We kicked off June with the Festival of the Arts in downtown Grand Rapids, where the kids had lots of fun making all sorts of arts & crafts. The 3 oldest kids had a combined birthday celebration with tons of friends and family and a fun bounce house. We went to Start of Summer fireworks in downtown Rockford. We finished June up with VBS at our church.
Audrey had her first birthday in July; and we saw fireworks for Independence Day in Kentwood. RJ and Emily were able to participate in a few summer camps too! July was extremely hot this year, so we spent a lot of time swimming - in pools, at Lincoln Lake, Myers Lake and Millennium Park. I was even able to take the girls out to Lake Michigan for an afternoon for swimming, walking on the pier and watching the sunset (RJ was at camp). We also went to Frederick Meijer Gardens and the Montcalm County 4H Fair. A flood forced us to remodel the bathroom in the middle of July (its been almost finished for weeks now...)
We kicked August off with the annual Sansoterra Family camp with our family and two of Matt's brothers' families and his mom. We camped for a few days and then went to Michigan's Adventure - we do this just about every year, but this year we happened to go on our 10 year anniversary! Matt took the kids to the zoo and then we had a weekend camp out with our church family. RJ, Emily, and I were in the Danish Festival Parade on the homeschool float, while Matt, Megan, and Audrey watched. We finished out the month with a "Not" Back to School Picnic with some homeschool friends.
Our final hurrah of the summer was going to the Whitecaps game the day before RJ's birthday. They announced it over the loudspeaker and he ended up catching a t-shirt!
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