Tulip Time 2012

Tulip Time was a new adventure this year!  After being a Parade Starter for the previous 18 years, this year I was appointed the Parade Chairman of the Kinderparade!
   What Fun!  What work!
              We even had our picture in the Sentinel!

   Good work 'Vande Sparky'!

Christmas with the Snellers

This Christmas, we had a great time at the Vellengas home!
Little did we know that on Christmas Day, the Lord would take Jim home to be
with Him. He spent Christmas in Heaven!
We will miss him dearly, but we know that on earth, "he fought the good fight, and
and he won the race."
2 Timothy 4:7

                                                     Happy 70th Birthday Dad!

Christmas 2011

Christmas 2011 brought the anticipation of a new member to our family. Brad and Amanda were to be married in June, 2012.

All things Bright and Beautiful!

• What a handsome dude!

All things bright and beautiful, the Lord God made them all!  Thank Goodness!

Summer Storm!

We usually look forward to snowdays in the winter time, but we never wish for bad storms in the summmer, but it happened this summer! More trees down in the Heights than I have ever seen, and out of power for the day, and it was 90 degrees and very humid!

Tip Toe though the Tulips! 2011

Meet Holland's new 'Dutch Dog"!


What a riot we had taking all kinds of pictures around Holland.  People, from all over the world, took pictures from Malasia, Indiana, Illinois, and the Kalamazoo Gazett and the Muskegon Chronical!!  WOW!

Here is Sparky at his very best!!

A Welcomed Blizzard!

This is as close as it has come to a 'Good Ole' Fashion Snowstorm' !

We even had 2 days off from school!

Christmas 2010

 

 Christmas, this year, we added 2 members to our family,

Rildo and Dori.  The Brill family have Julia, from Korea.

Each year gets harder when it comes to gift getting and giving,

but everyone came out pretty well.

This Christmas also was a little different because of the anticipation of Steve's Open Heart surgery in 3 days.  With many, many prayers

laid at the feet of our Lord, surgery was successful, but quite a bit

of rehab to come. Praise the Lord!

Sparky is not so happy with Dancing Mickey!