DeJonge's Spot

2011-09-30T11:51:00.000-07:00

Here are a few of Kasen's 1 year pictures, we've had them done for a while, I just forgot to post them. He's such a silly little boy! So happy!

Kasen's 1st Birthday

2011-08-25T07:58:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday Kasen! Kasen's 1st Birthday Party was a "BarnYard Bash" complete with a barn cake and farm animal cupcakes, (don't forget the farm animal cake pops too...they were a big hit!) We had so much fun at his party. Kasen got lots of great gifts too! We had barn yard themed food as well, including pig n the blankets, chicken wings, hay, chicken feed and veggies from Kasen's Garden! I will hopefully have his 1 year pictures ready shortly and will post them soon!

TOO CUTE! 6 Month pictures

2011-02-14T16:11:00.001-08:00

Now that Kasen will be 7 months old tomorrow...here are a few of his 6 month pictures! We took them ourselves and I was very happy with the way they turned out! The last 7 months has gone WAY too fast, but we have enjoyed every minute of it! He started sitting up about 2 weeks ago and he loves being able to sit up and see what's going on! He LOVES eating baby food and is still taking great naps during the day! (about 2 hours in the morning and 3 hours in the afternoon on average, and sometimes we sneak in an evening nap yet!) He got 2 teeth on the bottom right after Christmas.

Enjoy the pictures - I wish I could post them all b/c they all turnd out SOO CUTE! (I'm not biased or anything!)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

2010-12-27T16:12:00.000-08:00

New Pictures

2010-12-03T11:17:00.000-08:00

Here's some of what we've been up to lately...

Kasen was a Chili Pepper for Halloween....

rolled over 2 times in 1 day a month ago and hasn't done it since...

loves loves loves bath time in his little tub....

and got baptized at Victory Point Church on Nov 14th! He's growing up so fast!

4 months

2010-11-21T14:16:00.000-08:00

Well, Kasen had his 4 month appointment on Friday. He weighs 14 lb 6 oz and is 25 inches long. He's in the 50th percentile for height,weight and head circumfrence. The Doctor said he was perfect! (but we already knew that!!) He had to get a few shots, he screamed - not cried- screamed pretty loud, but was fine as soon as I picked him up! These pictures were taken a while ago, but we just got them back a few weeks ago and I just thought they were SO cute. He was about 2 months old. I have to upload some more recent pictures, then I'll post some on here.

3 months

2010-10-22T15:12:00.000-07:00

Here's a few of Kasen's 3 month pictures! Isn't he SOO cute!?

2 month stats

2010-09-21T12:49:00.000-07:00

Last week Kasen had his 2 month dr appointment. He weighed in at 10 lbs 12 oz and was 22 1/2 inches long. He was 25th percentile for both height and weight, so a little below average, but still in the normal range. He's doing great! We both had a few tears with his shots he had to get, but got over it quickly! We also snuck Kasen in a few of Morley's 6 month pictures, a preview is posted on facebook if you want to check those out or check out www.capturedmemoriesbyjandj.blogspot.com (i couldn't get them to upload on here) Any guesses as to who he looks like? This pic was taken a few weeks ago....

Kasen

2010-09-06T08:49:00.001-07:00

Here are a few of Kasen's newborn pictures. These were taken when he was about 2 1/2 weeks old. Of course he's a little chubbier now at 7 1/2 weeks old, but still just as cute! So far he's been a really good baby! We've managed to get him on the "babywise" schedule just like his cousins Carter and Trey and he's been sleeping about 6-7 hour stretches at night the last couple weeks --most of the time =) (he's even had a few nights where he went 8 hours!!) The little green plaid outfit was his favorite and I LOVE the black and white picture above! We are enjoying EVERY mintue of our new little guy!

Kasen Michael

2010-07-24T11:10:00.001-07:00

On Thursday July 15th at 6:49 am we welcomed Kasen Michael into our family. He weighed 7 lbs and was 20 inches long. So far things are going great and we LOVE him to pieces!

Welcom Baby Morley!

