We rented a cottage on Arnold Lake near Harrison for a long Labor Day weekend with the Schwalm family. (Scott's mom's family) Everyone was there except for party pooper Grandpa Bud, who went fishing instead. Even Aunt Judy, who had to work, came for a day. The cottage had 7 bedrooms, 4 baths, and was 5500 square feet. Plenty big for 13 adults and 6 kids. Scott, the kids, and I went up a day early to check the place out and relax before the rest of the crew arrived. Once everyone got there, we ate, drank, swam, skied, and tubed until we could barely move. Peyton was a little crabby (as seen in the picture of all the kids) but she ended up being really sick all week afterwards with the flu. Luckily no one else got it. The weekend was a lot of fun and a great end to an awesome Summer!
Wow! The kids sure had an awesome time at Crazy Bounce in Holland for their cousin Brian's 4th birthday. (10/10/08) There were slides, games, and obstacle courses. We can't wait to go back again!
On Sat. 9/27/08 my family had a cookout in honor of Grandpa Steve. My mom (MeMe), my step-dad (Grandpa Steve), my siblings (Tony, Tina, and Joey), their spouses, and 12/14 grandkids were there. We all got together for some fun, food, and an awesome campfire before Steve starts chemo and radiation to fight cancer. It was a great family day in support of an amazing person!
January has brought lots of snow and we love it! Scott builds a sled run from the top of our back neighbor's yard all the way to our front yard. All the neighborhood kids have a blast! So do Scott and Di too who get a few runs in. Even Peyton is getting in on the sledding action. Scott just kind of forced her down on a sled and the 1st thing she did at the bottom was tell us more. After going about 20 times in a row we figured we'd created a monster. The girls have been having so much fun sledding, building snowmen, and shoveling. It's a Winter wonderland around here!
