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October has brought us some cooler weather, another birthday for Chris and a visit from Dad VanSlooten. Check out just some of the happenings...


Chris' Birthday Pie!


Fall Cookies


A new linen closet


A laundry room countertop

The hutch and wine rack

One Room Completed!

If you've been waiting on pins and needles to see what's been going on in our house - this is for you! We have one room totally completed and ready to be shown off (minus the ugly red carpet)! The boys are enjoying their new room and bunk beds; Garrett only fell out once and then Chris made a rail...

Enjoy, and stay tuned. Dad VanSlooten comes next week so we should have some more rooms completed!

Since returning to Rehoboth a week ago Chris has been hard at work on the new house. We pulled up the carpet last Thursday, and then Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were spent sanding and polyurethaning the beautiful hardwood floor in our bedroom, the living room and the dining room. It has turned out beautifully! We still have to do the quarter round and as you can see there is painting to be done on the trim and a few wall patches, but it's fun to see some progress!
The master bedroom

The Living room and front entrance

The dining room

We spent our last week in Michigan at Spider Lake with Nikki's family. While the weather was cool, we had a great time and were blessed to be able to relax and reconnect before heading home. It was a great way to end our summer! Enjoy the pictures and come back later this week for pictures of our house and all the remodling Chris is doing!

Playing by the seashore

It be a pirate's life for me!

Going to Moomers for icecream and cows...

YUM!"Where are the cows???"

Back to the Beach
Thanks Opa and Oma for such a wonderful vacation! We love you!
chumming for bluegill

Time for s'mores We spent our last day of vacation at Torch Lake, although cold it was so beautiful! The water was clear, almost like swimming in the Carribean

Gone Fishin'

On our way home we stopped off in Kansas City to spend time with Christy, Ryan and Noah. It was a great time of reconnecting and experiencing their new home!

We headed to the Squirt Park to tire the boys out before we got in the car to drive through the night. It was a great time!

taking a break to warm up

Here's a quick slide show of the last two weeks!

Enjoy! Enjoying ice-cream and the street performers with Oma

Clayton had this look on his face every time and then a look of utter shock when the water shot him in the face

playing in the fountain

wait for it...wait for it...

Garrett adores Crew. He loves to hold him and make him smile. It's so fun to see that love!

My first try at paella...yummmmm

Gibson doesn't hold back when it comes to cake, no matter whose birthday it is

Cake and champagne

these boys sure love their Aunt Becky!

" quick, Daddy, hand me the rasperries while Clayton's not looking"

"How can we sneek back and get some more raspberries?"

Noordhouse Dunes National Forest weekend with the VanSlooten Family

That water is COLD!

Clayton loves the beach

John Ball Zoo

Oma and the boys petting stingrays.

Chillin' downtown Holland

We did the tourist thing this week and went to Dutch Village, and we're even taking tulips and wooden shoes home.

Clayton is his glory..."Lookatthis, lookatthis, lookatthis!"

C'mon Goat!

No, not the grass again!

Garrett's horse "Bumpy"

Is he a witch?

Learning to dutch dance

The tourist shot

A romantic getaway

Our field hands at work

The boys' pail. Clayton's berry in mouth to berry in pail ratio was 50:1

Headed home after a hard hours' work