2010-04-13T16:27:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures of the newest addition to the Haverdink family. Morley Joy born March 25th to my sister Sara and her husband Dirk. She's the cutest baby in the family...until July that is... then she'll have some compitition! =)

Mike and Kim are "Prego"

2010-01-06T18:23:00.000-08:00

Well if you haven't heard yet...Mike and I are expecting our first baby on July 21st! This is how we told our parents at Christmas. Mike made labels for the spaghati sauce I canned this fall! I says "Mike and Kim are Prego, due July 21" We heard the heart beat today at 12 weeks. We're so excited!

Halloween

2009-11-22T13:40:00.001-08:00

A little late, I know. Here are a few of the things I made for dinner when we had a few friends over in October, I decided to go with a Halloween theme. Everything turned out really good! We had witches, ghosts, a pumpkin cheese ball, leg bones, spiderweb dip and goulish fingers! Yum!

Summer Pictures

2009-10-18T15:18:00.000-07:00

Since I've been such a slacker with updating our blog...here's a little bit of our summer. Mike had his Nascar experience, which he LOVED and is STILL talking about. We did a lot of canning with fresh vegies from our garden. We did spagetti sauce, pickles, salsa, tomatoes, pickled yellow peppers and jalapenos! And in September went to Traverse City and Mackinac Island for our anniversary. We definately kept busy this summer, hence the lack of postings! I'll try to do better!

NASCAR RACE

2009-06-30T17:51:00.000-07:00

As part of Mike's birthday surprise I got tickets to the Nascar Race 2 weeks ago at MIS. Mike didn't know where we were going, or even that we were going anywhere that weekend until we got it the car. He was SLIGHTLY upset that he didn't know what was going on, but got over that pretty quickly when he found out where we were going!! Saturday we went to the Truck Race and then Sunday we went to the Nascar race. Both were SOOO loud, i was glad I had ear plugs! We had a lot of fun, Mike LOVED it! He seems to think that I've started a great tradition! Just a few more weeks until he gets to drive a car as part of his Nascar experience I got for his birthday, he's even more excited now after he saw the race!!

BABY KITTENS!

2009-06-08T17:34:00.000-07:00

Well we FINALLY found 2 of the baby kittens!! I'm pretty sure there's more yet. They're 5 weeks old, These 2 are pure white, except they have tan ears and tan and white striped tails, and big blue eyes. I named them Baily and Leo. As you can see Leo's missing a foot. I'm not sure what happened, if he was born that way or if there was an injury! I'll admit they're not the CUTEST kittens I've ever seen, but they're still cute because they're little furballs! I was hoping for some more color on them, but oh well!

2009-05-22T05:46:00.000-07:00

A few updates:
- my cat did have kittens, about 3 weeks ago, but we haven't been able to find them =( Either she didn't take care of them, or she's hidden them too well! If they are around hopefully she'll bring them around soon!
- the garden looks great!! I have pictures, I'll post later.
-Mike turned 30 yesterday!! I had a surprise party on may 9th, I will post pictures soon, for now just look at Kelly's blog (she's way better at updating than I am!) I got him a Nascar experience where he gets to drive a car around Michigan International Speedway - so he's SOO excited for that- it won't be until July 25th though, so he has a LONG wait!
-We're leaving today for Silver lake for the Holiday weekend, I will post all my picutres when we get back, have a great weekend!

Spring is here!

2009-04-26T11:05:00.000-07:00

Week #1 of our Garden! We've moved it and made it bigger and better! We still need to finish the rest of the fence around it, but I've got my snap peas planted (a little late) and can't wait to get the rest of it started!

Some more exciting Spring news: we're expecting.....!!!

KITTENS!!! Yep, Macie my cute little cat is pregnant!! I'm pretty excited, and as you can imagine, Mike is THRILLED! =) I think she's probably due in May sometime. Here's a few pictures of my Big Fat Cat! I'm hopeing that she has them in her little house that you see in the picture rather than in the woods where they'll probably get eaten by some crazy animals. Don't worry I'll post pictures of the kittens when they're born!

MEXICO!

