Maxs 6th Birthday

Max and his favorite buddies
The girls made their own section to sit at away from the boys

One of Maxs favorite gifts was his watch

Max had a friend party and also did a family one. We waited till July to celebrate to make sure it was really hot so they could swim all day. His bday is May 9. The kids all look so tan!!

4th of July

This year we celebrated the 4th at our casa! I dont think I ever had so many people in our pool at once. It was refreshing and a fun night for all the kids.

Don Pedro!

These two are cute together!

This summer us and some friends decided to go to Don Pedro Lake. Joseph loves this lake and weve gone there a few times with his cousins. So when we booked the campsites for June. Who would of thought it would rain!! It was still a great family trip but our last day it rained so bad Vandyks boat had a good inch or two inside it. That was our Que to leave! Theres always next year:)

One Year Behind!

Kids and Dirt!!!!!

We'll after not blogging for almost a year, I'm finally back doing it. Life just gets busy and a big part was our Internet service. It took forever to download which can be a nightmare when you have kids! So you'll be seeing old pics until I catch up:) These pics are of this summer in the garden. The kids loved helping me and of course getting dirty. Our garden was way to big, but it was our first time and when the plants are little and in cute rows it doesn't look like a ton of work. I just couldn't keep up in the picking department. We had so many jalapenos and peppers(6 diff. types) that stuffed jalapenos were our "thing" this summer! Next year I'm definitely down sizing:)

It was the kidos first time at the snow. It was beautiful up at Shaver. They really had a blast sliding down the trails. I didn't know what to expect from Brody, but he loved it. He walked around, sat and played with the snow and also ate it.

Santa came and visited the Bakker Christmas this year. I asked my dad to do it and of course he did a great job! We were laughing pretty hard when Santa had a dutch accent. Santa passed out a little gift to the kids and some adults sat on his lap too!! Max of course knew right away it was Opa and we thought we fouled Joey, but after everyone left she said Santa was Opa because she saw his black ring. It was so cute. Next year I guess Santa needs gloves!

Joeys Riding Too!

Its the cutest thing to see Joey put her cute girlie riding gear on and hop on a dirt bike Max's size with training wheels. She loves it!