HALLOWEEN 2009!

Sparky always tries to be a big help. We put him in his pumpkin costume, but in the end, he was just dressed as a human!

SPARKY'S 6TH BIRTHDAY ON OCTOBER 27!

TIGER'S DON'T RALLY AGAIN!

Only the Tiger's can loose the 1st place lead they had all summer in the the month of September!

We did try to support them though!

Fall Fun!

A rather uneventful first 2 months of school for Sparky and me!

WE WON!! THE BEST DRESSED DOG!

DOGORAMA

The 'Dog Days' of summer in Zeeland!

Summer Fun!

There were a few days when the heat of the day called for a jump in the pool in order to cool down, and go back to work!

Another Big Game

I have played ball with Leo M for about 25 years, and come tournament time every game is as big as when I was 25! This big game, we beat the season champs and knocked them out of the tournament!

Conference Grounds Sunday

The 4th of July weekend allowed us some time to spend at the Conference Grounds with Mom and Dad. Amanda came with me and we took some evening pictures with Sparky and myself!

POOL TIME

After the flood, and the work that followed, it was time to spend get in the pool! Time to relax and take in the beautiful summer days!

Holland's Flood of 2009

Friday evening, June 19, will be a night many will not forget. I was attempting to come home from The Iversons, who live on the Ravines in Saugatuck. A trip that should have taken 15-20 minutes took 1 hour and 15 minutes because every road between there and home was well covered with water, or closed because there were trees across the road, or the road had given way! For the 1st time in my home I had water in the finished part of the basement! In fact I didn't see it right away and I was helping the neighbors! What a mess! I wet vaced for about 12 hours with one hour of sleep that night. At first we moved it to one side, but by Sunday afternoon, we pulled back the carpet and pulled up all of the padding. First I moved of of my 'precious' stuff in the basement to the garage. On Wednesday, we had L&N Carpet Cleaning treat the cement, both sides of the carpet and then steam clean it! @ days later I began to put things back. My legs were black and blue top to bottom because I was carrying everything from the garage to downstairs by myself! That cleaning continued to the upstairs which I cleaned like crazy, and by July 3 & 4 we had an incredible garage sale!

Summer is coming!

A well dressed dog is he, he needed a new spring shirt for those cool nights!

A slip disc!

Yes, it is true, for 3 weeks Sparky had to be on"cage rest" I couldn't do cage rest, but I could do "bed rest", and a pain pill and anti inflammatory :( But all is well now!

A little more Tulip Time!

Sparky doesn't care to mch about the bands because they scare him, but he had a chance to be apart of it with other activities! Checking out the Tulip Lanes!

Look at that little guy! People wondered how he sat so still, he really didn't, it was a quick picture because he was looking at all of the tourist! People also asked where I got the Dutch Costume, and that will be my little secret!

Tulip Time 2009

Sparky was a big hit at Tulip Time! Many people could not believe he would sit so still, actually it was just fast picturing, with all of the people walking around, he wanted to see what was going on!