Mary's Birthday and More

Happy Birthday, Mary Camille!

Can't believe you're 3 years old already!!

Having fun with kinetic sand... who knew you could build sand castles in the house?!

Last snowman of the season?!!

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Mary likes to jump at Air Madness!

Ryan trying out the rock climbing wall

Luke🠉 & Evan🠋 doing some dunks 

Do-A-Dot markers... what fun!

Lunch at McDonalds on an early dismissal day

Enjoying some fresh air & sunshine!

Mom's big helper, washing the dishes

Mmmm.... 😋

Ice cream treats at Treasures on Main... thanks, Dad!

Spring Break 2019

Last week our kids had spring break, and we met our De Jong cousins at the Great Wolf Lodge in Wisconsin Dells…

Here comes Mary!





Levi & Ryan relaxing in the hot tub

Mary watching for the kids to come down one of the big slides

Here they come out of the Howling Tornado…
it was the favorite slide, and most of our kids went down it over 30 times!!

The men & boys of all ages playing basketball!

 

The game of Risk kept these boys busy for many hours!

Emma, Kara, & Annie in their wolf ears :)

Breakfast at Paul Bunyan’s Cook Shanty…

wearing the horns of Babe, the big blue ox!

Annie, Emma & Kara with their tin cups

Paul & Ryan relaxing in our room

This was how Mary slept while we were there… she called it her “tent bed” ;)

Grandpa & Grandma De Jong with 18 of their 20 grandkids… what a crew!
And what a fun time we all had together!! :)

February Fun

Here’s a little glimpse of what we’ve been up to lately… not much that’s worth pulling out the camera for, just a handful of random smiles snapped on my phone. :)

Mary likes to jump on the trampoline no matter the weather!

Mary’s favorite… a chocolate chip muffin!

(And Luke photobombing in the background. ;)

Trying out the new frozen yogurt bar at Treasures on Main... very tasty! :)

Mary’s new favorite thing to do at Walmart… ride in the car with Spiderman! :/

 

Mom’s big helper, unwrapping caramels

 

Having some fun with Snapchat filters…

 

     

Escape Room date night... a success! :)

Caught red-handed with her fingers in the peanut butter jar!

Beautiful sun dogs on a very chilly day!

And last but not least, a couple pics of our littlest blessing at 21 weeks! :)

Happy New Year

Starting off the New Year with lots of excitement around here...

Christmas 2018 Piano Recital

Our 4 oldest children played in a Christmas piano recital this past Saturday.
They didn't have to memorize their pieces this time; it was just for fun. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/ooi4L07PHsE

https://youtu.be/jybvEeik6cM

https://youtu.be/K6Qv2np7emE

https://youtu.be/ELnSmRJcDf8

TCHS Winter Concert

Last Monday night was the annual TCHS Winter concert. The band & both choirs performed, as well as the combined choir. It was a beautiful evening of praise to our Newborn King!

Jenna enjoyed playing her violin and singing, as well as playing some challenging choir accompaniment. Enjoy!

Band: O Lord to us Thy Mercy Show - https://youtu.be/ZqvVx4riKEQ

Freshman/Sophomore Choir: The Name of the Lord - https://youtu.be/1E0MVhjwE3k

Combined Choir: The Majesty and Glory of Thy Name  - https://youtu.be/1I97-2YfJ98

Combined Choir: Joy in the Morning - https://youtu.be/0Gbx54CQgzI

NISYO Fall Concert

Jenna is a member of the Northwest Iowa Symphony Youth Orchestra, and they performed a beautiful concert this past Saturday.

Here are a couple of the songs they played... Enjoy!

"And the Glory" - https://youtu.be/0NejyWuwCvE

"Symphony No. 9 from "The New World" - https://youtu.be/s4s_Y23D5bA