Friday, August 28, 2015

5 on Friday

1.  Had a fabulous time at the beach last Friday with my brother and his family.  We don't see them nearly enough and the kids and I loved spending time with them.  
The 5 VanDyke Grandkids

My kids and I, what a great summer we had

These two are so stinkin cute.

2.  Love my kids and how they play so well together, most of the time.  
Dress up is still a favorite activity and I love their creative sides.

3.  The hubby and I enjoyed a quiet weekend without the kiddos.  My sis and brother in law took them for us for the weekend.  My kids went last summer and had so much fun they wanted to go back.  We weren't on the ball with getting a place to stay so we just stayed home and got caught up after being gone.  It was nice to just spend time together talking, shopping, and dinner out.


4.  Proud of myself for sticking to my workouts and shakeology this summer.  I have been going strong for the last 9 weeks and am ready to keep it up.  Mornings will be tough when work starts but I am bound and determined to keep this up.  Beachbody is in my blood now!


5.  Mrs. V came for breakfast on Monday.  She visited 4 years ago when Kylynn was in Pre K and things have changed and she doesn't do visits anymore but she made an exception for Easton.  We invited her and she gladly accepted.  We had monkey bread as she loves monkeys.  It was a great time for her to see Easton's room, his toys and spend time talking about our summers.  We are going to have a great year, I can't wait to see what God has in store for her and her class this year.

Friday, August 21, 2015

Balloon Festival

We had our own Balloon Festival here at the Hudsonville Fairgrounds a few weeks back.  The kids loved it and we had a great night with friends!  

Love these three





With the Bareman's and their neices


played some carnival games

won some prizes

Some photo booth fun!

got some face and arm painting done


This chic cracks me up!

Having them lit up at night was awesome!




A fun night with my family

They sold paper lanterns as well, that was pretty amazing watching them all go up.


Bad picture but the sky was full of them,

Thursday, August 20, 2015

Beach Days, Pool Fun and Splash Pad Memories!

We were fortunate to be able to swim in our friends pool from church.  I am so glad I took her up on her pool days as we have reconnected as friends and my kids had a blast in their pool.  We enjoyed a few days swimming there and a couple different beach trips.  
Here goes Kylynn off the diving board!





His suit was a little too big, lol

Addisyn relaxing and having a great time in the pool!

Floating in the tubes!

Addisyn Joy relaxing.


Love his goggle face!

My baby girl!

She is a fish, doing a flip, a new trick this summer.

Relaxing in the tube.

 We headed to Holland State Park with the Bareman's one day, such a fun day!
Love these three!

Addisyn and Ainsley
The Sand Lovers

The silly crew!

Kylynn and Ainsley

Out on the pier

Love this little dude

Me and my baby girl

Kylynn was so excited her friend Taylor was out there

Mom and her boy


Me and Emily
So blessed with this great friendship.

Easton loved the whale at Miss Erin's pool

A trip to Millenium Park
Splash Pad fun!


Then time for the beach


So glad I could catch up with this chic!  We work together and after
 seeing her five days a week all school year I was missing her terribly!

Tuckered out!

A trip to 8th ave beach
Playing at the park is a must!


Friends at the beach