New puppies

Meet Marlee and Maggie. No, they aren't ours, but I'm sure they will spend some time at our house at some point in the future. Our friends got two new puppies. They are so cute and growing SOOOOO fast!

5K adventure

We did it!!!!!  Aunt Kathy and I ran a 5K at Calvin College together. It was a bit chilly, but the sun was shining, we had fun, got to spend some time together, exercise, and snacks and a t-shirt!  WAHOO!

Easter

The annual Robin Bird Egg lipstick picture!

Easter afternoon was spent with our friends down by the beach. We flew kites, enjoyed the sunshine and some good food and even better company. Its always wonderful to relax and sit by the water!  Then we came home and had the annual Easter egg hunt in the back yard. Mind you they had one at our youth group church, our church, and at our friends, so this was #4 for the weekend!

Easter morning!

Spring Break Stay cation fun

We stayed put this spring break, but we found something fun to do each day.

dye easter eggs

Holland Aquatic Center

They had this inflatable, a slide, a zip line, a diving board, a water log, a playground with a tire swing, and a circle pool that had whirlpool action in it - you literally floated around in a circle.

Easter cut out cookies

feeding the baby goat at Critter Barn

Critter Barn - Its a family owned farm that allows people to come and visit, complete with sack swings from the trees. There were peacocks, horses, kittens, rabbits, goats...... and so much more. But oh the goats. 19 baby goats that all needed to be fed, so have the visitors do it. It was a riot to watch them jump and play. They are penned up during the day and let out at feeding time, and they make the most of it. We watched for a long time and then help herd them all back to their pens. The farm is set very much in a residential area of Zeeland. I laughed when I looked at the other houses and wondered what the reasoning was behind putting a residential development in an area where a large farm is literally your back yard, but each to his own!

The baby duck pen

We spent a few hours at the Grand Rapids Childrens museum making bubbles, forts, music, legos and other things!

And then we went swimming and wall climbing at the Grand Rapids YMCA!

The final day was a few hours at a water park called JJ resort.  Lots of trips up and down stairs, and some time in the hot tub!  But a great week all in all!

Jessica's art work

Jessica's art work was chosen to represent our school at the local art museum. There are 16 different school districts in our county (don't even get me started) and for one month, they choose art work from each school to be displayed at the Muskegon art museum.  Jessica's was one of four chose from MCS. We had a fun night there as a family. They had a reception for artists, including juice and cookies, and a scavenger hunt for kids that took us through the whole museum.  The art work is back at school and its next stop will be Grandpa and Grandma's fair this summer!

Indoor Soccer

Indoor soccer is done and gone, but I found these pictures and decided to post them! Both Brandon and Maria's teams played indoor and now they are off to the grass outside!

Green supper

Matt and I celebrated St Patricks Day supper with a true Irish meal on Saturday evening with friends... corned beef with boiled cabbage and potatoes.

On Monday night, I made a green meal.... pesto with chicken on noodles, lime and pear jello, shamrock shakes, olives, pickles, cucumbers and broccoli.