DAVID, ANGIE, KERI & NATHAN

State Honors Choir

2010-02-09T18:28:00.003-05:00

We are so proud of Keri! She made the state of Michigan Honors Choir!!!! After many practices all of over the state, the final concert was in Grand Rapids. That girl was blessed with an awesome voice.

Update!

2009-02-24T18:33:00.003-05:00

Things have been very busy so here are a couple of pics of the kids from the last 6 months!!!!! I am awful about updating. I have also attached a video of Keri at her Choir concert at GVSU.

Computers & Bible Study

2008-10-28T12:58:00.006-04:00

What a way to start the week. I get to work on Monday to find that our system is going to be down for at least 2 days. That means absolutely NO work can be done. Even though I have nothing to do I must remain at work in case customers call.

You are probably asking why the title of Computers and Bible Study? With nothing else to do I completed my bible study and got paid to do so. I have been struggling with getting the studies done before our small group on Thursday's. Could this be the hand of God helping me???? It feels so good to be able to have the time to read and listen to what God is telling me and not feeling rushed.

Keri and I had a conversation this morning about putting God first in our lives. Some times we forget to put God (the main thing) in our schedules first and fill the rest the space in our day with the other stuff.

So instead of complaining about the computers I will thank God for the break so I had time to spend in his word!

A boy and his Monkey!!!

2008-09-29T19:56:00.001-04:00

Every boy needs a George!!!!!

Fall is Here!

2008-09-29T19:39:00.003-04:00

With Fall comes the end of the camping season. Am I sad to see it go? Yes, but I am ready for weekends at home. The end of the camping season was fun. Sad to leave our friends, many who travel south for the winter, and others we hope to see through out the winter. We had a good last couple of weekends up there. Got to enjoy many camp fires and had 1 last camp out with my in-laws.

Camping is relaxing at the same time makes us tried.

I am ready for the jeans and sweat shirt days and the changing of the leaves.

I will leave you with a couple of pics from this summer season.

Death of a Cell Phone

2008-09-23T07:48:00.003-04:00

What did people do without cell phones????

My cell died a tragic death last night. Keri found my cell phone in the bottom of the dish water last night. After leaving it all night to dry out, the screen is still filled with water. I tried to plug in the charger this morning and turn it on...NO luck! So I am without a cell phone today and feel like I am missing a huge part of myself, sad but true!

I will be laying to rest my trusty phone tonight as I go to replace it.

Note to self: Don't but your cell phone on the counter by the sink again!!!!!

He's the Lucky One!!

2008-08-22T14:46:00.002-04:00

What a week!!! On August 15, 2008 a good friend from our old church, Wayfarer, passed away. Tim has left behind a wife and 4 kids.

Wednesday was the funeral and it was one of the best I have ever attended. The funeral lasted about 1 hr & 45 min. His brothers, sister and parents all spoke and shared many stories of Tim.

Please keep Becky, Haley (10), Cassie (8), Lanie (5) and Jediah (3) in your prayers.

All I have to say through all of this is we serve an amazing GOD!!!!

WE WILL MISS YOU TIM!

July 4th Week

2008-07-23T20:13:00.003-04:00

We spent the week of the 4th at the campground and had wonderful weather. We also started a new tradition of going into Sand Lake for the festivities.

Hold on to your kids & LOVE them

2008-05-22T07:54:00.001-04:00

I have been praying all morning for Steven Curtis Chapman and his family. See Link. http://www.stevencurtischapman.com/

Craigslist Bidding Wars!!!!

2008-05-15T10:00:00.002-04:00

OH MY WORD!!!! These are the only words that can come out of my mouth right now. David & I have been throwing around the idea of selling our sectional couch. We bought this couch 11 years ago for $100.00 from a family friend. This couch is a 5 piece Thomasville sectional. I just for giggles put it on Craigslist yesterday and within 1 hour I had 8 people want to come and look at it. Last night I took a picture and email these people back and to my surprise everybody wants it. As of this morning I have 3 people that keep trying to out bidded each other. I listed it as $150.00 and I am up to $250.00. The first guy is coming at 2:30 today, keep my fingers crossed that it sells!!!!!

Changes

2008-05-06T08:28:00.002-04:00

Many changes have taken place in the Hondorp household.

1. New Flooring in the entire house....
Which all I can say has been a nightmare! After ordering the flooring it took 3 weeks for them to come an install the laminent flooring in my kitchen, laundry, dining room and both entry's. Then 1 more week for them to install the carpet in all the bedrooms and the living room! I love the carpet and the wood floor, BUT!!!! the laminent has to be torn up and replaced since the first installer did not install properly! Enough on the floors!

