney's new addition. He weighed in at 7 lbs 14 oz and was 21 inches long. He joined us around 9:45 a.m. yesterday. A healthy baby boy to add to the Vugteveen clan. Kylynn enjoyed holding him.

Cole Richard Tibbe

Kylynn Joy and Baby Cole

We headed to the ENT today for Addisyn, no luck on getting tubes. The next ear infection we will let him know and then they will do tubes. Big waste of my time today! The girls did great, despite the fact that Addisyn had pulled the wipes out of the diaper bag at the hospital last night and she sat through the entire appointment with a poopy diaper. Afterwards we headed to Target to purchase some wipes and do a little shopping, and of course change the diaper.My Addisyn - love this girl!

Will we ever have summer weather? I head out to Hungry Horse next week so I'm hoping for some warm weather. It looks like the weekend will be better, maybe I can get some sun tomorrow afternoon while the girls nap. We've been enjoying sleeping in and having fun together. The girls are so much fun to be around, most of the time. Kylynn is at that stage where she wants to do everything herself, on her terms. When I want to help if we are in a hurry she doesn't want my help but then if I want her to do something she needs my help. I don't think I'll ever figure her out.

Come sunshine and 80's Kylynn's ready!

Vacation

So vacation officially started for me last Friday. I am really looking forward to fun times this summer with my girls. No big adventures yet, just sleeping in and having fun. Yesterday Kylynn was up at 7:45 but today she slept till 9:00, yeah!!!!
I am happy to announce that I have a job for the fall, I will be teaching 6th grade at Jackson Park Intermediate School. This is really exciting for me, as I would have preferred 5th grade I think I will enjoy 6th grade and am looking forward to a challenge. I really wanted to be at this building and I think it will be a ton of fun working with all 5th and 6th grade teachers. My classroom is pretty much packed, thanks to my wonderful sister. Just need to finish up and move it out. Unfortunately I have to move it all home to move it all back in August but at least I have a job.
I'll post some new pictures soon. Enjoy the spring, chilly weather.