Our boys grew up with "I love toy trains" & "All About John Deere" videos...we were able to check lots of them out from the library...and I can remember BJ as a toddler loving the videos & the boys still love them today. And here's the guy that started it all (as close to famous people as we get;)...as we visited his store with everything imaginable related to trains!
Here's the boys enjoying 6 trains going at once in a room-sized train track...
We had some wonderful days relaxing & having fun with my family in W. Michigan! So great to get to be together & so fun just to kick back on a little vacation!
The kids loving getting to play at the beach...counting the days till summer break & lots more days of getting to do this!
We were close to the Dunes, so they were very fun for the kids too...the girls are my sister's...she is the supplier of so many of Ellyana's cute clothes..very fun! 
Dad did a neat thing on vacation as he had the family prior to vacation each come up with "100 things we are thankful for" lists (the kids did 10) then numbers were pulled out of the bowl & the family took turns sharing random numbers of thankfulness. I was thankful for the exercise, I had been wanting to get a formal list started since reading "1000 gifts"...so much to be thankful for, its impossible to stop. The Scripture is full of reminders to do this, may my heart be full of thank-FULL ness!!!
And at the "Learning Fair" at school...Zach got to tour us around the amazing "Rainforest" his class had created...lots of hard work...he was really proud!
BJ's class has been studying local history & got to visit the village one-room school house. The kids were very excited!
BJ's sweet class in front of the village church they toured.
We are so thankful for the wonderful year the boys have had at school this year! We were thankful for the blessing of the little vacation...the calm before the storm...its going to be a crazy few weeks as school finishes up!
Our sweet neighbor let the kids pick out plants to put in her garden...she even let them do the planting!
We have much to be thankful for...the Lord is faithful & gracious!
BJ's sweet class in front of the village church they toured. 
We are so thankful for the wonderful year the boys have had at school this year! We were thankful for the blessing of the little vacation...the calm before the storm...its going to be a crazy few weeks as school finishes up! 
Our sweet neighbor let the kids pick out plants to put in her garden...she even let them do the planting!We have much to be thankful for...the Lord is faithful & gracious!
Solomon was obsessed with the "all about John Deere" movies! He had them memorized!
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