2. Nathan in a BIG boy bed!
Since we took down the crib for the carpet install, David & I decided that it was time to put Nathan in a big boy bed!!! He loves it!

3. Finished the Swing Set

4. Had a fence installed in the back yard

5. Opened up the camper for the season
Now that spring is here you know where to find us every weekend!

6. And the biggest change!!!! Nathan turned 2!!!!!

I will try to post pics of all the changes soon!

Helping Daddy

2008-03-06T08:12:00.002-05:00

We are doing some remodel in our laundry/half bath and Nathan decided we wanted to help Daddy last night.

Poor Nathan

2008-03-06T07:57:00.004-05:00

Not a good month!!! A couple of weeks ago we went down to Shipsee with David's brother and family for a long weekend of fun. Friday night was a blast. Saturday came around and it went down hill from there. Nathan woke up and felt a little warm so I gave him some ibuprofen that Brenda had brought along. All day he was just not himself, the coughing started, the whining was in full gear and he just was irritable. By 6:00 it turned bad! We were swimming in the pool and Nathan was shivering so bad, but his body temp was high. I brought him back to the room and gave him some more ibuprofen to help bring the fever down. I knew deep down inside that his pneumonia was coming back. I needed his breathing machine and medicine which was at home. So I called my parents and God Bless them they drove all the way down to us and brought it for him. They finally arrived at the hotel around 8:30 and he was very warm and coughing alot. We gave him the treatment, which makes him cough even more since it breaks it all up, and then my parents where leaving to go back home. As Nathan was watching them get there coats on he decided that he wanted to go with Papa and Nana. So my parents took him home so we could finish the weekend with Keri! I am so glad to have parents like that. Well to make a already long story short, he cried all the way home, all night, and all morning until we got there. Ended up bringing him into the ER since we could not control the fever, he had strep throat along with pneumonia. So on Monday I had to bring him in for a follow up and the doctor said that we was all clear EXCEPT that now he has an ear infection.... This poor kid! But as of today he is doing much better.

1st Official Hair Cut

2008-02-09T17:14:00.000-05:00

After many months of wanting to cut Nathan's hair, we finally did it! Who would have ever thought this kid would ever get a hair cut. This is the first hair cut he has ever had and he is 21 months old.

He did not like getting his hair cut, as you can tell!!!!

Church Transfer!!!!

2008-01-28T14:24:00.000-05:00

On Sunday we were acknowledge at church for our transfer back to Corinth. Of course we all had to go up on stage in front of the congregation.

My worst nightmare happened. Nathan screamed the entire time!! Here is how it went... We had just finished singing and the bulletin said that they where going to play a video testimony and so I thought to keep him quiet I would give him some smarties. BAD CHOICE!!!!!!

Nathan did not want to eat them out of my hand, he wanted me to put them on the chair next to me. Guess what, they did not play the video! Pastor Don starts calling off the people to come up on stage. I went into panic mode!!!!! I started picking up Nathan and thought I better grab the smarties off the seat otherwise he would loose it. On the walk up the stairs I showed Nathan I had them in my hand so he would calm down, but that did not work. He managed to shove all that I had in my hand into his mouth and had dropped a couple along the way. After realizing that he dropped them he screamed because he wanted them!!!!

At this moment my face was on fire and I just wanted to hide under a rock. I thought about just letting him down but I was afraid that he would run down the stairs and back to where we were sitting.

All in all it went very well and we are very happy to be back at Corinth.

Sledding

2008-01-23T12:44:00.000-05:00

Sledding at Grandpa and Grandma's is so much fun.

As a kid I loved to go down the huge hill in the back yard but hated coming back up.

David and I took the kids to my parents to enjoy the snow. David, being an awesome dad spent the entire time outside with Keri and Nathan. I went down once, but it was too cold for me (ya ya, I know I am a wimp!!!!).

This was Nathan's first time sliding and he loved it. He would have loved to stay out longer but with it being so cold I was worried about him, so he came in earlier then everybody else. David was glad, Nathan got heavy to keep pulling up the hill on the sled.

Maybe one of these years I can get my dad to rig up some kind of pulley system to pull us up the hill!!!!!!!! Wishful thinking.

Odds & Ends

2008-01-23T12:33:00.000-05:00

Here is some miscellanous photos of the kids!!!!!
Keri on Christmas day, Nathan posing on grandma's stool,
Keri all dressed up for her Christmas program at school, Nathan trying to be like grandpa and shave,
and finally Nathan trying to fill his daddy's shoes.

