Water Girl!




4th of July was one of Grandma Jackie's favorites. She loved to have everyone get together, summer, water balloons, and fireworks! I remember going over to her house when I was little and her having a pool in the driveway ready to play. Well the tradition continues. The pool is on the deck and Jackie got her first dip in it today! She did pretty good except the suit was too big to stay on her little butt!

I will never forget the 4th of July when we first had moved out to Holland, Grandma Jackie had got some "good fireworks" and we decided that the best place to shoot them off would be the tennis courts. Long story short, we lit the grass on fire, and that scared the little kids. I also remember her asking me if I though we could shoot water balloons across the street at the people on the boats with her 3 person slingshot. She was the fun Grandma and will be missed tomorrow. She would have loved to play in the pool with Austin and Jacqueline. I know she will be looking down tomorrow and smiling. (And I am sure she was smiling when Kirstin scored the winning run in her championship softball game this week. She is proud of you Kirst!)

Happy 4th of July! We have a CRAZY amount of food (that's like Grandma too) so if you are out by the beach tomorrow stop by and say hi!

Colorado Bound!



CONGRATULATIONS to my cousin Ross who is heading out to Colorado this August! He got a job working in Eagle at the airport with TSA! We are all so happy (and proud of him) for him (secretly I am a little jealous) and can't wait to go out and visit! Ross, since this might be your last 4th of July in Michigan for while, I will make sure that we have lots of Flag Cookies!





I just had to include an updated picture of Jacqueline too!