We dint do it

The girls left this note for Eric outside our door. 

What do you think? Are the guilty?

Surfing Lake Michigan with the Christensen's

Friday our good friends Mike and Elizabeth Christensen came down with their family to come to the beach. It was one of the best beach days of the summer so far. We had such a good time. Eric enjoyed surfing the small waves and the kids had a blast! We brought along Maren Barfuss too. 

We all love the beach!!! Carli especially loves the beach!

Then they came home to our house and had dinner and we put the kids to bed. We had a great time playing games and laughing after the kids went to bed. We are so glad the Christensen's moved from MBA school with us to Michigan. 

Checking the class list

The girls were so excited to go check the class list and see what teacher they got for this year and also who would be in their classes.They both go brand new teachers this year. I am not sure how I feel about that. I feel like the principle put them in the new classes because we won't be here all year. Hopefully they are better than last year's first year teachers. I know every teacher has to start some where, but I am just hoping is a good situation for my girls. I have had heard good things about them, so I hope that holds true. And if not I guess it doesn't matter much because we are moving to Brazil at some point this year. 

 Gretta is with her best friend Maren Barfuss which she is excited about. 

Eliza didn't do as well with having girls she knows already in her class, but she does have her friend, Kyle, from preschool last year. 

ps. We were headed to the beach.

Moving to brazil

So I guess it's not unusual for Brazilians to come to the US to shop. NPR even did a whole story on it. (See the link)  Here is what our kitchen looks like these days with all of the stuff we are buying to take with us. 

http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2013/08/14/211737003/brazilians-flood-to-u-s-on-massive-shopping-sprees

Rides at the Berrien County Youth Fair

I took the girls and our friend Wayne to the fair. Gretta got in free because she put two exhibits in the fair. Her ice cream ceramic and ceramic pot she made at art class. She got a blue ribbon and a red ribbon she was very excited. 

So we went on Thursday, which wasn't fee kid day, to go on the rides. The kids rode rides from 11:00- 1:30 non stop. Then we took Carli home and Eric came home to work from home while she napped, so we could go back from 2:00-5:00. We really got our money's worth out of the wrist bands. Plus we went back with Eric later that night, so Eliza could go on some of the rides that required her to have an adult. 

Gretta is crazy! She loves all of the big kid scary rides. Eliza is much more cautious.

Berrien County Youth Fair with Grandma

Gretta put two pottery pieces she made this year in the fair, so on Tuesday night we went to check out how they did and show Grandma Linda the Berrien County Youth Fair. The girls enjoyed seeing the horses and animals and Gretta also got to participate in the Pirate Island show. It was a fun night. 

Silver Beach Pizza

A trip to St. Joe is never complete without dinner at Silver Beach Pizza and a carousel ride. Too bad I didn't get a picture of Grandma too. We had a fun night.