I am so Sorry!!!

2008-01-10T10:18:00.000-05:00

I am so sorry for the long delay in posting.....

Where do I begin! I could write a book about the last couple of months of our life. Anyway, Thanks giving went well and Christmas was amazing!!!!

Now it is the new year and things have been good. Nathan has been very healthy so far this winter and seems to be out growing the RSV. Keri is doing awesome, she is growing up so fast. She has gone from a little girl to a pre-teen. WOW does time fly!!!

I am home today with Nathan... I got a call at work from daycare saying that Nathan thru up all over. So now I finally have time to update.

I will leave you with a couple of pics!

This is a pic of a naughty boy!!! He was throwing a fit about something and he finally cried himself to sleep.

Keri and Emma on Christmas day at Gma & Gpa Hondorp's

Nathan and his twin Uncle Joel!!!!

Nathan loving his big sis Keri.

Listen to this voice!!!!

2007-11-10T15:30:00.001-05:00

This is of Keri at her Veterans Concert. She is the second one to sing.

Keri's voice just melted my heart.... It just about made her dad cry. I am so proud of her. I have to say she was the best out of them all, and I don't just say that cause she is my daughter.

Halloween

2007-10-24T18:22:00.000-04:00

After 1 1/2 months of trying to get Nathan to wear his costume I finally succeed. I finally got him to wear it by bribing him. I told him he could go outside and play on the trampoline if he put his lion jacket on because it was so cold outside.

Here is Nathan as a sad lion!!!!

And Nathan as a Happy Lion!

And here is our Lady Gwenhyfar. Keri is one pretty girl.

The last 2 months of Info....

2007-10-16T12:58:00.000-04:00

Okay I know I have not blogged in awhile so here is the low done of the last couple of months.

We ended the summer of camping with nothing but headaches. We bought our camper brand new in May of 2007. Let me start by saying that the camper was a lemon!!!! We had every problem with the camper that you can name. I finally got sick of the problems and told Terrytown RV that I did not want it any more and that I wanted my money back. So to make a long story short...we have another NEW camper.

Keri started school and is in 6th grade. She is going through the "I don't want to do my homework" mood. If you parents have any ideas about helping them through this let me know.

Now that we are home every weekend there are many projects to work on. The big project that we are tackling right now is tearing down a wall in our living room that will open it up to the kitchen and the stairway. I have to say I feel blessed that I have a husband that is willing to take on a project like this. So needless to say my house is in an uproar and everything is covered in drywall dust. Gotta Love it!

And finally it is getting cold outside, YUCK! Last year was a rough year for Nathan. He had RSV and 3 rounds of severe pneumonia. He has already started the cough. I brought him to the doctors yesterday and they do here fluid in the lower lungs. The doctor put him back on the pulmacort and albuteral for the winter. If his cough does not go away with in the week she wants to see him back in the office. Here we go, I might as well make a weekly appointment with the doctors office.

I will leave you with a pic that my sister-in-law took. It is extremely hard to get a good pick with a 17 month old.

It's Official

2007-08-17T07:30:00.000-04:00

August 15th, 2007 - Keri is officially our daughter!!!!!!!!!!!

It has been a long road with many up's and down's but with the love of our family and the hand of our wonderful God it is done.

Judge Buck was a wonderful judge through the entire process and I feel blessed having him. The court room was filled with many people, both grandparents and David's brother and sister-in-law where also there. The judge even asked them how they felt about Keri before he made the adoption official. Needless to say there was not a dry eye in the room.

After court we all went to Applebee's for a wonderful lunch and Keri received wonderful gifts.

After lunch we made our way to Super Walmart to keep a promise that we made to Keri. We had to get rid of our cats this past week and we told Keri that she could get a fish once they where gone. So off we went to the fish department. Keri fell in love with 2 different kinds of fish and we brought them home. I will post pics of them soon.

Anyway the day was wonderful and will be celebrated every year as the birthday of our daughter.

I was to busy and confused to take pics this day. But I have to give many thanks to my sister-in-law for the pics. Brenda you are the greatest, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will post some of the pics once I get them from her.

I just want to thank God for everything!!!! This little girl has blessed us and helped us grow in many different ways. It is completely wonderful to know that we have God the loves us!!!!

MIA

2007-08-09T14:03:00.000-04:00

Okay, I know I have been aw full lately on the blog updates, please forgive me.

