Family Pics

Jordyn being stubborn - now you see the way the evening went.

Probably one of the best shots

Maybe the happiest Jordyn was the whole time - w/ a cell phone in her hand!

Not a bad one

Is the resemblence scary to anyone else besides me!

We finally received our proofs. It really didn't take that long but it seemed like because I was so excited to see the outcome. Jordyn was not really in the picture mood as you will see from some of the pictures but they still turned out pretty great. I just love having a more relaxed atmosphere for taking our pictures. I just would have been horrified to have been in a studio while Jordyn was not wanting to sit still. I think that we would have probably bailed if that were the case. So thank you so much to Jesamin @ Emery & Co for being so patient with us :)

She always gets a few great pics that are so natural - love them!

Wow - where does the time go?

Really we're standing on top of a huge sand dune!

Alexis looking so sweet

Safety 1st is Jordyn's motto @ the beach!

Alexis and her summertime bf - Jack

The crew - Noordyke's, Bergsma's, Schneider's & Zimmer's

Well it seems like it was just the week before Labor Day and now we are already to the middle of September. Zac started the 7th grade this year. So far things are going well hopefully we can keep up the great focus on school that he has right now. I think it has helped a little that he didn't play football this year and we aren't running off to practices or a game every day.
Labor Day week/weekend - the kids and I went up to Sleeping Bear Dunes with my parents, Toni, my Aunt Jan & cousin Oksana. FridayI left for the trailer with the girls and Zac stayed up with the rest of the family. I was a little sad to see our camping season come to an end. We had a lot of fun this year up there and will be counting down the days until we can start it all over.
We just celebrated Ken's 32nd birthday and had a good-bye dinner for some good friends of ours. The Schneider's are moving to North Carolina at the end of the month and will be greatly missed around here. It will be nice to have an excuse to travel to NC but they will be terribly missed on a regular basis. We also had our family pictures finally taken so stay tuned for some updated photos of the whole bunch!

End of Summer :(

It's hard to believe that it's that time already. The summer goes by way too fast! We had a busy week last week. Ken went on his "annual" bike trip for 4 1/2 days. The kids and I went to the trailer and Alexis & I went tubing together for the first time this year. When Ken got home we spent a day at the zoo and also got our family photos taken that night. I can't wait to see how they turned out! We also had Middle School orientation for me and Zac. Then we headed up to the trailer for a long weekend. It was nice to have a few extra days there when the summer is coming to a close. We getting things ready to head back up there for our last big weekend of the year. It's a little sad but I guess I should be ready to start spending a little more time at home and maybe getting some cleaning and stuff done around here :)

Alexis & Jordyn during our bike ride to Millennium Park
(giving her sissy a shoulder to lean on...ahhhh)


Ken, Alexis & Jordyn under the waterfall @ John Ball

Go Tigers!

Alexis & I getting ready for tubing

Catchin' Up

Zac @ Kobe

Well I haven't written in a while so a few things have gone on over the past couple weeks.
Zac turned 12 believe it or not. I can believe because I have to live with him every day. It's amazing how they all of sudden know everything when they get close to those teen years. We went to Kobe for his birthday dinner and he had a friend stay at the lake with us for the weekend. I think he had an overall good birthday along with learning some lessons about how much things cost.
We also spent last week at the lake and had almost all of the immediate Zimmer family there. We do something which is really kind of helpful for me since I tend to forget things like birthdays a lot. We get together for a weekend at the beginning of August and call it Birthday Bash. The Aunts then give presents to all of the nieces & nephews at that time for their birthdays. It is a big bunch of shopping but then it's done and no one gets forgotten (hopefully). Well here's a pic of the kids that were there and a pretty decent current picture of the our 3 little ones.

Ok so here's a couple photos

The best we could do was a self portrait with the bridge in the background.Here are the girls with their gifts. It's so great when they still love just a sweatshirt gift from mom & dad.

5th Anniversary!

It really is hard to believe that it has been 5 years already since Ken & I got married. There has been so much going on that the time has just flown. We took the motorcycle up to Mackinaw City for the weekend and had a great time. It was so nice to just relax and not be rushed for anything for a couple days. We actually had a couple relaxing meals and were able to have a few cocktails and talk without yelling over a kid or two or three. Unfortunately we got rained on a bit on the way home Sunday and we didn't really get any pictures of our trip but we still had a great time.

Today is Zac's 12 birthday! That seems so unreal too. He is starting Jr. High this next year which is really scary. I just can't believe that he is getting to be such a little man but he still acts like a little kid sometimes too which is just perfect. I don't want him growing up any faster than he needs to. Well gotta run to finish Zac's cake!

Family Cottage Time

We just returned from our week at a cottage with the Perkins family. It is a fun yet sometimes exhausting time. It's fun in that we get to see most of the family for an extended time and the kids get to do some things that they don't usually get to do (stay up until they crash, etc.). Just keeping track of my own brood is exhausting so when you add in 6 or 7 more people it just gets interesting. We ended up being away from home for about 10 days with the long 4th of July weekend in there so Alexis really was beginning to think that we had moved to Newaygo and was not all that pleased to hear that we were going home. Me on the other hand was ready to sleep in my own bed and shower at home for a few days.
Here are a few pics from our week. Don't have too many since I would constantly forget to get my camera out. I need to work on that more. Hope everyone else had a great 4th of July holiday too!