Anniversary Weekend, After Party

After getting everything taken care of at the church we ran back to my parent's to change and then drove out to Grand Haven for the evening. We had a lot of fun chatting in our car with Mykel and Jacob who rode with us for the weekend. It is fun getting to hang out with my niece and nephew after not seeing them for such a long time. We stopped first at one of our favorite pizza places and then headed to the beach.

Stephen, Michelle, and Damaris

My parents

My dad and Brent

Brent, Jacob, and Dan

Damaris

Mykel, Lisa, Titus, and Stephen

Dan and me

Pizza!

 When we got out to the beach we got to watch a huge dump truck hauling sand to the shore and when we walked out onto the Pier we discovered quite a bit of snow :) It was cool to see how some of it had melted off and Jacob even tried to help speed up the melting process.

Dump truck

Mykel and Damaris navigating the snow

 The snow hanging on!

 This was my favorite part! It was neat to see it melted from the bottom and how it was shaped by the wind.

Jacob posing with the snow

 Jacob trying to push a piece into the water...and he was successful. 

Family Picture

We had an amazing time and really enjoyed a beautiful afternoon at the beach...even with snow :)

Anniversary Party Part 2

Here are pictures of some of the people who came. It was fun catching up and seeing people. There were a lot of people who came and helped make their day feel special. I tried to catch as many people as I could.

Uncle Ron, Aunt Carol, Aunt Ruth, and Sandy

My mom with long time friend Jean

Uncle Pete, Jim, and Aunt Ruth

Aunt Lou, Lisa and Dave Snyder, Uncle Ray

Pete and Beth talking with Jim, Chris talking with Aunt Pauline

Aunt Bev and Uncle Herm

Bob and Amanda with Evan and Annie, Bruce

Pastor Jim and Barry Coffee, Alan and Jan Supran

 As things were winding down we started having a little bit of fun ...

Jacob and Stephen

Titus

Damaris

Anniversary Party Part 1

We had an amazing weekend celebrating my parent's Anniversary. It was a great time to see family and dear family friends. We took time to also get some family pictures too.

 Getting things put together for the tables

 The Cake (well fake :))

The real cake :)

 Getting everything set up!

 Table Decorations and Stephen making punch

The lovely couple :)

All the planning and setting up went well. There was a close call when Stephen almost get left at the church before lunch :) and once the party started we had a chance to see people come to celebrate my parents.

Rainbows

The second weekend in April we went up to see my parent's to celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary. On the drive up we were surprised to see a beautiful rainbow. Not only did the colors looks amazing, it also had a clear reflection of colors and at one point was a full arch. I tried to get some good pictures:

I love being able to see things in nature that are awe inspiring. It is always a reminder to me of how big our God is.

Easter

For Easter this year we stayed home and Sam and Emily traveled to see us. We had a great weekend enjoying good Mexican food, trips to the ER (everything was fine), and coloring eggs. The weather was beautiful and we even spent some time at Menards :) On Sunday we had a nice Easter Service followed by good food and watching Colonial House.  Here are some pictures of us coloring eggs on Saturday.

Getting ready to color

 Making sure the dye is ready :)

 First batch of eggs before trying to do Marble colored ones

 The little paw print I some how made

 Everyone getting involved

It was a really nice weekend. It was sad having to say farewell to Sam and Emily but it got us excited for our trip together this summer.

Sunsets

With Spring coming I have been reminded how beautiful sunsets are here :) So I couldn't resist taking a few pictures of a couple evenings.

Sunset One :)

Sunset Two :)