Here is a quick synopsis of what has been happening in the Hondorp house. We have been camping almost every weekend and loving every minute of it.

NP eating popcorn at the campground

Keri went to camp Geneva the week of the 23rd of July.Keri and her counseler at camp Geneva

We made through the anniversary of the passing of my brother. We also have the best news of all.......Keri's adoption will be finalized on the 15th of August. God is good and I give him all the praise for this. This week has been a long one with our Church's BYBC (back yard bible club). It is every night this week and the temperature has been outrageous.

"Billy Joe Jim Bob" aka Wes Smith in the opeing skit of BYBC

And these precious kids are the preschoolers that I am teaching!!!!

So there is a quick look into what is going on. I will make sure I post pics soon of the adoption.

Pics of Camping

2007-07-11T15:03:00.000-04:00

With summer in full swing and being up at the camper every weekend my bloggen has taken a back seat!

With a little nudge from a certain someone, here are some pics of our camping experiences at the camper.

The week of July 4th we both took the week off of work to spend with the kids and to of course CAMP!!!! It was a week of 1st for Nathan. First sucker, hay ride, swimming, and the worst 1st was his bloody nose!!!!!

I hope to have more pics soon.

Keri down at the lake!

Our little Patriotic Boy

Nathan's first swim

Nathan trying to kiss the frog that Daddy

and Keri caught

Pampering myself!!!!!!

2007-06-05T14:45:00.000-04:00

This Friday the 8th is my 30th b-day and I am going to pamper myself with a gift that my husband gave me for our 10 year anniversary. I have a 10 am appointment for a 1 hour massage and then a pedicure/manicure. I am kinda nervous being that I have never had a massage before... I will post later and let you know the outcome. Oh and I don't have to work that day BONUS!!!!!

Keri

2007-06-05T14:39:00.001-04:00

Keri has been keeping us on our toes lately. She has softball 2 nights a week and we love to watch her. Hope to post some pick of her playing soon. Can you believe there is only 2 more days of school. I don't know who is more excited her or me!!!! The idea of not have to get her up in the morning at 5:30 to get ready for school is got me overwhelmed with joy. I am sure she will enjoy sleeping in also.

CARDS....

2007-06-05T14:31:00.001-04:00

Nathan was caught red handed getting into a deck of cards... He was so cute playing with them. All of a sudden he realized I saw him and thought it was funny. I found him playing with them in the corner of the kitchen that is kinda hidden, like he knew he was being naughty!!!!

Summer Time & Camping

2007-06-01T12:25:00.000-04:00

Well with the warm weather and the new camper we have been camping every weekend. I love the get away from home and the work that is there. Nathan and Keri love it.

Nathan's best side!!!!

Keri and Nathan playing outside

Nathan loves the 4 wheeler that grandma and papa gave hime

Our little cabbage..... You are probably saying "Cabbage" Day Care gave him the nickname of cabbage b/c they thought he looked like a cabbage patch kid..... Therefore they call him cabbage there!!!!

Where have I been?????

2007-05-09T10:53:00.000-04:00

Where do I start!!! The last month has been very hectic. Let me list the wonderful things that has happened. These are not in order by any means, since I cannot remember the time line.

1. Sold our Pop-Up Camper
2. Bought a Travel Trailer
3. Nathan Sick/runny poops for 3 weeks
4. Nathan to the doctor twice
5. Nathan to the hospital for an Swallow Test
6. Nathan back to the hospital for an Upper GI
7. David sick for 3 days
8. Bring new camper up North to our new seasonal lot!!!!!
9. Keri softball practice on Monday and Wednesdays
10. Keri softball kick off on Sat May 4th, which happened to be the weekend we where up north.
11. Every other Thursday Keri has her counselor meeting
12. Nathan fell of pick table and scrapped up the left side of his face
13. Nathan fell out of the camper as I was opening the door (huge scrap on forehead) and then tripped over his own feet and sliced his Left eye on the handle of a drawer.
......

I can go on and on with the list but I will stop here. I am not complaining about being busy but feeling blessed that I have 2 kids that keep me busy!!!!!

This being said, you can see why I have not blogged in awhile. SORRY!

I would have posted some pics of the kids and the camper but my camera decided to not work (dead Batteries) this weekend. I will post pics soon!

Oh an one last thing... Hurray for Spring time and warm weather!!!!!

Thanks to my sister in-law here is a pic of our camper.

Nathan's B-day

2007-04-17T10:29:00.000-04:00

This Saturday marks Nathan's 1st Birthday. I am so happy that the weather looks like it is going to be nice. We will be celebrating his birthday with family on Saturday. I will post birthday pics as soon as I can. It is hard to believe that my little peanut is 1. I am going to cry.

