A grandpa that will never be forgotten

Well grandpa got approval from everyone that he could go to heaven and he wasn't going to waste anytime. As we were heading to Hospice House this morning at 3:30 am we got the call that grandpa stepped foot into eternity. The doctors thought he would probably live a few weeks; we never thought it would be one day. I miss him so much already and am so glad that Carter and I spent time with him on Monday. The picture I took of Carter and him was his last picture and one that I will cherish forever. My grandpa Boers passed away when I was 3 so Grandpa De Jonge is the only grandpa I remember. He was so special to our family and loved every one of us so much. I will never forget him saying that he was so proud that all of his grandchildren made Profession of Faith. I am sure he is one of the rare grandparents that can say that. He definitely lived a fulfilling life and taught us many lessons. We miss you grandpa!

Carter's first ride

Wheelchair ride that is! Today Carter and I went to hang out with Jen and since it's Tim's b-day we needed to go shopping! So I loaded Jen and Carter in the wheelchair and we headed down to where else, the gift shop! We actually had some luck finding some stuff for Tim and the PERFECT card (it says Gitty Up on it!). I told Jen she needs to take Carter (or Norah) along more often b/c everyone paid attention to him and didn't even realize Jen was in the wheelchair. One lady said he looked just like his mom! Jen and I had to hold in our laughter til we got to her room and we started cracking up b/c we assume he was talking about Jen...it was funny. Maybe you had to be there.

Carter thought he needed to nap on her bed too. He actually fell asleep until we woke him up to go for the wheelchair ride. I swear he will sleep anywhere. He loves the blankie Jen made for him and has to have that over his face and his fingers in and he is all set. Isn't he so cute? Maybe I'm biased. :)

Please keep my grandpa De Jonge (in the below post) and our family in your prayers. He was admitted to the hospital this week and moved to the Hospice house today. We hold our faith strong knowing that he will be made whole again in heaven. He has definitely been a blessing to us and him and my grandma raised 3 Christian children and 8 grandchildren (4 of which are married) and his one great grandchild, Carter. He is 80 years old and him and my grandma will have been married 60 years next year. We love him so much and are cherishing our final days with him.

And we have....

APPLESAUCE! Today Carter and I went to Grandpa and Grandma De Jonge's house to make applesauce. It took about 4 hours and we made 35 containers full. Smooth and creamy and absolutely delicious! Our secret?? Lots of cinnamon and sugar! :)

Apples, apples, and more apples!

Yesterday we went on our annual trip to Crane's Orchards to pick apples. My neighbor Rylee missed out on it last weekend b/c of the rain so she came with us and we picked up Kate, Karinda and Kylie. The three girls love to hang out. It was a beautiful day and we had a lot of fun.

Kylie, Rylee, Karinda

We spotted this praying mantis. So cool! Can you see it?

Carter did great in the baby bjorn and just took it all in.

The girls pushing the wagon full.

Rylee showing our full wagon. Overall I took home 73 pounds and Kate had over 100. Monday I am off to make applesauce with my grandma. Yum...can't wait!

Nothing in particular

As the title notes this post will probably be totally random. First off Brian is finally feeling better. He was flat on his back for about 4 days with fever, aches, cough, you name it. Women...you probably have more sympathy for me, right? :)

Secondly, here is a picture of the project that yes, I was able to complete WITHOUT the help of Jen. I definitely missed her help BIG time but I was able to manage. I created wedding programs, table tent cards, favor tags for the caramel apple favors (YUM) and place cards (not shown) for a friend of a friend. It's not the greatest picture but you get the gist of everything. Since we have great printers at my work and all the fancy cutting machines and stuff I think this is about the 6th wedding I have done. I do love doing it...its a lot of work but fun.

Jen De Witt, Lenah and I went to see Jen today so that was fun. She is doing great...as you can read from her blog. We were able to wheel her down for lunch. I want to say a HUGE thank you for everyone that has wanted to visit Jen and has been willing to pick me up and drive to help save me some money and for everyone that has been so willing to watch Carter for me. It has been AWESOME and so nice so THANK YOU to each of you!

And what post wouldn't be complete without a pic of Carter! He is getting so big so fast and he is so fun lately I just love it. I broke down and bought him a Jumperoo and he goes nuts in it and could spend hours in it. It wears him out so he sleeps great too! He smiles at everyone lately so its sticken cute...such a little charmer!

Rain, rain go away

Ugh, what a day, eh? Brian is sicker than a dog on the couch and Carter is napping so here I sit in the bedroom. Fun, fun. :) I did get up this morning and started a new workout class at Borculo CRC. My neighbor Briana came with me so that was nice. It was fun and it was nice to get up and get going this morning. And Carter was way too good to his daddy b/c he just hung out in his crib quiet as could be until I got home at 8:45! Some days I really wonder how long he would lay in his crib b/4 he would start crying! He spoils us!

My mom and I went to see Jen yesterday. We brought her a "real" lunch. She was having a good day and I just chatted with her and she has wheelchair privileges so that's awesome! You can read more on her blog.

Alrighty...guess I better find something to do around here. Don't you just feel like laying in bed all day on days like today? (besides you Jen!) :)

And she has a blog!

Yep, Jen finally got going on her blog! It is finally approved :) so Jen told me to pass the link along! It is http://www.gittyup-dehaanfamily.blogspot.com/. Jen promised she would be as faithful as I am at putting updates up...we shall see!

I am working on quite the project while Jen is on bedrest...something she stuck me with. Just kidding. I will post pics once I am done. Nothing too exciting but something I am usually her sidekick for and now its all on me!

My mom and I are off to hang again with Jen tomorrow. I think Carter might tag along for once too.

And lastly a post of our little monkey! I think he's getting some teeth in...fun, fun!