Congratulations Krysta and Brett

Kyle's youngest sister, Krysta was married last night.  The kids have been calling him "Uncle Brett" for about a year already, but now it is official!

 These 5 kids enjoyed rehearsal so much they were all hot and sweaty afterward.

Yay! We finally chased her down to do her hair!

  Looking pretty with her bracelet in her mouth

This is one of the goofy smiles we got from him when we told him to smile for the camera.

 

 The whole crew (20 of us)

      

This is the other goofy smile we got from him. 

 

 All of the hard work in smiling must have made him tired.

  Re-energized for the dancing

TaDa--No training wheels!

Caleb has learned to do so much this summer already with swimming lessons and getting braver at the cottage.  This afternoon he asked to try going without his training wheels, and did awesome.  He was so determined to do it and, in the end, so proud of himself...we could hardly get him off of the bike to come in for bed!

Some favorite pics from our St. Joseph vacation

   We had a extended family reunion in St. Joe, Michigan.   

  Wanna go for a ride?

 The kids' favorite feature--the lukewarm hot tub. 

 farm animal statues downtown. 

happy 4th of July!

 Stacie, Sydney, Lesley and Rachel riding the dolphin (are they native to St. Joe???)