We spent the 4th of July in Waubay with Kyle's parents. One day we drove to Aberdeen to spend the day with Audrey & Al Dutenhoffer, Kyle's aunt & uncle. We also visited Storybook Land which has all of the nursery rhyme characters, the fairy tale characters and even the Wizard of Oz characters along with a farm house and the yellow brick road in munchkin land. As you follow the yellow brick road, you meet the scarecrow, the tin man and the lion. What fun!
Rounding out July, John was a pollinator for Pioneer in the corn fields. Annie had swimming lessons and volunteered at a Safety Town for kindergartners. Katie & Erin had tennis lessons and swimming lessons.
We spent a week up at Mid-Forest Lodge the first week in August, stopping on our way to visit Maura, Heather & Dale in Grand Rapids.
John caught a turtle and the girls all participated in the Kids Fishing Derby, bringing home 2 fishing rods and a live well, net thing from the raffle.
The Sugar Bowl is still so much fun to run down. There had been a few big rain events prior to our arrival and the wash out was remarkable!
We spent a great deal of time with Uncle Peter and one day, he found a tree over the fire tower hill road so he cut it up for his new wood stove. As you can see, the blue truck is still in business; licensed and with some kind of new brake parts.
Kyle thoroughly enjoyed the week, canoeing with Annie & John, fishing with all the kids (I think Erin had the biggest haul with 16 in one outing!). We also played ladder ball and kayaked at the Matuszak's, gave the kids rides on the 4 wheeler, hiked along the road by the old dumps, picked black berries & got wonderful tours of the club from Uncle Peter and later from Aunt Cece & Uncle Tim. All in all, we had a fantastic week and I'm so glad to have the opportunity to share Mid-Forest with my kids. They loved it and even asked if we could move to Michigan and get a cabin!
Now, we're on the final count down to school on August 23. Can John really be going into high school; Annie into 7th grade; Katie, 4th; and Erin, 3rd? Where does time fly?
2 comments:
What fun adventures you all have had!! Glad to see the blue truck is still in business :) Best of luck at school this year!
I've been in hiding since school started, but it is wonderful to catch up! I didn't even notice that it's been month since this post and I can't complain! What a fun trip.
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