Abby turned 5 years old in October. She had a Barbie birthday!! She wasn't feeling very well at her party, but managed to have fun opening her presents and eating her Barbie cake. She missed the next 3 days of school though :(

Spending a nice fall day at the park!!

Abby started playing soccer this fall for the first time. She is really enjoying it, but this is her first expierence with it and doesn't really know what is going on. She is learning a lot and getting better every week!!!

New earrings for Brooklynn. Abby was 3 years old when she got her ears pierced so we told Brooklynn she could have hers pierced when she turned 3. She is very proud of them and loves to show everybody!!

LOOK NO TRAINING WHEELS!!

Abby learned to ride her bike with no training wheels this summer. She had been wanting them off for a long time but everytime we took them off she would get to scared and was unable to balance. But this August we took them off and she took right off. She loves to go for bike rides now and see how fast she can go!!!

Brooklynn turns 3 years old!! For the second
year in a row Brooklynn had her party at a local
park. The weather was perfect and its so nice
to be outside. She had a Dora themed party
and was very excited about all the gifts that she
got!!!

4th of July at the cottage, 2007

Waiting for the fireworks to start!!

Family photo by the bon fire!!!

Cousins at the park!!!

We don't usually go camping, but we decided to go this June with our small group from church. We went to Hoffmaster State Park for 3 days and had a good time. The girls thought sleeping in a tent and cooking over a fire was great. We borrowed a large tent that had 2 big rooms so there was plenty of space. The girls also thought Lake Michigan was pretty cool!!! Although it was quite cold they had fun playing along the shore.