Summer 2013

What have we been up to the past few months? In a nutshell....

Loving life in Mississippi.. we have almost been here a year! We have made sweet friends and are so thankful the Lord has put us here.  We had a dear friend, babysitter, Kristen come visit over her Spring Break from college and the girls just adore her. Miriam graduated from Kindergarten.. we are so proud of her hard work and she is so happy to learn! Ella Grace finished 2nd grade and we took her picture next to all the states and capitals she learned. She was excited! Susanna finished Preschool and will be jumping in to Kindergarten soon! The girls have fallen in love with Old Maid and Uno so we have played that often. They went to VBS at the beginning of the summer and had a blast. Gabe got to come to the finale.  The girls and I took a road trip to Minnesota to see my Grandma ( She is 99!) and on the way we stopped in St. Loius to sight see and stay in a fun hotel.  Grandma gave them her Bingo quarters she had been saving for three years! We saw my sister Rebecca there too! Then we drove to Michigan for the Van Wyke family reunion at Lake Michigan.  Papa and GiGi met us there. We saw lots of cousins and visited the famous Dutch village the girls love. Then we headed to SC to see the Fleming family with Poppy, Nee Nee and our cousins.. and meet the newest cousin Baby Sam! We saw my cousin Abby at the beach for a few days, then reunited with our Daddy that we had not seen in a few weeks! JOY! Miriam lost two teeth, Gabe and I celebrated our 13th anniversary! And finally, we spent two weeks at the beach with both of our families. It was truly a remarkable summer filled with family and fun and so many wonderful memories.