A day in the life of the Hondorp's

2007-04-17T10:14:00.000-04:00

Where do I being!! The last couple of days have been a trial. Nathan has the flu and took him to the doctor and they are concerned that he might have more than just infant reflux. Nathan has been sick non stop and now won't take anything other than a bottle. They are going to run some tests on him with in the next couple of weeks. SPRING!!!!! It is here. Keri and David both have started softball practices yesterday. This now starts a busy spring. Keri has games/practice 2 nights a week and then David plays on Thursday's. I love to go and watch them both.

Where Have I Been!!!!

2007-04-05T07:41:00.000-04:00

Let me just start off by saying "Thanks" to Brenda for text messaging me at 10:00 at night!!!!

Okay I now I have been missing for the last month or so, but I have a good reason. I have been busy planning Keri's birthday party which was a great success. That same weekend I had a girls weekend away at a church retreat. Then that takes me to the past week. Where do I being! Nathan, my poor little guy, has a bad cold once again. On top of the cold he is teething. So needless to say he has not been sleeping well and therefore I have not either. He is starting to get better thank goodness.

Anyways I will try to post again today and add some recent pics of Keri's B-day and of Nathan.

Amazing Grace

2007-02-28T13:44:00.000-05:00

Finally, something worth taking the family to see!

Amazing Grace, based on the life of antislavery pioneer William Wilberforce, is directed by Michael Apted (The World is Not Enough, Coal Miner's Daughter) from an original screenplay written by Academy Award® nominee Steven Knight (Dirty Pretty Things).

Elected to the House of Commons at the age of 21, and on his way to a successful political career, Wilberforce, over the course of two decades, took on the English establishment and persuaded those in power to end the inhumane trade of slavery...

(the video on my blog, to the right, is from this movie)

10 Wonderful Months

2007-02-23T09:15:00.000-05:00

Nathan turned 10 months old this week and now thinks he is a big boy. We had his big boy car seat in the house this week and he loved to play in it and show us how big he is. I love to watch him grow and explore. Before I know it he will be celebrating his 1st birthday......

Court Update

2007-02-22T12:27:00.000-05:00

The next critical date for court has come. Monday Feb. 26th. This is the trial that should terminate mom's rights and allow us to adopt her. D'Anne (Keri's mom) has agreed to sign the termination paperwork and supposedly sent it in on Friday the 16th. Please pray that everything goes good on Monday and also pray that Keri accepts the adoption and understands what it means.

Baths

2007-02-22T12:16:00.000-05:00

Who is the naughty little boy that has decided he wants to stand in the bath? Hmmmm.....Nathan!! The last couple of times bath time has not been fun. Nathan gets so furious with us when we won't let him stand. So needless to say bath time is now in and out.

Kayla Update

2007-02-22T09:32:00.000-05:00

First off I want to say thank you to all of you who are praying for Kayla.

I tried to call Kayla this morning and was told by her mom that things are not going good. Kayla is having a very hard time with the depression, ADD, and being confined to a very small room. Still no seizures, which is amazing, she would usually have at least 1 every day. They have taken her off all meds and maybe that has to do with the seizures. Anyway she does not like being there and wants to go home. The doctors will not give her a release date until they feel they have all the information they need. I will update later........

Kayla Update

2007-02-20T14:40:00.000-05:00

Just talked to Kayla and she has not had a seizure yet. She is struggling with being in the hospital and very depressed. She will have to remain in the hospital until the doctors have seen her go through a certain number of seizures so they can gather enough information. Please continue to pray that Kayla's attitude and patience during this process improves. Thank you to all of you out there that are praying for her. God can work in miraculous ways and we should never under estimated the power of pray and healing.

Oh ya...a party too!!!!!

2007-02-20T14:25:00.000-05:00

Here you go Brenda!

We also went to Emma's (David's niece) 1st Birthday Party this weekend. The pic is of Emma (in the pink dress on the floor) with her cousins and friends.

Sleep over and Nascar

2007-02-20T12:16:00.000-05:00

This weekend was full of sleep overs and of course Nascar. Keri had her friend from school Sam over Friday night. They had a blast playing with Nathan and just simply being girls.

Sunday came and of course David and Nathan were dressed for the occasion. My dad bought Nathan a Kasy Kahne (Daddy's favorite driver) hat before he was even born. It was so cute to see my men in the racing hats!

Prayers.....

