Michigan - #3

Continuing on with the Michigan happenings...

Chad's mom took the kiddos to Teusinks Farm one morning to check out all the animals and ride the horses.  I have to admit I was quite skeptical about Brielle wanting to be by an animal of any kind but she totally surprised me when I heard she rode the ponies (she hasn't stopped talking about Dakota and Lucky).  I think it might have helped that she saw her younger brother riding them first.

He spent some time hanging out with friends from college.  Of course I don't have pictures of the actual friends from college...but I do have pics of the kids! 

 Here's some of the kids (minus Bryce, Charlie Bauman, and Jay Kleinheksel)

Starting at left:  Ellie Kleinheksel, Brielle, Jonathan Bauman (dont you love his "smile"), and Anna VanHekken

We also went to my old stompin ground, Tri Ponds since Kim and a bunch of our cousins were camping out there for a couple days.  Oh how fun it was to relive the good ole days and to see your kids loving the things you loved as a kid. 

They loved the pond...splashing in and out of the water...

 ...and the sand (of course Bryce was still shoveling it in his mouth)

 Unfortunately I didn't get any pics of any other kids except for Grady. (Brielle and Grady are the future "Eric and Kathi" of the past.)  Being the age the kids are, all the kids were going off in different directions and it was hard to get them all together.

 What's camping without a few mud puddles to stomp through?

Chad took the girls on a canoe ride in the fishing pond

 Brielle trying to best at the balance beam

 This little man wants to do everything on his own...including climb up the slide and go down.  However...whenever it came time to let go, he always seemed to have second thoughts and would just dangle down the slide holding on for dear life before finally letting go.