More camping pics...

From happy...

To sad in 2.0 seconds. Kaya is wondering what's the matter??
This was at 9:15 AM!!! My daughter was worn out after all the fun. She slept the latest out of all of us, and later than ever in her life! Why could I have not been home in my bed sleeping and taking advantage of this??
Morning coffee break.
Helping with the dogs.
Some cute kids for sure.

This is Blondie, and she was Kaya's favorite part of the camping trip. She could have sat with Blondie on her lap all day if I would have let her. She keeps talking about her.

Going on 3 months...

That I haven't bitten my nails!! I am very proud of these here nails. I just have to continue to not bite them. I need some willpower, and I don't have much.

If you haven't already heard...

Kaya wants the whole world to know that she jumped off the diving board at swimming lessons! It was awesome! She was a little scared, but so proud once it was over, and she can not stop talking about it. Lessons have been going really well, and Kaya is getting much more comfortable going under water. Still hesitant, but is okay with it. We only have 2 weeks left of classes this time around. I really want to do it again. She loves it!

Dinner at Grandma's house...

Jon and Katelyn.
Hangin' out in Gma and Gpa's bed!?
This is Kaya's "little sister". She keeps calling her that, and making us hug and kiss her goodnight before bed as if she is real.
As you can see Kaya is bottoming out this stroller, and making marks on the carpet. It is for dolls, not big Kaya's, but they sure had fun, and thought they were sooo funny!

If wondering...

The garage sale went pretty good this past weekend. I made some money and got rid of lots of stuff! It feels awesome! I still have a lot of things to find something to do with, but the pile is definately smaller. What a relief. I am glad it is over though, I put a lot of work into that sale.
If you are wondering... Yes, this does mean that we have decided that Kaya is going to be an only child, so QUIT asking! :)

Kaya's 1st fieldtrip

Kaya went on a fieldtrip today with her class. They went to the GR Children's Museum. Jeremy got to go along as a chaperone too! He was very excited about it, and mommy was very jealous and sad about it. They had a lot of fun. As you can see Kaya got to ride on a school bus! That was ofcourse her favorite part about the trip.

How does this happen??

In less than 3 years...

Some of this is friend's, but I have to admit that the majority of it is mine. It is almost ridiculous. I can not believe how much time I have put into organizing this mess into what you see. Hours, and hours, and hours. I am praying things sell and I can make some money! We can certainly use it. :) :(
So, needless to say this is where my nights have been, to the wee hours...
And here I am blogging too...

Sale:

Th. 5-8

Fri 8-4ish?

Sat 8-12ish?

Tell anyone you know who may need baby items or maternity. There is atleast 1 of everything! And more...

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all you mom's out there. It is tough work, but man is it worth it. I stopped today to think about what a blessing Kaya is to my life, and how I can't even imagine my life without her. She is my bundle of joy, my strength, my everything. I pray everyday that I am doing things alright, and that Kaya will grow up being a happy, healthy little girl. Being a mom is hard work. I am busy, and tired, and run down a lot. I look at Kaya, and I am happy. I am a very proud mother today on Mother's Day. I am also very proud of my mother friends. I love you all very much, and your children are all blessings.

Thank you to my mom for all the hard work she put in for me too. I wouldn't be who I am today without all she has done. Love you Mom!

Summer is coming...

We had our 1st corn on the cob of the season today. It was good, but not great. I am ready for summer veggies for sure. Kaya had 2 corns and I couldn't pass up taking pics of her. I thought it was too cute seeing her with that big ole corn in her mouth. She loved it!

A visit with the whole Sterk Family

We went to Sunset to visit the grandparents. We had a good time. Kaya got to play with all of her cousins, which is her favorite thing to do.

Laughing and singing songs with Auntie Karen.

Katelyn above and Katelyn below standing at the furniture. She'll be walking before we know it.

Great Gma and Gpa Sterk with all the great-grandkids.

Family Outing to Holland

We went to Holland for tulip time this weekend and we went to Windmill Island. We had never been. It is a fully working flour windmill right here in Holland, MI. It was very interesting to see and learn about the history. It was actually moved here from the Netherlands, and is pretty much original other than the brick foundation and a few replaced parts. We got to go inside on all 5 floors and see what everything does and how it all works.

Below is one of the old grinding stones that they had to replace. It weighs about 2 tons they said.
A new friend. They had so much fun together while we waited in line to get into the windmill.

This carousel was old-school. It's all carved wood and hand-painted.
The poor caged up peacock was all feathered out for us and wanting some action from the female bird. It was sort of amusing.

Hangin' at the park.

This freaks me out letting her climb on the scary stuff!!

Too big for the slide??

As you can see Kaya is way too big for this slide, but she still loves it. She does all kinds of naughty things on it though as you can see b/c she is too big.

Amy is in town and she celebrated a bday while here. We got to have cupcakes. Kaya had dibs on the pink one for hours before she finally got to have it. The frosting is all she ate. Cleaning her and her clothes was tons of fun too. If your into that kind of stuff. :)