We are finally home and glad to be done with traveling for awhile. I posted a bunch of pictures so sorry for how long this post is.
These are pictures from our second conference in Holland, Michigan.
This picture makes us laugh. Ruthie looks like she's not in the mood for playing while Naomi looks like she's about to create trouble. :)
I happened to match the girls' outfits with the flowers outside our dorm room.
This is how I entertained the girls while Brad was at morning prayer each day...we would sweep the sidewalk with tree branches...it worked for a little bit.
After our two conferences we visited family for another week. Ruthie loved being with Aunt Candy.
Nae and Braydon play well together...Nae can tackle him and he enjoys that.
Sweet cousins.
I took this picture after Brad laid with Ruthie to get her to take her afternoon nap...it's sweet they're holding hands.
Doing P90X...Ben's explaining to me the benefits from this grueling exercise video...as you can see we're just doing the warm-up part. :)
Brothers and sister.
Ben and Amber made us the terrific pizza in their homemade oven. It was the best pizza I've ever had!
Brad surprised me with flowers one day.
The kids enjoyed smelling them too. I think Jake's watering it with mustard?
Sadly we missed Brad's grandpa's funeral (we attended my grandma's memorial around the same time).
It worked out well that we were able to attend Gab's birthday party.
Blueberry picking.
A game of lightning.
Two Mads (Maddy and Maddie)
This tree/bush was our goal.
It took us awhile to get there but we finally did...the rocks were very sharp and we all wished we would have worn our sandals.
Sisters.
Flips and round-offs.
Ruthie enjoyed her "Superman" ice cream cone.
Can you tell? :)