Thanksgiving

The girls table..

The youngest cousins sitting together! (actually 1 sitting, 1 laying)

The adults table. Please don't drool.

Christmas at the Kuipers!

Oops I meant for these to be last. Oh well. I'm going to show one of each of our presents



I got a Burt's bees travel kit! Lotion, shampoo, etc. I love it

Lindsey got a hardcover Laura Ingall's Wilder book.

Taylor got a bunch of Little Women books. She also got scrapbooking stuff.

Family picture...

Grandma gave us a soap making kit! It came with unscented, clear soap, molds, dyes, and scents. We made some this morning, more on that later.

Mom knitted everyone stuff. Aunt Dana and Lisa got crocheted hats. Grandma got a lacy neckwarmer. Grandpa got socks. Aunt Lois got mittens and Ellery got a hat that Grandma Brummel crocheted.

Grandma knit Annica a hat and purse. She loved it!

Max got a present almost as big as him! It was a big truck.

Cassidy liked her new blankie!

Get ready for some Cassidy cuteness!!!

Well I found this draft in the lists of posts so I figured I'd finally post it. This is like November or December 2009.

Cassidy likes eating!!!



She was really happy for some reason!

Mom was looking for coupons and Cassidy thought it was hilarious!

Roofing the Garage

This is roofing day! Long awaited day in the Kuiper family. Uncle Victor and Uncle Jason came over to help. Ethan made sword out of old roofing nails and some wood scraps and a belt from the shingle wrappers.

Here we're nailing the shingles on. These are kind of out of order, sorry. Dad finally let me on the roof!!

This is putting the tar paper earlier in the morning.

NO MORE GARAGE LEAKS!!!!!! YAAAAAAAAAY!

3 on 3 Basketball Tournament at Covenant

There is a 3 on 3 basketball tournament at Covenant for a Heritage fundraiser every year. I have played in it for the last 3 years and this was Lindsey's first year. We both lost our first 2 games (it was double elimination) but it was still fun! There wasn't very many good pictures b/c they were all blurry!

Potawatomi Inn - Teacher's Convention

During Teacher's Convention, we went down to Pokagan State Park in Indiana. There is a nice inn there called Potawatomi Inn. This is a panoramic from the back. The circular part is the pool room.

We had a 2 room suite! There were 2 of these queen-sized beds but I (Kenzie) still had to sleep on the couch!

At night we would go down the the lounge and relax. For Mom, of course, that means knitting!

Cassidy went swimming for the first time! She wasn't sure if she liked or not.

State Parade

Hello! Today Taylor had a state parade. In 3rd grade, they pick 2 states. They do a report on one of them and a parade float on the other. Taylor's report state was Washington ;.) and her parade state was New Mexico!

The 3rd grade teachers always dress up as an American History person. This year Mrs. Erika Aalsma was Ben Franklin and Miss Sarah Koole was Betsy Ross.

This Year's School Pictures

I don't know if these are the ones we're going to print, but here they are!
This is the one picture that Cassidy isn't sticking her tongue out in!

Once again, we took pictures at the park and all but one were deleted because of the memory card. The one of me above is the only one that survived.

The Hudsonville Fair

First we'lll have Supershowmanship. It was on Friday night. If you got first place in a showmanship class, you get to do supershowmanship. You show all the animals except beef when you're a Junior. I won in rabbit showmanship. In supershowmanship, I got 2nd by 1 POINT! I answered an easy question wrong. If I answered it right I might have won! The prize is a 2 ft. trophy!

This is wether breed classes. They judge how good your goat is. For wethers they do how friendly they are. My goat got 2nd place! Lindsey's didn't place.

Lindsey was excited before the show!

I'm showing my doe, Bella. She got 1st place (out of 1) but didn't place in the championship for best doe.

I know you're all probably wondering where the rabbit and goat show pictures are. The memory card on the camera broke and deleted all of those. :.(

Curtis!!!

During the 2nd week of August we were in Curtis!(in the U.P.) Me and Lindsey both tried skiing and I tried wakeboarding, too!
Beautiful sunsets.

Here's Lindsey skiing. She was better than me!

Here's Dad's 3 ft. pike! Nobody else caught anything big.

Every year Brianna Hoekstra, Andrew Lubbers, and I make an awesome sandcastle with gardens and everything. Lindsey, Sam, and Taylor helped on this one too.

End of August Pics

This is what Cassidy thought of Ellery! "I have a cousin my age! Whoo Hoo!"


Sweet little Ellery.

Sorry these aren't in chronological order. Here's Taylor's birthday. Mom and I were running around the night before getting her presents. We went to the Woodland Mall 5 mins before closing time to get her last present!

Cassidy was happy when she woke up, so we took advantage!

Dad's Surprise Party

Dad's 40th! It was a lot of fun. Grandma B. and Aunt Pam came over to help that afternoon. We had yummy chicken fajitas and tortilla chips! Dad was totally surprised! When he came home from work, everyone was sitting in the backyard!

The crowd...

the food...

Mom and Grandma had fun arranging these!

Yummy Costco cake! (Homegrown flowers tho!)