2009-03-10T15:19:00.001-07:00

Here's some pictures from our trip to Mexico! We had a great time, it was beautiful sunny and warm everyday, no rain. We didn't do a lot except relax. I read 4 books and I think Mike read about 4 magazines (easy ones with lots of pictures) =) The beach was great, we walked about an hour each morning, we took bike rides around the area and went to go see the dolfins one morning. We went into town one day to go shopping and out for dinner to PiPi's, they had awesome food, great margaitas and even better guacamole, mmm so yummy! You can see what Mike did most of the week - one picture he's in line at the bar, and the other he's sleeping on the beach! As you can see from the picture of us at PiPi's, I did burn a little bit (it was actually quite a bit worse the first day), so I had to spend a couple days in the shade after that - oh well!

Carter and Kitty

2009-02-24T15:55:00.000-08:00

Here's a few pictures of Carter and my kitty Macie from the last few weeks! AWWW aren't they cute?! Yes, I do take my cat in the house sometimes, don't tell Mike!

Your Husband might be a Hillbilly if....

2009-01-12T18:03:00.000-08:00

#1.) This is the truck he drives to plow your drive way....

2.) This is what happens while he's plowing... (don't forget to imagine a huge strip of OIL all the way up the drive way....)
3.) He gets BOTH trucks stuck in the drive way at the same time while trying to plow the driveway....=) Here's video to prove it!

BIG BUCK!

2008-12-15T09:17:00.000-08:00

Here you go Jim...Pictures of Mike's BIG buck! 4 point, 14 1/2 in spread...that's all I know!

Halloween and Hunting

2008-11-12T16:14:00.001-08:00

Here's some pictures of Mike and Jedd's pheasant hunting trip to South Dakota last week, Mike told me to "write some details on the blog for me" but I wasn't along so I don't know the details...You'll have to ask him. But I guess Jedd did good for his first time out there and it sounds like they all had fun! If anyone wants a pheasant to eat, let me know, we have a freezer full!

Here's pictures from Halloween, I was Snow White, and Mike was a "Line Dance Champion"

Carter, Applesauce and Carter!

2008-10-25T13:09:00.000-07:00

Last week Satruday my sisters, my mom and some friends of ours made applesauce, it was really messy and sticky but the end product turned out really yummy! We made quite a bit as you can see from the picture of it all lined up on the counter! Also, I threw in a few pictures of Carter, just cuz he's so cute!

Praising God in a Time of Sorrow.

2008-09-28T16:04:00.000-07:00

Early Saturday morning Grandpa De Jonge went to be with Jesus in Heaven. Although we saddened by the loss, we know that Grandpa is singing with the Angels in heaven and that his body is healed with no more pain or suffering. Grandpa was a great man and his love for Jesus was evident through the way he lived his life. I have been blessed just to have known him for a few years. As we mourn his loss we also rejoice in knowing that he has met his Savior. We are thankful for all the memories, he was dearly loved and will be greatly missed.

One year already!?

2008-09-14T10:57:00.000-07:00

Can you believe that we've been married a year already? This past year flew by! This past weekend we went up to Traverse City to Celebrate our one year anniversary! (September 7) We stayed at Cherry Tree Inn right on the bay. We went to a few different wineries and did some wine tasting along both Old Mission point and Lelanau Peninsula. We came home with a just a few bottles of wine! =) We also went up to Sleeping Bear Dunes for a day and spent the day hiking up the dunes and driving through a scenic drive. Trust me, the dunes were much steeper and bigger than they appear in the picture, but we still had fun climbing them! We also ate at some great restaurants up in Traverse City! We had a lot of fun relaxing and spending time together! We did make it to Turtle Creek Casino one night too, we didn't win any money just playing with $10-15, but it was still fun to see and experience a casino because I had never been to one! I couldn't believe all the old people, about half with oxygen tanks and the other half chain smoking their cigarettes!

Elk

2008-08-14T07:06:00.001-07:00

Mike would probably be upset if I didn't post this picture...so here is a picture of the Elk that was above the fireplace at the cottage we stayed at...it was pretty big! The cottage was right by Legends Ranch (I think that is what it's called) so we did a drive by a few times to look at the deer that are fenced in there, we actually saw quite a few!

