Goooaaal!

Kyler just wrapped up his first season of soccer and loved every minute of it.  His parents enjoyed watching every minute of it as well.  Here's to many more sports seasons!!!

Owen and Kyler

Maybe a little too aggressive?!

Kyler and his lovely coaches!

Jack and the Family

A work in progress...

We have yet to take our annual family trip to Heritage Farms Market to enjoy the harvest season and pick pumpkins, but that doesn't mean we haven't been there yet!  There have been two field trips, three visits with Grandma Kuips and the kids, three visits for "snacks" with just mommy and more in the works to visit our favorite local farm.  One one of the trips with grandma, the kiddos picked a pumpkin and couldn't wait any longer to carve it up.  Unfortunately the scary face Kyler requested was just a bit too much for Taylor to handle.  She refused to go near the glowing jack-o-lantern and kept saying "pumpkin eyes" with great fear in her voice. 

Scary Faces!

Happy Halloween!

Down on the Farm

Schedules managed to work out so we could assemble with the Hendon/Wallis/Stroven/DeKuiper/DeKuiper fall farm trip.  Lots of fun was had by many generations...

All Aboard!

The youngest of the crew

"Look, mom... no hands!"

Petunia the Pig

First Day, Hooray!

My Babies First Day...

"Four-year-old Preschool" and

The "Toddler Room"

Goodbye, Summer

Labor Day is always bittersweet as we say goodbye to the leisurely days of summer and hello to back-to-school (for at least three of our little family's members).  It's always nice to send off summer with one last camping trip!

Boat Cruise

We capped off a fun day at the lake with a boat ride with the Grands!

Skiing Prodigy

We were out enjoying Grandma and Grandpa Kuip's lake and after seeing daddy ski, Kyler decided he would like to do the same.  We were a bit skeptical thinking he would be scarred and scared for life, but not our K-man.  He tried 4 times before he finally got up and made it about 200 yards on skis!!!  He was so pumped as were his parents and grandparents.  I didn't realize the camera was on video, so grandma caught some action shots for us to remember the occasion.  The video is a little bumpy since we thought it was a still picture being taken, but hang in there and don't blink and you might get to see our boy!

He kept asking to go again!

There was more fun to be had...