An Artist in our Midst!

AnnaJoy's project got chosen for the district wide Art Fair. It was a lot of fun. We are so proud of her!

Easter

Happy Easter!!!

Luke's Preschool Trip to the Zoo

Luke's class met at the zoo today. Jake and I got to go to. It was a lot of fun! :)

Kids Clinic

So, Luke didn't make it through the clinic = no wrestling matches for him. But Jake did and placed 2nd in his weight division. He had a blast!

Do you think he is ready for organized sports???

This is during a kids wrestling clinic that Luke is actually enrolled in. He is supposed to be listening to the coach (his dad) demonstrate a move...in actuality he is kicking a football (headgear)....sigh, that's my kid for ya!

Jake's Birthday Party!

A VERY talented friend of mine made Jake's cake for his very first FRIEND party. We had all the boys from his class plus some of his cousins come to Gymnastics Unlimited for a party. It was a lot of fun! I think the adults had just about as much fun! Especially Mike! He was launching EVERYONE off the horse into the foam pit.

This and That...

My crazy Jake!!!

State!

They lost 30-36 against Brighton but they did a great job! Mike's brother, Dave surprised him by coming to watch too. It was pretty special having the whole family there to help cheer them on! :) On a funny note, Luke had to go potty...and he has an issue with whether or not his bum is clean after he "goes". So I stood on the stairs between the stands watching the meet while he ran to go potty, which was straight from where I was.....in comes Luke with his pants down to his knees at the Kellogg Arena. He bends over and says Mommy is my butt clean!!!!! I am totally not joking! I thought I was going to die, but thanks to Carl Nystrom's match being a real nail biter no one else seemed to notice. Phew!!!!

GOING TO STATE!!!!!

Tonight Mike's wrestlers battled and beat Rockford and then Grand Haven to advance to the State Championships. We were all so super excited!!! And this time all my kids were helping roll mats with the Rockford guys.

District CHAMPS!!!

Tonight Mike's team beat Jenison and Granville to win the District title and advance to regionals. We were so excited for them. Jake fell goofing off with some of the JV wrestlers, so we had to find a trainer to help us with a HUGE scrape on his back ;( Then after the meet was done, Luke helped the Grandville kids roll up their mats....thankfully they were all very nice to him!

Jakey TURNS 6!!!!

I can not believe he is already 6!!!! Jake has to share his birthday with wrestling so parties for him are difficult, since I work every weekend and Mike is gone every Saturday. We had a nice little family celebration and plan to have an actual party for him in midMarch when all the wrestling is done! :)

Hudsonville BEATS Rockford!!!

Mike's wrestling team has been doing amazing this year, we are hoping to make a run for Team State. One big thorn in the side has been the inability to beat Rockford. They did it tonight in the tiny, very outdated auxiliary gym at Hudsonville. It was fun! (well for us Hudsonville Rottier's). Dan coaches at Rockford so it wasn't so fun for them, sorry!!!!

Woah, we got a BLIZZARD!

We had an amazing blizzard go though last night and today. We got so much snow that stuff was shut down for a day or two. The kids had a blast...Mike? Not so much! It was a neighborhood effort to dig our street out as we knew the road commission wouldn't get to us for a while! :)

The Frustrations of Illnesses

As I said in the last post, we have been fighting illnesses for quite a while. I had to bring Jake in yesterday for a temp of over 105. The dr's office sent us to the hospital for more tests. It is a very frustrating and helpless feeling to watch your child suffer and not be able to make it go away.

Daddy's wrestling season is in full swing

We enjoy going to cheer Mike and his team on. This has been a very hard season for our kids. We have been fighting illness after illness since November 22. We have missed a lot of the matches but it doesn't stop us from getting to as many as we can! Tonight I had a babysitter for Jake (who is home with a 104 temp, again!) Anna went to AWANA and Luke came to the match with me....and Mike coached with the flu. It is hitting our house hard this year. We are very anxious for all this "illness" to leave!!

All pretty for church

I couldn't help but get a picture before they left for church. Aren't they cute? Side note, we got Luke's hair "buzzed" this week and Jake cried so hard as it was happening! It was sort of humorous to witness. Needless to say, I am not allowed to get Luke's hair done like this again, too much trama in the family!

Jake's first MYWA Tournament

Jake competed in his first tournament this year (and only one this year) at Belding HS. He did a great job and placed 3rd out of 5. We were very proud of him, he was pretty excited too!!!