PJ Hoffmaster - Part 4

We headed to the beach the last day we were there. It was another gorgeous day!

Thankful for some good company!

My family!!

The boys bought remote controlled boats in grand haven and we're having a blast playing with them. 

The water was warm enough to use the boogie board!

Playing!

And monkeying around....

Me and my 9 year old!

We tried to get this butterfly to land on Owens arm but it wouldn't. 

Me and my love!!

Look at this kid, where have the years gone. 

Lunch time!

And back at the campground Wyatt found some more bugs to play with. 

Owen bought a bike with his birthday money, and not just any bike....a gear bike! He's been so psyched to ride it. I took him one afternoon to the nature center. It was an all uphill ride. He did awesome and didn't give up once!

And I'll close up these posts with another family picture. 

Stay beautiful Lake Michigan. We will see you soon!

PJ Hoffmaster Part 3

Every year we hike up mt. Baldie. It is a challenging hike with amazing views. 

Here we are getting ready to go. 

Finally out to the beach. 

This is about 20 minutes into our hike. We have to go straight down and then straight up. Two years ago I grabbed a "tree root" to catch my balance but it turned out to be a snake. I'm not really sure why I keep climbing this beast after that experience....snakes are the worst!

But finally to the top and all of the doubts of why we do this dissipate. It is truly gorgeous. 

Lake Michigan in the back. 

This is our way down, we try our best not to fall flat on our faces, the boys on the other hand make that their mission and think it's hilarious !

Till next year Mt. baldie. Thanks for never disappointing us. 

PJ Hoffmaster Part 2

Having some technical issues so here are just more pictures. 

PJ Hoffmaster 2016 part 1

We headed to the west side of the state again to our annual pj hoffmaster trip. As always our trip was awesome. The weather was perfect and we were able to do everything on our list.

The first night there we hiked out to Lake Michigan. It's one of our favorite hikes.


Getting there is a little adventure.


With some cool stops along the way.


Almost there!


First sight of the lake is never disappointing.


Back at the campground Wyatt enjoyed collecting bugs this year.


And reading maps was his second favorite.


We celebrated both Father's Day and Owens birthday as they were both on the same day this year.


We went to Michigan Adventure and the day was perfect. 86 and sunny!!! So fun. Owen had a great birthday!


There was lots of this.


And less of this....thankfully my kids are good with just once a trip. We aren't really a big s'mores family.


And even though I wasn't on the beach, I still found this to be relaxing.


My sister and Wyatt were hooked on sudoku.





He's actually pretty good at it! Sweet boy!!


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Jill

Wyatt graduated from kindergarten!

Wyatt had an outstanding year! He excelled in so many areas and we are super proud of him.

Here is our boy on day #1 of kindergarten.


And here he is on the last day of school! He looks so much more mature to me.


Here he is with his amazing K teacher. He was so blessed to have had her. She was amazing!


Wyatt and nana!


Wyatt and Grammy.


Cute pic of two of my favorite people


This boy....he's going to go places for sure.


So proud of him.





Aunt Julie was there too. Lots of proud people supporting this little boy.


And lastly Wyatt and L. Good buddies!!


We love you so much Wyatt and are so proud of you. Looking forward to the rest of your years in elementary school to see how much more you grow and mature.

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Jill

Happy 81 birthday GG

We went to visit GG on her birthday this year and took her dinner. It was a nice dinner. So thankful for the opportunity to be able to do things like this with her. The boys adore here!!


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Jill

The tiny salad story

Wyatt hates salad, vegetables and is a very picky eater. Last night when he told me he was done eating, he was assuming he was going to get away with having dessert. But we told him that if he wanted dessert then he had to eat a salad, so he made himself the tiniest salad he could. He did end up having dessert but next time we will know we need to set ground rules from the get go. He did get a A for effort though!


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Jill