2007-02-19T09:30:00.000-05:00

Please keep in your prayers my niece Kayla who is 15 and is going to U of M for a week long EKG to monitor her brain waves. Kayla has had seizures since she has been 3 months old and they are continuously getting worse. They are trying to determine what the cause of them are and if brain surgery will be needed to repair any damage. Kayla is extremely scared. She is aware of the danger that the surgery can cause. Please pray that she has peace and comfort during the whole situation and pray for wisdom for the doctors to determine what is causing these seizures.

This is a picture of Kayla with Nathan on Thanksgiving Day.

9 Months

2007-02-01T19:51:00.000-05:00

Wow is all I can say. Where has the time gone. From only a dream and many prayers,to the little baby in my arms to my big man on the block, God is amazing. To have given this true miracle to us. Thank You!

At his 9 month check up he weighed in at 18lbs 4ozs (30%) and 29 1/2" long (95%). The doctor said you were healthy as can be. What a great thing to hear.

My Mischief Boy & My Busy Girl.

2007-02-01T19:34:00.000-05:00

The last month has been a busy one. Nathan has decided to investigate and destroy everything. He loves to clean out his diaper bag (shame on mommy for leaving it on the floor) .

Nathan is not the only one that has kept us busy. Keri has been keeping us on our feet also. From girl scouts to Wednesday night to church to roller skating party for school the running never stops.

I can finally say that we have gone 1 week without anyone being sick in our house. YA HOOOOO!!!! But of course it was short lived. Nathan now has a wonderfull cold.

Court Update

2007-01-09T08:29:00.000-05:00

Here is an update since our last court appointment on Jan 3rd.

The 3rd was supposed to be the trial to terminate D'Anne (Keri's Mom) rights. We got there at 9:00 and the attorneys all meet in the judges chambers for a meeting. After an hour of sitting in the hallway they came back out and said it was postponed since Keri's therapist did not show and the fact that D'Anne's attorney wanted more time to talk to her.

I guess I should have told you that on Thursday before court D'Anne called my mom and told us that she is willing to sign off on the termination paperwork.

With that said the court is now sending her the paper work to sign off on and is re-scheduling the trial. If she returns the paperwork by the trial date it will be more or less a done deal. If the paperwork is not returned then we will proceed with the trial. Our attorney did say that the judge is pushing for the termination and he did say that the extra time that this is taking right now will be deducted from the adoption process time.

I have to say that we serve a wonderful God and he has been taking care of us during this whole process. Just when we think things are getting worse he gives us a glimmer of light.....

Christmas 2006

2006-12-31T21:46:00.001-05:00

Happy Birthday Jesus!

2006-12-31T21:31:00.000-05:00

What an awesome morning. Woke up at 5:30 to open presents then headed to Ma & Pa Hondorp's at 8:00 for Christmas with them, then off to my mom and dad's house at 1:00. The kids where spoiled rotten and received so many good things. But the most wonderful thing happened that morning. As we where getting ready to open presents at home Keri asked if she could say a pray. Of course I said yes and was already crying. She prayed for all the people that were in Heaven and not with there family's. She is one remarkable little girl. God works in the most amazing ways!!!

Christmas Eve

2006-12-31T21:21:00.000-05:00

Traditions... Every since David and I have been together we spend Christmas Eve with our parents. It is so wonderful when our parents have become such close friends. This year it was very important to have them around since it is the first Christmas without my brother. My dad gave my mom a very special gift this night. It was a mother and child necklace with my brothers birth stone in it. He gave it to her and said that she will always have Greg close to her heart. Needless to say there was not a dry eye in the room.

What a week!!!

2006-12-31T21:09:00.000-05:00

Sorry for the delay in the post, but I have a good excuse.

The Friday before Christmas I picked Nathan up from my In laws. When I got there I noticed that Nathan felt a little warm so when I got home I took his temp, 101.8. Figuring that we have a long weekend ahead, I best call the doctor now. 3:30 called the dr. and they said bring him in. They did chest x-rays and figured he had RSV. So the dr. took a swap of the nose and said she would call on Saturday if positive. Saturday came and we had the Hondorp Family Christmas party and we just got home when we received the call, It's Positive for RSV. So we have had to give him breathing treatments every six hours all week long. Nathan has been a trooper through this all. He wants to just sit on mom's lap all day.

CHRISTmas is in the Air!

2006-12-11T18:22:00.000-05:00

Tis the season for Christmas tree's, shopping, cards and party's. Trying to get a picture of the 2 kids together seems impossible. Nathan and his runny nose just looks awful in the pics and Keri with the glare of the flash, needless to say I have not found a good pic yet.

