On Saturday we went down to Kalamazoo to hang out with some of Mike's cousins. One cousin (Joe) lives there, two of his siblings drove up from Indiana and Illinois, and another cousin came from Hudsonville. We decided to go ahead and take the truck down because sometimes it's fun, and Levi especially likes it. (The other evening Caleb and Logan went out with Mike in his truck and Levi was NOT happy.) Anyways, it was not fun this time. It will probably be awhile before we take the truck anywhere as a family. :) The kids are not only too close to each other, they are too close to us. With Mike being full swing in celery harvest, our conversation time is at a minimum, so here we were with a ride to Kalamazoo trying to talk, but the three little boys behind us made that very difficult. Not to mention the fighting, and the getting out of hand with the pop they earned earlier in the day...
Anyways, first we went to a gravel pit lake to swim and plat for awhile. There's a rope swing where Mike and Joe could have their manliness competitions, paddle boards, kayaks, and we took the pontoon boat to a mud pit area where the kids could play and then wash off in the water. Mike and I also took Joe's ATV for a ride to an area with some hills. I got off for a few minutes so that Mike could tear around a bit without me. :) After a few hours there we headed over to Joe's house where we had supper, the kids played in the yard (the boys found a ton of toads), and went next door to see his neighbor's animals (horses, pigs, ducks, chickens, cats). The boys eventually fell asleep on the way home, but it took awhile!
This year's garden has been going pretty well. I'm getting zucchini like crazy. The cucumbers are doing much better this year. Seems like the peppers aren't doing as well - maybe it's been too wet. I'm not sure on the tomatoes either.
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