Summer Vacation

2008-08-14T06:43:00.000-07:00

The first week in August we went with my family to cottage for the week. It was located on Pickerel Lake in Bitely (near Baldwin). This is a picture of the cottage, a log cabin style, it was very nice! We spent a lot of time relaxing, swiming, skiing, tubing etc.
This was the view from the cottage, notice the our lovely pontoon boat and my dad's old gold boat...I think they're both antiques! (they both run most of the time!) The shore was full of weeds and really mucky so we'd take the our pontoon boat out to the middle of the lake to go swimming. We're not sure exactly what Mike is doing in this picture--fishing or taking a leak...it's up for debate!
Here's how we spent our evenings - reading and playing games! I think I got through almost three books!
SHOCKER!! We even got Kyle to read--more than just a magazine! We were all SO surprised! I think he actually liked it more than what he let on to!

2008-07-29T17:03:00.000-07:00

This past Saturday we went up to Mike's aunt and uncle's cottage on Bass lake, we did a little tubing, skiing, knee boarding, fishing etc. Here's Carter's first tube ride, it was so exciting that he fell asleep! Allyssa, Mari, Mike and Brian going for a wild ride, Mike is the only one who fell off -- TWICE! =)
Feeding the fish...
Mike, Mari and Matt fishing, they claim they had good luck, but we didn't see any of their fish, supposedly they "threw them all back" -- likely story! =)

More summer fun

2008-07-29T16:58:00.001-07:00

A few weekends ago we went rafting with a big group of people down the Muskegon River, here's the boys getting the tubes ready to float. Here's the whole group of us!
After rafting we ate supper and hung out for a while...then sat around the fire. (*note you may recognize these pictures, I stole them from Kelly's blog b/c I didn't have my camera with me*)

2008-07-29T16:18:00.001-07:00

Here's some more pictures of our summer events...a few races for Mike De Jonge #70. The first 2 pictures were from Hudsonville, the next was at Berlin where the car finally died! Mike was pretty happy about that because he didn't like this car very much, but guess what?! -- now that means we get to look for another one! exciting huh!? Then we had yet another birthday party for me at my parents- if you haven't noticed July is not just my birthDAY, it's my birthMONTH =) Oh, then of course the next picture is Carter, he's growing so fast, isn't he cute though?

2008-07-29T15:55:00.000-07:00

So, some of you may be wondering why it's been 5 weeks since I've updated our blog, or maybe you're just thinking that we don't have a life...well here's some of the things we've been up to this summer: First Mike has been working on finishing the deck...check out the cable railing he put up, cool huh!? Then there's my birthday, I am now officially a quarter of a century old! That is a picture of the cake that Mike bought me. He gave me a nice jewelery box--can you believe it was completely empty!??. Next there's updated pictures of the Macie and Jedd, they have become best friends, as you can see Jedd even lets Macie eat with him! Then it's my birthday party again with Mike's side- more cake and more presents!

Gina's wedding

2008-06-20T11:11:00.001-07:00

Here's a few pictures from Gina and Matt's wedding from last week Friday!

HCHS Graduation

2008-06-03T17:55:00.001-07:00

Last week Thursday my brother graduated from Holland Christian. Then on Saturday we celebrated at his open house with a pig roast ,yum! Congratulations little bro!

New Kitten =)

2008-06-02T09:21:00.000-07:00

Here's my new little kitten! Her name is Macie, she's so cute! I only had to fight for a few days to convice Mike that we NEEDED a cat around! So as you can imagine, Mike is thrilled to have her staying in our garage! He mocks her and makes threats towards her, but actually he's a pretty big softy and he likes her as much as I do. When he thinks I'm not watching he's always talking to her and petting her and playing with her when we're outside! Don't you think she needs a little friend!??

Mike's Birthday

2008-06-02T09:03:00.000-07:00

Mike turned 29 on May 21. We celebrated with icecream cake and LOTS of presents. I think he got more for his birthday than he did for Christmas! Happy Birthday Mike! Next year is the BIG 30!!