We also had the Burgess X-mas party on Saturday and Nathan and Emma looked so cute. Emma loved pushing Nathan around in his walker. This was Nathan's first time opening a present. He Loved It!!! He was so excited when he opened the gift.

1st's

2006-12-03T18:09:00.000-05:00

This entry is the of first's. Nathan had a busy couple of weeks. His first Thanksgiving, the first time he held his own bottle, heard the word "NO NO", and of course the first snow fall. Nathan is now 7 months old and become a very smart little boy. He has learned to do the army crawl and can get any where he wants. Sorry I have not blogged in awhile but things here in the hondorp house have been busy. For those of you who have not heard our court date for Keri was moved from the 27th of Nov to Jan 3rd. Keri's mom has asked for a court appointed attorney
and so they had to move the date. According to

our attorney the outcome should not change and

hopefully we will be able to adopt Keri in June.

What's for Dinner?

2006-11-21T18:17:00.000-05:00

Nathan decided he wanted to wear his supper instead of eating it!

Halloween 2006

2006-11-01T12:35:00.000-05:00

Get Your Own! | View Slideshow

Fall Leaves & Pumkins

2006-11-01T12:07:00.000-05:00

We found the other day that Nathan does not like the leaves. We attempted to take some outdoor pics, but they did not go as hoped for. The minute that we would put Nathan in the leaves he would start to scream, so we tried to take the best pics possible. Keri also craved her pumpkin for Halloween!!!

Keri

2006-10-26T20:03:00.000-04:00

I can not belive but Friday Oct 27th is already hear. You are probably asking what the signifigance is about this date. It is our next court date. There has been a roller coater of emotions within the last 12 hours. We have been pre-warned of certain things that will happen and it makes us a little nervous. Please keep us and especailly Keri in yours prays. We are trusting that God will make sure that Keri is placed with us for ever.

Mini Van MOM!!!!

2006-10-26T19:55:00.000-04:00

I can know officially say that I am a Mini Van owner! Who would of thought that we would own a mini van. I have to say that I love it. It is so nice to be able to transport more than just our immediate family in a vehicle. Stop your drooling Brenda your time will come.

Nathan and his Cuz (Emma)

2006-10-26T19:37:00.000-04:00

Nathan had his cousing over on a Saturday to hang out and play. They look so cute together. Emma was so fascinated with Nathan's ear that she would not leave him alone. I think she is just jealous of Nathan's ears, she wishes that she could have Burmania ears too. LOL!!!!!

Look I am Sitting!!!!

2006-10-12T19:12:00.000-04:00

We are very excited to say that nathan sat by himself last night for the first time. He loved his toy basket such much that he wanted in it. What a ham.

Little Monkey Boy!!

2006-10-12T19:06:00.000-04:00

Thanks to Grandpa, Nathan is known as son of monkey boy! David's dad one Christmas gave us some nice chairs and put our name on the back of them for us, except on the back of David's he put Monkey Boy. Ever since the monkey boy name has stuck. I seen this outfit this past weekend and had to get it for his Grandpa!

Klackle Slide show

2006-10-09T10:22:00.000-04:00

New family Tradition

2006-10-09T09:37:00.000-04:00

On Saturday David and I took the kids along with his brother, wife and Emma to Klackle Orchards in Greenville. It was so much fun. We pulled in and were amazed at the size of this place. I though that we would only be there for a couple of hours, but it turned into 5 hours!! We rode the giant pumpkins to the pumpkin field where we picked our own and also took a wagon to the apple orchards to pick fresh apples, YUMMY!!! At the end we went through the corn maze, what fun. I had stayed back and feed Nathan while David and Keri went in. The guy working the maze said if you are good it should only take 30 minutes, well it took them 40 minutes, which I guess was not to bad. We could not have asked for better weather and a good time. I think we have started a family tradition!

Indian Summer

2006-10-03T18:36:00.000-04:00

What a beautiful night to spend outside. David mowed the lawn, Keri climbed the tree and Nathan watched us from his high chair on the deck. Sometimes it seems like the house work is never done.

Nathan's Mote

2006-09-21T18:30:00.000-04:00

It must be a boy thing...they have to control
the remote. When ever I have Nathan on my
lap and have the remote he wants it.
It must be something that he inherited from his dad!

2006-09-20T18:53:00.000-04:00

OH MY....

I almost forgot the famous Grandpa eating the wonderful fair fries!!! What would we all do without a grandpa like this. Gotta love em!!!!

