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Girls Disney book
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
August, September, October, fun, babies, and travel!
O.K. so you know it is pretty bad when your husband is asking you if you are ever going to update the blog. It has been busy lately but can't really say with anything specific. Since the last post in August we have been doing lots of school. Things are a little different from last year with not reporting to one specific teacher and reporting to four different ones but I think this will be a very good thing! We did got off to a slow start but I think overall it will be a great year. I am understanding a little more what I am teaching and why, and have been observing the teachers while we are in Michigan. While it is impossible to give them what Innocademy can I am trying to pick up some bits and pieces to use while I teach. I am eternally grateful to them for all their hard work, dedication, flexibility, love for the kids and for their teaching. They are the hardest working bunch of people I have ever seen!
(Jaimee we took this picture to show Taylor she has a Ranch Store in Nebraska)
The last Friday in August we took a little field trip. We started out at the Sod House Museum in Gothenburg, NE. We had read about how the pioneers built sod houses out here because there was not any trees and I saw there was a man that built a sod house to show his kids and made a museum out of it. Unfortunately I accidentally erased the pictures off my camera but it was really cool to see and the lady there was wonderfully informative. From there we headed to Lexington to the Pony Express station. We had also read a lot about that in our school stuff, so it was fun to see that too. Not nearly as informative and it was in a park so the girls really just wanted to play but cool to see none the less.


I have started a job cleaning the offices at NCP. While it is only a few hours a week that keeps my busy too, along with the All Glory service at our church. I have been keeping plenty busy.
On October 4&5 there was an NCP quarterly meeting so the girls headed back to Michigan with Grandpa and Grandma for a week and a half. They have had a great time at school, seeing friends and family, and getting spoiled. I got things knocked off the to-do list and had some good quality time with the love of my life! (Thanks moms and dads for taking such good care of the girls.)

Saturday, August 20, 2011
NCP Customer Appreciation and Employee Picnic
Keith (the corn merchandiser) did a drawing for NCP jackets. He even helped put them on some of the customers. When I asked them about
helping out the day before, they gave me a hard
time so I gave it back to them, and told them without the customers they would have no
jobs. Keith stepped up to the plate and really
helped out!
Eric turns 35!
This is Kylie's shirt.
Karinda Gets Her Ears Pierced
Friday, August 19, 2011
We had a lot to fit in in a
We took another ride on Lake Michigan on Grandpa's boat. It apparently was a little cold, but very fun.
Monday night the Meeuwsen men had a family meeting so the ladies and kids had a little pool party. I say little but that it was a lot of kids in the little pool. It was a lot of fun though too!
Tuesday night we met some more cousins (Sheldon, Jaden, Gage, Bryce, Sadie, Maggie, Taylor, and Brecken at the park. I unfortunately did not do so well with the pictures but they had a lot of fun seeing their cousins (friends) again. We also squeezed in a dinner with Grandpa Brouwer and Elsa that night.
Wednesday the girls went to school and we headed back for home!
Michigan Summer (Weekend)
As soon as vacation was done at the BBL Eric was anxious to get back to Holland and get the boat on the big lake. Thankfully the weather cooperated (just). It is funny how we forgot so quickly how Michigan weather completely determines your plans. It is sunny almost everyday in Nebraska, so if you make plans you can plan on it, not, we will see what the weather does.
We were not very hopeful on our way home as we drove through rain back to Holland but the weather cleared just in time for us to head to Laketown. The girls had a blast playing in the sand with Daddy.
Jumping in the freezing cold water too. They didn't really seem to care at all.
Monday, August 8, 2011
It has been a busy few weeks for the Meeuwsens. We had a great week at the Blue Beaver Lodge relaxing and getting caught up on a few projects. The water level was really low but we still had a good time boating in other nearby lakes, eventful campfires, walking in the mornings, dancing to our favorite country songs, and just having fun. We had some visitors for the week too! The Bosch family came for our annual summer trip and Brian and Carter came for a night too!
Sparklers make me a little nervous but the kids are getting older and better with them every year. Lizzie is looking older too.
This is Maddie, it was a little rainy on vacation so we did need to wear our pants for a little bit.
Carter had fun, he was not quite himself, very quiet and reserved. I think it had a little to do with more kids being there.
Ben, not so quiet, but we had a lot of fun with him!
Kylie had a great week!
Eric had a big sparkler of his own. We had some expired flares from the boat so we decided to see what they would do.
Such a big week and skipping a few to many naps Ben fell asleep on the floor in the middle of the action!
The last day the loons spent the day on the lake. They are fun to watch, they dive under the water and look for food. Karinda did a little research and they can dive over 200 feet deep and stay under for about a minute. At night another loon came for a visit. There was a little disagreeing going on, we were pretty sure there was two males and a female. They would chase eachother down, fight, dive down, and make crazy noises, it really was fun to watch.
Boys will be boys! With the lake level low this year Terry brought his new quad up for something else to do. All week long he took the kids for rides on the trails, just before dinner on Thursday night Brian encouraged Terry to try it out on the "former lake bottom". Some of it was really hard but Terry went a little to close to the water and got REALLY stuck. There was a little tension for awhile but after a few tries, and a trip to Gaylord for tow straps they got it out!
After our second afternoon of rain we played some spoons with the girls while all the boys slept. This year the girls thought it would be fun to be brave and sleep in the bunk house. The bunk house is a seperate room left from the original cabin that was on the property not attached to the cabin. It has electricity but no water. The first night before they even got tucked in Kylie was in tears that she didn't want to do it so Maddie slept in the cabin with her and after about an hour Lizzie and Karinda ended up inside too. The second night they were bound and determined they were going to do it, and they did! So, the bunk house has now been overtaken by the girls!
Our first day the girls headed over to Big Blue for a little swim, and to clean off after playing in the muck of our lake.
The girls also took golf lessons during the month of July. The day we left for vacation they had a Junior Golf Fun Day. The girls got to go out on the course and play a few holes. They had a lot of fun and learned a lot. I learned a little bit too. When we got there they needed an adult to go with the kids so he told me to grab a cart and head to hole 10. I was quite nervous because I had never driven a golf cart before but I got it figured out and we had a lot of fun.
Kylie, Gaby, and Karinda all ready to go!
The week before we left for vacation we also had VBS. We did it with the Congregational Church and the Methodist Church and we did "Shake it up Cafe." It was a great VBS for boys because there was different "science" experiments everyday. It really was a great week! The last night we had a little program for the parents and Karinda read a little during the program.
Karinda thinks it wouldn't be summer without some sparklers!
The girls also took golf lessons during the month of July. The day we left for vacation they had a Junior Golf Fun Day. The girls got to go out on the course and play a few holes. They had a lot of fun and learned a lot. I learned a little bit too. When we got there they needed an adult to go with the kids so he told me to grab a cart and head to hole 10. I was quite nervous because I had never driven a golf cart before but I got it figured out and we had a lot of fun.
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