Happy Birthday Grandpa and Grandma Brink

Kevin and I went down to my parents last weekend to spend time with family and celebrate Gma and Gpa Brink's birthdays! It was so good to see everyone again - and loved seeing my growing tummy!

Sisters are Forever!

Being goofy in the Kithcen!

Baby Kemp

What a gift from God!

McKenna Alison Kemp was born on October 19!

Congrats to daddy John and mommy Lori...

We are so glad she is finally here!

Baby is Growing...

...and so is my tummy!

14 Weeks

Family Time

We met my family in Big Rapids today for a picnic lunch. There is a great little park on the Muskegon River and it was a place centrally located between Zeeland and TC. We finally got to see my sisters engagement ring! Plus we got to congradulate Heather on passing her nursing boards. It was a great relaxing afternoon just spending time as a family!

Geocaching with the Girls!

Sacha, Kristi and I opted for a "football-less" Friday night in exchange for some some great girl time! We went geocaching on the Leelanau Peninsula. For those of you who don't know, geocaching is like a treasure hunt! The way to find the caches is by latitude and longitude coordinates. It's a great activity to get you outside and enjoying the great outdoors! Plus, you will see parts of the world (or county) that you have never seen!

Our favorite cache brought us to a cemetery in the middle of leelanau county and referenced the movie "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly". We had to mark of paces in certain cardinal directions and everything! It was a blast! Another favorite brought us to a little park on Lime Lake - what a beautiful inland lake! We didn't even really know it was there!

Last Boat Ride...

We went up to Suttons Bay for our last boat ride for the summer. Jamie and Scott ventured along. It was cool, but a lot of fun. We ate at good 'ole Eddies!

We were going to get ice cream, but noticed there were storm clouds rolling in, so we decided we'd better head back to TC. The waves were choppy and the clouds were on our tail the whole way home. It was a little scary, but it only started pouring as we were loading the boat on the trailer... A good end to a boating summer!

Baby Kloosterman!

I had my first ultrasound yesterday! It was so exciting and it made everything seem so real. The miracle of it all is so overwhelming - God is so Good!!
In one pose the baby was looking right at us and arms and legs were just a flailing around! Kevin said "he" was stretching for football practice already! I said that "she" was probably just getting ready for ballet!

The doctor said everything looked great and the heartbeat was strong. We couldn't have asked for things to go better... Praise God! We are so excited!

The Buckley Old Engine Show

Thursday morning, Kevin and I took our Farmall Super C and grandma's Farmall A to the show. What an experience! I have never seen so many tractors in one place. Any tractor could be displayed at the show as as long as it was made before 1970. My parents came up for the day and we walked around all day and took in the sights from watching old tractors thrash wheat to the making of homemade ice cream! We had a blast!

On Friday night we went to the show with Kevin's parents and Molly. She loved being on the tractor!

Meet Maize and Blue!

We got a new kitten, Blue. He is so fun and crazy! It took a while for Maize to get used to him, but now they're like brothers. They are so funny to watch!

The Wedding

The wedding was so much fun! We had a great time and Heather and Travis are very happy! They headed off to Mexico for a week of activities and relaxation. Congrats you two!

Cherry Festival 2007!

Cherry Festival was a big hit again this year! My parents and Jodi and Jeremie came down for the first weekend of CF. We walked around and took in a lot of the activities - especially the people watching part! We had pizza down town (top pics). We also headed up to Suttons Bay on the boat after watching the air show (bottom pics). It was a great to see them and spend some time with them! Thanks for coming up guys!

We also took in the wonderful nightly concerts. Tuesday night brought Emerson Drive to town. They were awesome! I tried to leave the house with my cowboy boots on and my hat, but Kevin said he wouldn't go with me unless I left both of those accessories at home! The picture is of Emerson Drive on stage. We met a couple of my students there too (see pics). We had a blast!


On Friday night, Kelly Pickler performed. We knew the place would be swamped, so we listened from the boat! The pics on the boat are from that night. Joe and Grace, Amy, Sacha, Kevin and I were all jamming to KP!

Sorry It's Been So Long!

I think I've updated our blog now... it's been a little crazy over here, but we're enjoying life and enjoying each other... We love TC in the summer and would love it if you would come up to visit! What a great place to take a little hiatus, right? Let us know if you'd like to come up - we'd love to have you!

Our Garden

Kevin and I planted a garden this summer in the back yard. When we planted it, we thought we put enought space in between everything. And we did have enough space (as seen by the first picture) until about a week ago. Now our garden is extremely intertwined (see next pic)! We have cucumbers in the rows of corn, cantelope and watermelon mixed with pumpkins and our beans and onions are being over taken by the 8' x 14' "hedge" of tomatoes! Not to mention the squash plants that have 10' "tentacles" stretching over the ground! I have no idea how I will even pick the vegetables when they are ready. I think I'll have to have Kevin suspend me somehow over the garden!

Wedding is 8 Days Away!

Travis and Heather are getting married Aug 4. Boy the time has just flown by with showers and all the preppings for the wedding. Here are a few pics from their showers and Heathers bachelorette party. We are soo happy for them and are so excited to have Heather in the family! We are happy to have her carrying the "DeVree" name!

Fishing on Cedar Lake

One night Kevin, Joe (Kevin's cousin), and I went fishing on Cedar Lake. It was a beautiful night! We didn't catch anything worth keeping, in fact, I think I caught the world's smallest bass! (see pic) But Joe did catch one that made up for it! We had a lot of fun!