2006-09-20T18:03:00.000-04:00

COWS, HORSES, FOOD AND FUN...

What could it be? Allegan County Fair.
We went Thursday night to the fair and
took Nathan for the first time. He was the
best little boy ever!!! He was so fascinated
by the lights and the movement of the rides that he almost missed his last bottle. Yeah right!! A Hondorp miss a meal, now that is funny.

Keri loves rides and of course
she is living with people who
cannot stand them... In the end she finally talked grandma into going on the Ferris Wheel with her. Better grandma then me!!! In the end we loved the farm animals and of course the best part FAIR FOOD !!!!! In the end Nathan had so much excitement that he fell fast asleep!

2006-09-14T09:33:00.000-04:00

SICK.....

Well you sure can tell that fall is in the air or that you now have kids back in school. The wonderful world of colds is here and is staying for awhile in the wonderful House. I have been feeling the tickle in the throat for a couple of days now and now David and Keri are starting to feel icky! Wonderful.

2006-09-10T16:37:00.000-04:00

Colds, Football and Baths...

My vision of Nathan never getting sick was shot down this weekend. Thursday night Nathan woke me up with the sounds of throwing up. He know has a wonderful cold and is miserable. Needless to say I did not get a lot of sleep last night so I gave dad the duty of taking care of Nathan while I caught a nap. Can you guess what they watched on TV, you got it FOOTBALL. David is starting Nathan off at a young age.

After a night of throwing up of course Nathan needed a bath. He loves his baths.

I have to say that I can now know what it feels like to be up with a sick kid all night long!

Labor Day Weekend

2006-09-10T15:53:00.000-04:00

We spent Friday and Saturday at Grandma and Grandapa Burmania's camper in Cedar Springs. Keri and Nathan love to sit by the fire. They also had halloween weekend at the campground and all the kids dressed up in the costumes and went trick or treating.

2006-09-06T12:32:00.000-04:00

Pretrial and First Day of School

The pretrial is done and over with now. We did not find any more new news than we already new. The next court date will be the actual trial where her mothers rights will be terminated if every thing goes as planned. I the one thing that came out of this yesterday is that David and I will have to become licensed foster parents.

I feel so bad! I forgot to take pics of Keri on the first day of 5th grade. What a bad mom! Anyway she seemed to enjoy being back in school as of right now that is, let me ask her that in a week once the homework starts coming in!!!

2006-08-31T11:19:00.000-04:00

Court Date

Just found out yesterday our next court date is Sept. 5th at 9:00. This is the pretrial to the termination of Keri's mom's rights. Please keep us in your prayers.

2006-08-31T11:06:00.000-04:00

Camp Geneva!

What a wonderful place. Keri went to camp again this year and loved it! The camp was very good to us since the week Keri was to go was the week of her dad's funeral. She eventually went August 7-11 and had great weather. The theme this year was "The incredible's" and that God is our ultimate HERO. Amen to that!
Keri is in the front row on the left side. http://www.campgeneva.org

2006-08-30T10:57:00.000-04:00

The wonderful 4 month check up...

Nathan had his 4 month check up yesterday. He is weighting it at 15lbs and 8oz and is 26.5" long. The doctor said he is 50% for the weight and 90% for the height. David was happy to hear the height percentage. Seeing that Nathan got sick off the 2 month shots I had planned on him getting sick with these, but thank God all he got was a little fever. The fever did not dampen his mood at all. Last night he was full of giggles and he is happy as can be today. I do have to say that this little boy has the best pain tolerance, he literally cried for 30 seconds after the shots yesterday, he must get that from his Dad!

Keri also had her med's check up yesterday and they have decided to put her on adderal for a while to see if that helps with the compulsivness that he has been experiencing.
I have to say that with everything that has happened in her life in the past month she is a great kid and is taking it like a trooper!

2006-08-28T14:20:00.000-04:00

The latest on Keri!

Okay we had our court appearing on Friday and found out that the state is now getting involved in the case. They have filed charges against D'Anne (Keri's Mom) for abuse and neglect and want to terminate her rights. Keri has been placed with the Dept of Human Services and they enturned placed her with us. She is actually a ward of the state until her mother's rights have been terminated and we can then adopted her. This whole thing can take any where from 6 months to a year and a half. Please keep praying for us.

2006-08-24T14:50:00.000-04:00

Alright I cannot believe I am doing this! Anyway since we have our new computer on its way I thought I better start a blog to be able to keep family and friends updated.