Binder Park

A couple weeks ago I went with Lindsey on her class trip to Binder Park. Outside of Lindsey getting sick on the bus we had a great time. It was a big trip for those little kids. They were all tired out by the end of the day. The giraffe were the big hit.

This peacock opened up his feathers right in front of us and started showing off. It was beautiful!

The bus ride home was very quiet! I think all the kids fell asleep. It was a great way to end the school year.

Some Times It Doesn't Pay...

...To be honest that is. The other day I made my way through Meijers and am going through the check out lane. Kids are relatively under control. My patience level is in check. I stick 1 of my 4 - 2 liters on the counter and tell the lady that I have 3 more in my cart. She scans a few more groceries. I set 1 of my 4 milk jugs on the counter and proceed to pay from my groceries. When I got home I realized that I forgot to tell the lady about the other 3 gallons on the bottom of my cart. I feel bad. Ted says don't worry about, they over charge for things all the time. It all evens out.

My guilty conscience gets the best of me, so this week at the store I tell the check out guy what I did and kindly ask him to add 3 additional milks to the 3 that I am purchasing this shopping trip. He says "wow, I wish there were more people like you!" I can now sleep with a clean conscience. Until I get home and realize that the punk kid charged me for 8 gallons of milk instead of 6 and he charged me for 6 - 2 liters instead of 5. Now Meijers isn't out $8.31. They are up $6+

Next time I am going to take my buy 1 get 3 free deal and assume it all comes out in the wash!

Mom, Would You Eat Me?

Interesting topic of conversation at bed time tonight! We have one of those daily Bible story books that we read each night before bed. This nights passage was taken from 2 Kings 6 where there was a terrible famine in the land. Two women were so desperate for food that they agreed to eat one woman's child the first night and the other woman's the next.

Here's how the conversation went:
Jake: "Mom, would you eat me?"
Mom: "No, I couldn't do that."
Jake: "would you eat Ty?"
Mom: "No"
Jake: "would you eat Lindsey?"
Mom: "No, I would eat a deer or a squirrel or a robin."
Jake: "you can't eat a robin. It's the state bird."

The main point of the story for today was to remind us that only God can help us. I think they could have pulled some other nugget out of the passage to demonstrate this.

Meet Pat

Introducing the most recent DeJong purchase...Pat. Our 19 year old, 30+ mile per gallon beauty! She even has pop-up lights. Now that's hot!



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Look Mom!

We were outside working around the yard tonight and I see Ty walking across the yard holding something. As I get closer I realize he has a dead mouse! I don't know where he got it. I'm assuming he didn't kill it. None the less, he was pretty excited about his treasure! I'm just hoping it didn't go in his mouth like everything else.

Road Trip!

Well, we did it. My mom and I drove down to NC with the kiddos to visit my sister last weekend. It was a great trip. The kids did awesome.

Jake and I went to the US National White Water Center. It is the US Olympic training site. Later this month they are hosting the Olympic trials here. We watched the rafters and kyakers braving the rapids. They also had a climbing wall. Jake made it to the top several times.

We also went to Lowes Moter Speedway. The track was closed, but the security guard took us up so we could take a peak. Jake had earned $6 just before we left and wanted to spend his money at the race track. You know what you can buy for $6 in the gift shop? Nothing! We were able to find a Jimmy Johnson bobble-head and a post card. We mailed the post card to him from NC. He can't quite figure out how it is going to get back to MI, but I told him don't worry, it will come...I hope!

PJ and Ty enjoying their snack. This picture was taken right before Ty sneezed graham cracker all over PJ. Yum!

The weather was beautiful! Jake and Lindsey got to go swimming. We went to the park a couple times. It felt so good to be outside in shorts!

Taking a snooze on the way down to NC.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NANA!

It was my Mom's birthday while we were there. She was sharing her favorite marble b-day cake with the boys.

You Gotta Love School Pictures!

Doesn't she look excited!! Don't you think they could have at least fixed her pig-tails? Total hat-head. At least she has on her favorite shirt. She would wear this shirt every day if I would let her.