Thursday, May 24, 2007

Tulips

It was once again Tulip Time in Orange City last weekend. The tulips were pretty much done, but Bennett and I, along with Margriet, managed to find a few that were still in bloom. Bennett had a really great time, but it wasn't because of the tulips... as you can see from the pictures below it was because of pork on a bun, fresh lemonade and mini donuts!




Thursday, May 17, 2007

New Beginnings

This past weekend we had the Swager family visiting for another celebration. Denise graduated from Dordt!!!! We are so proud of her and will miss her so much here in Sioux Center. She always made sure to spend time with Bennett and we appreciated that so much.

Bennett got so spoiled for another weekend in a row. He is lucky to have 2 sets of awesome grandparents! Below are some highlights from our weekend. The weather was absolutely perfect.

Future Dordt Grad!


Bennett congratulating his Auntie Denise.

Gotta have the traditional picture in front of the tree.


3 Generations of Swager doing yard work. Too
bad Bennett decided after a while to eat the dirt:)


Break time with Grandma and Grandpa

Monday, May 07, 2007

Happy Birthday Dear Bennett

Bennett is 1 year old today!!!!! Dale and I can't believe that a year has gone by already. At the same time, we can't imagine our lives without our sweet little guy. This year has brought so many joys with it and below are pictures of the celebration we had this past weekend. We were so lucky to have Grandpa and Grandma vanLeeuwen, Auntie Evelyn and Noah, and Auntie Megan here to help us celebrate. We miss them already!!!


Is this the face of a happy child or what! He demolished the entire cake his Grandma had made for him and ate the majority of it too!


Grandpa & Grandma with their handsome grandsons


Dale helped Bennett open his gifts. This one was a Peterbilt truck and trailer from his uncle Evan.


Bennett knew just what to do when he got on his new pony!


We can't wait to hang this special picture in Bennett's play room. The Roetman family sure outdid themselves this time!


Bennett is winding down at the end of his party by going for a ride in his new dump truck. I think that Noah was enjoying it a little more.


These are Bennett's friends that were at the party (sorry Meghan, I guess you left by this point!)
Kaase VanNiejenhuis (Shawna), Noah DePiero (Evelyn), Bennett (Janelle), and Dalton Flikkema (Amanda)