End of Summer Fun

We have had a fun last week of summer vacation.  The kids start school on Monday and I will have meetings at school next week as well.  It's always a sad time of year when summer has to end, but exciting to start a new school year too.

This week we've had fun with Aunt Karen and also our friends the Langs from England.  The kids had their open houses at school and Esther had a little orchestra camp too.  Here are some pictures from the week...

We were going to go to Meijer Gardens,
but it was a rainy day so we went to Catch Air
instead.  It was a fun place to play!

We always have lunch at Olga's
when Aunt Karen is in town!
We had a girls' lunch while Peter
and Grandpa went to Culver's.

Peter washed Aunt Karen's car
to earn some extra money!

Fun play date with friends!

Playing in Grandpa and Grandma's
driveway

What else would you do with a big pile
of Smarties, other than build a pyramid?

We used our last pool punches for the year.  :(

Apparently Miriam is not all
that sad about the pool
pass being used up for the summer??

Karen and I took my Dad out for
a belated birthday breakfast.
We tried out Anna's House
and it was delicious!

Casey won tickets to the Berlin Raceway at a
golf outing this week.  We had 4 tickets and kids
were free tonight, so we went with the McCaul family.
The kids had a great time, and boys especially loved
watching the various types of cars racing!