SURPRISE PARTY!!!

2008-05-19T17:04:00.000-07:00

Sunday night, much to my Mom's surprise, we had a 50th Birthday party for her at our house. We invited her friends and told her that the party was actually for Mike (his birthday is May 21st) and she walked right into it brining Mike's birthday presents and snicker salad for her own party! She had no idea! We had lots of great food, cake and presents! Happy Birthday Mom!

Happy Graduation, Gina!

2008-05-19T16:48:00.001-07:00

Where's Waldo?............I mean Gina!?
Kim and the new College Grad!
Sara and the new College grad!

Saturday afternoon we headed to GR for Gina's graduation from Calvin College! As you can imagine the boys were less than thrilled to give up a "man day" afternoon, but they all survived! After Graduation we all headed to Outback Steakhouse to celebrate! Contrats Gina!

Carter

2008-05-14T13:37:00.001-07:00

Last night I got to babysit Carter for a while, so I had to take some more pictures! And Yes, he was sleeping with his arm straight up like this!

Camo Baby! We needed to see how he would look in camouflage for when Uncle Mike teaches him how to shoot rabbits and squirrels off the deck! He looks like he's up to something sneaky in the top picture! =)

So happy to be at Aunt Kim and Uncle Mike's house, he can't wait to come back sometime!
AAAAAWWWWW!!!! Isn't he cute!

Mom's 50th Birthday Party/Mother's Day

2008-05-14T13:25:00.000-07:00

Sunday we celebrated Mom's 50th Birthday and Mother's Day with lunch, cake and presents!

Then at night we headed over to Kelly's for dinner to celebrate Mother's day again!

Bachelorette Party

2008-05-14T13:19:00.000-07:00

Last Friday night Sara and I threw Gina a Bachelorette party! We started out at my house with snacks and playing games and opening presents, then we headed to Kirby Grill in Grand Haven for dinner! Fun Stuff!

New Baby Nephew!

2008-03-29T19:01:00.000-07:00

Here's the latest and greatest...little baby Carter James Meeuwsen. Mike's sister Kelly and her husband Brian had their first little baby on March 28th at 12:49 am. He was 7 lbs 15 oz. and 19 inches long with a full head of dark hair and cute as ever! We were so excited to finally meet him! Isn't he just so cute!?

Super Bowl Party

2008-02-07T17:59:00.000-08:00

Well, we officially "broke" the house in with a super bowl party at our house! As you can see there were almost as many little kids as there were adults. We let the kids run free in the basement...there's nothing down there they can mess up too bad...unless they get into that big elk head of Mike...=) No damage done, but it was definately a lot louder here than it normally is!

Let it SNOW !!!

2008-01-27T16:29:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone, Here are some pics of the record snow fall we have gotten in the past couple of weeks. These are the trees looking out the front of our house. Fraiser firs look so cool with all the snow!

We have almost 2 feet of snow on the deck!

Oh yes! Here is the future of snow removal folks!

Take a good look you may want to use this as your desktop background for the next few months! You have permission this pic is not copywrited.

(note: not for hire)

Jedd

2007-12-31T14:14:00.000-08:00

I have had some requests for pictures of our dog. Here he is! This is Jedd -- yes that is with TWO d's! He is a German Shorthair Pointer. Jedd was Mike's birthday present from me last May. He's 10 months old now and still kinda naughty sometimes! Mike plans on using him for hunting next year, he already loves to practice around the house here!

Our New House

2007-12-24T17:32:00.000-08:00

For those of you who haven't seen our new house yet: here's a couple pictures of our house and a look at the kitchen, these are all the pictures I could find right now.

Christmas 2007

2007-12-24T17:07:00.001-08:00

This is my first time trying out this blog thing with my new Christmas present from Mike (a new computer!) Here's our first Christmas tree, needs some more decorations!

New Blog

2007-12-21T16:33:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone!!
This is our attempt at the new blog. Just trying to keep up with the Jones' and technology these days. We will post some pics soon so you all know who we are.
See ya!!