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Another Wee Little One
We’re expecting a little addition to our family!
I am 13 weeks pregnant, so that will give us a “Sinterklaas” baby.
So far everything has gone really well and we’re very excited about another little baby.
(This picture was taken at 9 weeks, so the baby should be a little bigger now.)
September
Posted by Mayke in Family, Home & Garden, Mayke, Take A Hike, Tessa, Travel Bug, Trevor, Will on November 22, 2011
Time for another catch-up post.
My mom and 2 uncles (Jo & Peter) came over for a 2-week visit in September.
We (they) planned lots of fun outings.
Brunch at Sundance has become a tradition for my parents. So the first Sunday we drove up beautiful Provo Canyon.
After brunch we drove to Park City and walked around Main Street for a little while. 
Of course no family visit is complete without traveling in Utah. We went to Moab for a weekend, giving my uncles a chance to rekindle with the place where Trevor and I got married on their previous visit.
We visited the usual, Arches NP and Canyonlands NP, but we also went to Dead Horse State Park.
Trevor and I both celebrated our birthdays during my family’s stay. We had amazing dinners at Mazza and The Happy Sumo. Both Will and Tessa were adventurous and tried new things.
Mazza
&
The Happy Sumo
(Don’t worry, that is not sake in her cup.)
At The Riverwoods there was live music before we had dinner. We sat and listened for a while and tried to take some good pictures. That didn’t work out so well with the boys.
I did get this video of Tessa dancing to the music.
We’ve been working in our yard pretty much every single weekend this year, so it was nice to get some help.
The day before their arrival Trevor and I found out that I had miscarried. On the day of their arrival my family had to wait for 2 hours on our front porch for us to come back from the hospital. (Sorry, again!) I don’t think I ever really told my mom how much I appreciated her help and support in the two weeks she was here. I know that she knows this, but it should be said anyway. So Mam, dank je wel!
Some of the things we did in August…
Posted by Mayke in Family, Mayke, Take A Hike, Tessa, Travel Bug, Trevor, Will on September 27, 2011
– A 4-wheel drive day trip to Cascade Springs
As you can see in the upper left picture, Will and Tessa were really excited for this. It was a nice drive though!
– Hiking Timpanooke
One date night Trevor and I hiked part of the Timpanooke trail. We got a late start and we had to turn around at the Giant Staircase and still hiked most of the way down in the dark. But we did see a moose and some deer.
– Sundance
We had some time to kill one afternoon while in town, so I took the kids up to Sundance. We walked around for a bit, ate a snack and drove back to town. The temperature in the canyon was a lot nicer than in the valley.
– Another Belt Promotion for Will
Brown-Orange!
– Our trip to Lake Powell
Which has its own post.
– And some random pics of the kids
Ready for the sun!
Both fast asleep in the car after Granny Night.
Tessa trying to dress herself. Those are Will’s socks.
Tessa feeding Will’s bear her lunch.
Some of the things we did in June…
Still working on catching up from the summer!
– Swimming lessons for Will
– Belt Promotion at Karate for Will
His brown belt!
– Swimming at Seven Peaks
– Sword Camp at Karate
I didn’t get any good pictures of Will using his sword, unfortunately. But he did well enough to earn another belt, his second in 2-weeks time!
– Pinewood Derby at Scouts
Will’s car got a few first and second places, but ended up in fourth place overall. Together with Trevor he spent a few evenings working very hard on his skeleton car.
– Johnson Family Reunion
I took Tessa to Kris’ family reunion. She had fun playing with all the toys they had there. Since they had held a reunion last year as well, it wasn’t as busy this time. It was still good to hang out with everyone who did come.
– More swimming lessons for Will
Will has done so well this summer. He was able to go to the next class up. His favorite thing: Survival Float. Nothing better than just laying in the water!
– Playing at the Park
I took the kids to the park for lunch one day. Will took the pictures of Tessa.
– Wedding Stephanie & Steve
(Pictures courtesy of Ashlee Elizabeth Photography, thanks Steph for letting me copy them!)
JDRF – Walk to Cure Diabetes
Posted by Mayke in Family, Greater Good, Trevor on September 19, 2011
We’re going to walk for a cure for Diabetes again this year!
Most of you know at least 1 person with Type 1 Diabetes. (Trevor for instance!!)
Please come and support us.
The walk is this Saturday (Sep 24) at 8 am at the Scera Park in Orem.
You can also donate.
PLEASE DO!!!
To donate copy and paste the link below. It will take you to a secure website. Our team is trying to raise $600 and we only have about $200 so far.
Any donation, big or small, will help us raise money towards finding a cure.
THANK YOU!
For more information on the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund go to http://www2.jdrf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=walk_homepage
Some of the things we did in May…
– School Carnaval
– Karate Tournament
Dianna, Adelein, Isabelle and Granny came and watched Will compete in forms and sparring.
– School Dance Festival
The 4th grade classes danced to Cotton Eye Joe.
– End of school Festivities
With his teacher Ms Jensen.
Happy 32nd Anniversary
to my parents!
Hopefully you’ll get to celebrate this weekend!
(Picture taken in August of last year.)
Lake Powell 2011
Posted by Mayke in Family, Travel Bug on August 30, 2011
We ended our summer vacation with a trip to Lake Powell.
The first night there a storm came through. There was thunder and lightning and lots of rain. It was really pretty to see the lightning above the lake. After the storm had passed we saw 2 rainbows.
The rest of the days the weather was beautiful. Not too hot, lots of sun, and a little breeze.
We made boat trips to Forgotten Canyon, Cathedral Of The Desert, Defiance House, Annie’s Canyon and Iceberg Canyon.
We had fun boating, playing in the water, swimming, jumping of cliffs, hiking, knee-boarding and just relaxing!
Will got stay an extra day with Dean, Kris, Keelie and Wes.
It was a great end to our summer vacation!
Homemade Pizza
…is so good!
And the kids like to help make it too.
More Europe Pics
Posted by Mayke in Family, Photography, Travel Bug on July 1, 2011
Burger’s Zoo
National Park ” De Groote Peel”
Keukenhof
Amsterdam
Efteling
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