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Extended Family Holiday Weekend

Memorial Weekend With The Family – 2017

Had a great extended weekend with the family. Loved having the extra day and enjoyed many fun activities. It started Friday night with my wife and I renting and watching The Shack. Saturday was a busy day starting off with the HWI group run followed by getting supplies and materials to build a deck out back. On Sunday we enjoyed a great Sunday message as a campfire with the family, mother in-law, and father in-law. Monday we had a great morning at the Jenison Memorial Day Parade with the kids. Mom (i.e. Vanessa) was in the parade for the Saturday Slip & Slide so Dad (i.e. me) was in charge of getting the kids a good spot for candy collection. 😉 We wrapped up the rest of the day working on building a new floating deck next to the garage out back, followed by dinner at the newly remodeled Pizza Ranch in Hudsonville. Sad to see the weekend come to and end but have to get back to the routine, at least until summer hits.

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