1 Strike and a few spares and many gutter balls....

...until we got some bumpers.

During Winter Break in February, Connor had a birthday party for a classmate at a local bowling alley.  So I decided in would be a great time to see if the boys liked to bowl.  The first game I forgot to ask for the bumpers and the boys began to lose interest almost immediately. But I got smart for the second game and they had tons more fun. .

fall camping

We tried something new this year...fall camping.  I must looking back, I didn't know what to expect.  You see for the most part we have camped at either GunLake or in Holland, both in the summer, both have lakes and beaches.  So I didn't know if I would enjoy camping with the heat and the water.  But I'm already looking forward to next year, and it rained the majority of the time we were there this fall.

I'm sure if it was because it was nice to take a short break from the hussle and bussle of our fall schedule, or it was the fact the boys are getting older and dont need me to do everything for them, or if it was the company we shared, but I'm must say I had tons of fun and am looking forward to summer and fall camping already.

the boys and Bultsma's kids with their pumpkins

Me and my buddy

Jaci, Stacie and me.

all the kiddos during one of our walks

picture by the lighthouse

Soarin' high in the clouds

Yesterday I experience another first...I went flying with my dad as the pilot.  It was so different from any other flight I have taken before.  We took off at Tulip City Airport where my dad stores his plane and headed east towards Hastings.  As we flew it was so fun to recognize so many different buildings, houses and landmarks.  The last thing that we flew over before headed back to the ground was the farm in Freeport and our house.

My pilot for my short flight AKA my dad

taking off at Tulip City airport

the farm

our house...it's good to know that you can't see how long our grass is or how many weeds are in my gardens from up here.

another view of the farm

heading in to Hastings Airport

almost back on the ground

After we landed my dad took 3 of the boys on the shortest flight possible...I don't think they were up in the air for more than 5 minutes, but the boys LOVED it.  Thank You Grandpa!!!!!

Brendan as a hands off co-pilot.

taxiing out to the grass runaway

Grandpa and the boys

Artprize

Last week Wednesday, I picked the boys up from school and we headed to downtown GR for artprize with my mom. It was a great time with the boys, walking around town not really know where to go, but at the same time seeing all these amazing pieces of art.