So September has come and gone so very quickly that I don't hardly know where to begin. The kids are in full swing of school; Carter-3rd, Taylor-5th, and Hailey-8th. This is the last year that all of the kids will be in one location for school. I love having them all at Calvin and it has become a place that we all recognize as being "Home". They are loved and cared for there probably better than I could do myself at home. Hailey is completely independent with her schedule and responsibilities. She likes to be involved in everything and so her list currently looks like this: dance, flute, piano, volleyball, praise team, GEMS, and newspaper. Taylor has also mastered the art of taking her own schedule into her own hands, needing very little prompting from me to get her school work complete. Here current list of activities look like this: saxophone, piano, volleyball, and gymnastics. Carter has never been a fan of sitting and learning but instead prefers to be running around playing a sport of some sort. This has not made the start of 3rd grade to be very positive. He has had to buckle down and spend a lot of time with spelling, reading, and math with a LOT of prompting from his teacher and from us. His list of activities now includes: hockey, soccer, and piano. Piano being the newest for Carter this year.
I spent a full day at Mayo Clinic with Damon and Makenna to correct their heart arrhythmias. What a long day but successful for both of them!
Carter and Mike spent a late afternoon out on Lake Minnetonka to fish
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| 3rd Grade |
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| 5th Grade |
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| 8th Grade |
September 10th was Mike's birthday but it also was the day of the annual Syrjamaki Corn Hole Tournament. The Miedema were successful in both the kids' bracket and the adults!!
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| Taylor 1st place |
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| Mike and I 1st place! |
Carter's 3 on 3 team wrapped up their season with a win in the championship game!
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| Carter in the Bloomington parade in support of Bloomington Hockey |
I joined Carter for a full day field trip at the River Rendezvous
