LOTSA pics for ya'll!

Hiya! Long time no write!

Lotsa pictures for ya'll tonight! The girlies are sleeping and so is Derek, getting ready for a night shift. (probably his first in over a year!) Things over here are grrrreat.
Feeling good, not so tired, and even a wee bit of a tummy to show off!
And now for some pics to show what we and our beauties have been up to.

Fathers' Day at Opa and Nana's.

Holding her cousin Hudson. I think it's Hudson..Maybe...
Geneva loves the babies, and I think she's going to be my big helper when our baby comes.
Derek's sister Ann tells me I should have twins too, and I don't think she'll believe we're having just one until I show her the ultrasound pics I'll get in a few weeks... Statistically, I just don't think it's be possible! :0)

Geneva with her Aunt Ann, and I think Logan. Possibly. I can tell better in real life.
Some people say that G looks a bit like her auntie.

Annual Father's Day parade in the Huisman backyard.

Looking a little skeptical of the lawnmower float.

But she gave it a try, and wanted to ride "adain" and "adain"
(One of her favourite new words)

Getting wet.

And wetter.

Helping Daddy at home later that week.

Notice Geneva's new hairstyle. Doesn't want anything in her hair and it hangs in her face all day. Drives me bonkers and doesn't phase her a bit.

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My baby is 2!!!!

The lovely card Geneva was so excited to give to her "baby sister"

Helping.

Fruits and veggies!

"You're in trouble!" A quote from a gal at church to Derek... She thinks he's in for a fun time dealing with this one on the right when she's a teeniebopper.

How cool! You can cut them in half!

Hooray for veggies!

Chopping up some tomatoes for breakfast. Don't worry, it's all plastic! No sharp objects near this 2 year old!

Da girls. Daddy was at work, and we waited to open Boot's other present that night. SOOO proud of her new camping chair.

A few highlights of the camping trip over the July long weekend (no pictures of the rain and the SOAKING WET tent. That would be too painful to relive...) Although, there are some wet sleeping bags and towels on the clothesline behind us as a friendly reminder. We went with our good friends Dave and Karen, and their daughter Anneka.
(And yes, Karen, Brookie did happen to say "NO" a lot that following week....) I think she's over it now. :0) We managed to have lotso fun despite the rainy night(s).

G reacts a bit to "squeeto" bites it seems... She got attacked on our first night and has a few dozen bites to show for it!

Absolutely loving being outside ALL day long.

With Anneka.

The dry Jorritsma gang.

We soggy Huismans.

Getting to stay up late for a campfire since she had a snoozers.

Here's a few pics of the much more relaxing vacation I had at my parents' place with the girls. We ditched Derek for the week. He missed his girls and what he claims is 'his baby boy' Is he setting himself up for failure or what? :0)

Uncle Bobby. Nice farmers tan, boy! Can tell you work outside huh?

Geneva swam for almost 3 hours straight. What a water bug! (Notice Aunt Christel's baby belly! There's a Mulder cousin in there!) hehe

At the tridge in Midland. It's a 3-way bridge. Tridge, get it?

With grandma at the cool statue(s).

Holding "Daddy's" hand.

Come on Brooke, let's run!

One word: Admiration.

All right. I think I'm almost done with this hour long blog session! A grandma in another country is going to love seeing all these pics, I'm guessing. I think she may just miss her little girlies already.

But before I go, here's some shots of the Huisman girl combo birthday party this Saturday. Even though Geneva's birthday isn't til August... Hooray for visitors, puh lease come any time!

The boys! Getting So big! They're doing lots of smiling and 'talking' now. So fun.

I told you she loves babies!

Even Brookie got in on the baby-snuggling.

Opa looks a wee bit concerned, perhaps? :0)
Ann is such a laid back, awesome Momma. Didn't phase her a bit to have her boys a smidge over-loved. Matt, by the way, we think you're a pretty super-tastic daddy too.

Finding the clues on the scavenger hunt Uncle Derek made. Justin and Riley had a hard time waiting for the rather much slower Geneva and Brookie... Abigail kept up well though!

Digging for their next clue!

Huh? Where'd everyone go? We just got here! She eventually caught back up to to the scavenger hunt crew.

MMM, strawberry shortcake. There's some leftovers in the fridge, I think I'll go eat it when I'm done here....

Ok, the only reason I put this pic on, since my face is rather humerously distorted, is that you can sorta see da baby belly getting bigger!

A post-dinner stroll. Not exactly a quiet walk with all 13 of us, but a fun one none-the-less!

All right. Signing off. Must go wake Derek so he can head into work. Will not wake the others. Babies aren't allowed to do night-shifts.
Love you all!