Marcus' weekend

Grandma and Cindy got here on Friday evening - on Saturday as we were getting ready for Marcus' graduation party on Sunday - Marcus took some time and took grandma for a ride on his motorcycle around the neighborhood!!

All set up and ready to go!!

Football quilt grandma Pollema made for Marcus

Pictures before everyone started showing up!!

And opening a few gifts after everyone left - was a very fun-filled day and now tonight is the ceremony!! Way to go - Marcus!!

Marcus has 8 days of high school left!!

Time flies - been looking through pictures and Marcus is putting some together on his laptop for his graduation party - here is a sneak peek!!

1st birthday

This is a park by Bella Vista - we went to it many times while visiting and I can't remember the name of it - pretty sure it starts with a G - this is Marcus with his cousin Kelsey

Marcus doing Jamie's hair one evening

Decorating cookies with friends - Patrick - Brandalyn - Marcus and Jacob

Marcus' 7th birthday cake

fishing with Grandpa Altena at Roaring River state park

Jacob Faber and Marcus being boys

Survivor fans way back then already

One of Marcus' first trips to Canada - picture is with Dave De Ruyter

First whirlpool bath at new house - lots of bubbles!!!

Harvest time and the big pumpkins!!!

Enjoying visitors from Arkansas

8th grade party

Trapping times - always good family time

Freshman football ..........

Senior football and a girlfriend - TIME FLIES - but all is good - wishing him the best in college!!

Senior Boys and their toys!!

At 6:30 this morning and only 28 degrees out - Marcus and Patrick took off on their motorcycles to school today - they are soooooooooooo ready for Spring weather - it is now(2pm in afternoon and around 55 degrees) gorgeous out and they will have an awesome ride home - but he did text me when he got to school that it was pretty cold. Oh to be young again!!!

More Senior Serve Pictures

This was at the after school program - kids loved this and so did the seniors!! Marcus playing ball !!

Patrick Kooima with one of the students

Brandalyn and I think they said this little girls name was Tia - she cried when Brandalyn left :(

Kristin and another student

Marcus and this cutie - he helped teach this one how to pound fists.........

Very cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Even got to play some football :-)

This picture is now my desktop background - these next ones are back by that park

Not sure if they were hiding from someone or just resting

And yes mom I asked Marcus if he made it all the way to the top of the amphitheater and he did - I would have definitely been sitting by you front and center :)

Full group before heading home!

Senior Serve 2011

Here are a few of the pictures from Senior Serve - don't have them all on computer yet - so just the beginning - this group of 12 Seniors and 4 leaders left on Tuesday evening around 6pm and returned last night (Sunday) around midnight. Mike is second from the right in front row with the hat on and Marcus is 3rd from the left in the back row. This picture is in front of Mile High Stadium - home of the Denver Broncos - had some free time one day and went and walked around here.

Also at the stadium

Saturday evening they stayed at this cabin in the mountains - said the view was amazing

This is at an ampi-theater at a huge park surrounded by HUGE rocks - this theater could seat 10,000 people - one side of it....

Marcus running up it

and the other side - I haven't heard yet if he made it to the top running the whole way - both boys are still in bed :)

They had a great trip - little lack of sleep - but fun times - they did a prayer walk, worked at an after school program - Mike has some adorable pictures of this on his phone - hopefully we can get them off there so I can put them up too, worked at a food pantry and also a thrift store - on their day-off they went to the mountains and went snow-boarding and skiing.

Glad to have them back - will post more later - off to work - have a great Monday!!

Prom 2011

Marcus as he is just ready!!! Friday was Western's prom

Family picture before everyone gets here

The senior boys that were at our house for pictures before prom

and the girls - Karlie - Brandalyn Van Zee and Kristin Den Boer

Guys needed some garage time too - getting warm in the house

The couples that were here - Kristen and Brian Hengeveld - Matt Westra with Brandalyn and then Marcus and Karlie

Getting ready to leave in the pickup(Marcus used Adam Kooistra's truck) it was cold and raining all day here on Friday so no outside pictures

This is at the prom inside Western!!

Then here comes Saturday night in Hinton for Karlie's prom - it was still a bit chilly but at least the sun was out and not raining!!!

Morgan and Karlie - Morgan is her neighbor and also best friend!!

Had to take one with Marcus too!!

Yep - he is loving this now!!!

This was the group of Karlie's friends at Katie's house on the golf course where we took some pictures - don't remember all their names :/

Jamie took a picture of the back of Karlie's dress too - it was beautiful and she looked so nice!

Showing off their garters and legs :)

Hinton had a grand march and this was at that - they were announced to the crowd and then stopped at 4 different spots for people to take pictures and this is the one we were sitting at!! The announcer killed the name Altena - he said something like atna - we got a kick out of that. They had a fun filled weekend and now are sleeping - might take a few days for them to recover from this weekend of not so much sleep.