Jill's Journal: Orange City, all American with a hearty dose of Holland. It’s a fantastic combination.
These are idyllic days, these beautiful days in Iowa focused on family. Great Grandpa spent part of his afternoon teaching the girls how to play Chinese Checkers on a board that belonged to their Great Great Grandfather.
My sweet cousin Kelsey showed the girls how to gather eggs! Her family added a few of yesterday’s eggs to the mix to make sure the girls had plenty to find. How sweet is that?
Kelsey with her parents, the girls’ Great Uncle Ward and Great Aunt Brenda, in the
gorgeous horse arena they’ve nearly finished building on their acreage. Ward is the aforementioned uncle in the infamous strawberry skirmish of my childhood, a fact that still provides plenty of fodder for ribbing all these years later. And I just learned today that Brenda makes the meanest apple pie around. YUM. That
should help take the sting out of Ward’s strawberry deficiency. :)
The adorable Levi, another cousin, in a photo taken by Victoria. The girls are not used to hanging out with 11-year-old boys and they think he is just soooooo cool!
Here’s Erika playing on the VERY SAME playground equipment I have so many memories of playing on in kindergarten and first grade. And goodness knows how long that giraffe was around before my time! It must be an antique.
Madelyn on more school yard equipment I remember! Wouldn’t these girls make cute little Iowan farm girls?
Jill's Journal: Orange City, all American with a hearty dose of Holland. It’s a fantastic combination. 
These are idyllic days, these beautiful days in Iowa focused on family. Great Grandpa spent part of his afternoon teaching the girls how to play Chinese Checkers on a board that belonged to their Great Great Grandfather. 
My sweet cousin Kelsey showed the girls how to gather eggs! Her family added a few of yesterday’s eggs to the mix to make sure the girls had plenty to find. How sweet is that?
Kelsey with her parents, the girls’ Great Uncle Ward and Great Aunt Brenda, in the gorgeous horse arena they’ve nearly finished building on their acreage. Ward is the aforementioned uncle in the infamous strawberry skirmish of my childhood, a fact that still provides plenty of fodder for ribbing all these years later. And I just learned today that Brenda makes the meanest apple pie around. YUM. That should help take the sting out of Ward’s strawberry deficiency. :)
The adorable Levi, another cousin, in a photo taken by Victoria. The girls are not used to hanging out with 11-year-old boys and they think he is just soooooo cool!
Here’s Erika playing on the VERY SAME playground equipment I have so many memories of playing on in kindergarten and first grade. And goodness knows how long that giraffe was around before my time! It must be an antique. 
Madelyn on more school yard equipment I remember! Wouldn’t these girls make cute little Iowan farm girls?
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