Daddy's little helpers while momma was gone to Chicago!

I had to rent the Aladdin movie for the kids to see after going to the show in Chicago!

playset fun!

Family gathering at my grandparents' farm!

Fun at the fair!

The boys went to the Tractor pulls!

...And the girls wondered around the barns

cooling off with a treat at Hawks Nest after Sadler's soccer camp!

West Michigan Noonday Ambassadors at the FAB (Fall Ambassador Bash) event, such an amazing sisterhood to be a part of!

Petra from Home Office made a surprise visit!

Fun at Pier Cove!

WMI / K&R work party

Another great day at the lake

Tubing with Sadler

Fun at the ZCS playground

eat the rainbow!

Pool fun with our friends!

Celebrating Grandpa's 60th birthday!

Popsicles before dinner is what Summer is all about!

All set up for my Hostess Appreciation Brunch!

Displaying some new goodies from the Fall line!

Just enough swings for all the cousins!

Painting party at the pool!

I tried so hard, but I'm just not crafty!

The best I could do!

Sadler had a fun night in Shipsee with Grandma and Grandpa!

Turns out it's much easier to pass your repeat hearing test when your little brother isn't there to distract you! 

Heading to the Curious George play with Grandma and Grandpa!

pool fun with more friends!

"School House Rock" play

Meeting our newest cousin Bennett Jay

The boys spent a week at Camp Geneva Day Camp, they had an amazing week!

Jovie and I had a lot of fun girl time!

cutest little yogi

peach picking 

Sadler can't enough grape and chicken salad!

Celebrating Peyton's 5th bday!

Grayden with his camp counselor on the last day!

Sadler with his camp counselor!

those turkeys just make themselves at home here!

Fresh peaches are my favorite!

Fun at the Overisel Hall Celebration with Grandma and Grandpa while we were in Port Huron. 

good friends are such a treasure!

total eclipse of the heart!

putting free passes to the Children's Museum to great use with the Hops!

Sadler and his buddy Zeek!

Pantry BEFORE

Tackling the "summer to-do list"

DURING

AFTER

Cheering on the Hamilton Hawkeyes

Jovie found better things to do!

Hudsonville Fair!

like father like son!

a cookout and pool party with the extended Lubbers family 

finishing up their 'Summer packets"

I'm so proud of them!

Shopping for school supplies! 

brushing up on our EQ skills before school starts with Q's Race to the Top!

a fun and smelly trip the Critter Barn 

PB & J smoothie!

Meeting some friends for FRO-YO!

Fueling up for our big ride

so proud of them!

Squeezing in one last summer hurrah at Tunnel Park 

Robb and I had planned a quick getaway to PortHuron/Detroit area a couple weekends ago.

Our plan was to see a movie at the Sperry Moviehouse that a friend of ours spent months and months working on, then spend that night in a hotel, and catch a Tigers game the next afternoon! 

Well, as you probably assumed by the title, things didn't go quite as we had planned....

We dropped the kids off at my parents' Saturday late morning and ran a few errands before our 3 hour drive to Port Huron began. 

We stopped in Grandville for a delicious lunch at CoreLife Eatery. I'm so grateful for a man who enjoys eating 'rabbit food' with me from time to time :)

The bridge to Canada is behind us. 

It was super cool, and modern. When you order food they bring it right to the table in front of the cozy, reclining seats!

We saw the movie "Kidnapped" and about 5 minutes after it finished I got a call from my mom saying Sadler had suddenly gotten sick! We were so bummed to hear he wasn't feeling well, and to miss out on the rest of our weekend plans, but our kids' needs come first, so we made the trek back home to pick them up. 

Not the weekend we had planned, but we enjoyed the time together we did have, and we are thankful Sadler was back to normal the next day.

They are just as entertaining as the Tigers, all that was missing was the Cracker Jacks :)