Fall 2011

Fall is here again. My favorite time of year. We had many fun adventures as a family. We went to the cider mill one day. We love to pick apples in the fall. The kids had a great Halloween, Lizzie was a cow, Gideon was a lamb, and Addy was a butterfly.

Fredrick Meijer Gardens

On September 4, Rich and I drove to Grand Rapids to visit Katie, Andrew, and Addison. We spent the day walking around the Fredrick Meijer Gardens. It was SO beautiful! So many different flowers, plants, and sculptures. The day was a little chilly compared to the 90 degree days we had last week, it was in the 60's and very breezy, but it was perfect picture taking weather. They had a beautiful waterfall too. There was one sculpture that was of people but the people were made of tiny alphabet letters. Too cool! Addison had so much fun spending the day outside. She was a sport and so were the boys! We will definately have to go there again soon!

Blueberries are best in Michigan..

Our annual blueberry picking was a great success. Rich and picked 15lbs. Kevin, Angela and Elizabeth picked 20lbs. There was plenty of berries and there were some that were as big as grapes. Elizabeth enjoyed eating and was very good with our two hour picking fest.

Vacation in Virginia

We got to get away to Virginia.We really have enjoyed our time share over the years. Seeing many different states has been lots of fun. Virginia is very pretty . I like the mountains and hiking. We both liked just a time to relax and thats pretty what we did.

Happy 26th Birthday Kevin

Family get together at Kevin's for dinner and homemade peanut butter cake. Angela put trick candles on. Afterward we all played croquet . Happy Birthday Kevin.

Kyle's Graduation

May 30,2009
We are so proud of Kyle. He graduated with honors from Fraser high school. It was a great celebration having the whole family at the commencements. He is planning on continuing his education at Oakland University in the fall.

Fraser Jazz band

Kyle play one more time at the Fraser music in the park. Turned out to be a lovely day. The Jazz band was wonderful as always.