Weekend fun in NW Iowa.

We had a wedding on Arlys' side (Niece Andrea of Pam & Dennis) in NW Iowa so found a great Bed & Breakfast at the Eekhoff's "Country living place! Thanks for your awesome hospitality!

Drew checking out the landscape stairs- of course he wanted to show how big he was by going forward down them.

Austin wasn't too sure of this move by cousin Alyssa- but Jackson loved watching!

Austin all excited now that he got away from cousin Alyssa!

Drew helping Great Aunt Jaci make lemonade- he loved stirring it as well.

Thanks again to the Eekhoffs for all their wonderful help throughout the weekend- from the great beds- to food- to watching Drew & Bentley! love you all! posted by Wes & Arlys

June Weekend with Gampa & Gamma!

I didn't post any of these to this site so - in case you haven't checked out the Gaskill blog here are just a few pics of our June weekend with Drew. Find more pics and video on their blog. We had a wonderful time the whole weekend.
Drew mowing? He loved pushing this around for a long time. A toy of the neighbors.

Above- Beppe doing the "dutch" actions.

Drew digging in Arlys' moms cupboard - yummy blue corn chips!

Eating spaghetti with Gampa. It tastes better from Gampa's plate!

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A beautiful princess

We had a fun weekend with June Bug days.  As most of you know Emily ran for the court this year.  We will be going to many parades again as she is Miss Congeniality and First Princess!!! We'll show you some more pictures when we come in July or you can ask Doyle and Susie for a preview.  The day was full on Saturday for her with interviews in the morning, parade at noon, followed by Queen's tea and then the coronation at night.  We should find out tomorrow whether she can make the freedom run or not. Looking forward to seeing many of you at the beginning of July!!!

hi family! This is Rianne...just posting a little update. today may 30 marks the day of the dam to dam. I was not alone in this endeavour....i did it with my friend lauren (many of you met at easter) and my parents were not far behind me!! They decided i beieve 2 days ago to walk the the dam to dam...they did great. I think we would all say it was a big test on our bodies! it was a beautiful day (i hope we will have the same weather for the freedom run!) the sun did get warm at times but there was a nice breeze...especially at the tail wind of all those who passed me :) HAHA. I finised in under three hours...which was a goal for me...and i forget the time my parents finished in (right around three hours and 16 mins i think they said!) enough time that i wouldn't want to go up against them in a walking race.
I know i felt like it was all surreal and that it was all kind of a daze. I do know i can run the whole 5K because we did that at the start :)

Stay encouraged family! You are all doing great and I LOVE hearing progress everyone is making. Even Anne (i see your updates on the facebook). I am so proud of all of you and am excited to do this freedom run...it was almost all i talked about, and now that dam to dam is done it will be all i talk about :) Becky has a 5K coming up in june she is doing for breast cancer i believe--that will be cute shirt! :) But really...i wanted to leave a little note, because i know the weather is getting warmer and thing are starting to get busy--but keep running! we are almost there...and we have our best encouragers with us (EACHOTHER)...we get to really show sully that there truly isn't much our family WON'T do! we play together, laugh together, love together, pray together, and RUN TOGETHER! i know Pake is/will be proud...and obviously beppe is behind us 100%--along with all those who aren't doing it! to those who aren't...your role is important too! we need good looking cheerleaders :) we will take care of eachother on the course and we will have you at the end hopefully with water bottles and dry clothes---and a spot in line for pancakes!

I love you all...keep up the running!
my summer of running schedule.... Klompen classic = CHECK
Dam to Dam = CHECK
Freedom Run = Anticipating!

Rianne

A new addition

Jacob and I are expecting a baby on December 5th of this year!

Travis is Graduating

Hello Family and Friends,

Travis Veenstra is graduating on Friday, May 29 and you are invited! The ceremony is at 7:00 p.m. at the new Pella Christian High School, 300 Eagle Lane, Pella (off of Oskaloosa Street). After the ceremony we will have a congratulatory line and a reception. We hope to start the reception at 8:30 p.m. You can come to both the ceremony and reception or just the reception. We would love to see you.

Sincerely, John & Cathy Veenstra