Bonnema

2010-04-27T13:06:00.000-05:00

April days

2010-04-22T11:15:00.000-05:00

Well the weather has been so nice lately we have been outside alot. Johnson loves to play outside!! When we tell him it's time to go in, that's when he gives the biggest fight. I think he would sleep on the grass if we let him!! Joy likes the weather too, she is getting better ~ and not putting EVERYTHING in her mouth.

Last week we were in Austin, Minnesota. Travis had work, so I had the kids for 2 days in the hotel swimming and then doing lots of walking outdoors, oh and also 2 trips to the SPAM museum. After we finished in Austin - we drove to Rodchester. I had a homeschool conference, so Travis had the kids 2 days in the hotel and doing lots of walking outdoors. We all had a good time, but are so glad to be home. Highlights were the SPAM museum, a nature center, parks and swimming ~swimming ~swimming!!!

I will get some photos up later.

need to update! -just photos. :)

2010-04-05T16:52:00.000-05:00

Homeschool YMCA swimming.

2010-03-25T17:12:00.000-05:00

Today was a little different for us. My wonderful sister came to watch the little ones while I took the big ones to Homeschool Co-op. Today was our YMCA swimming day. Zeke and Chloe had a lot of fun! There were lots of kids there and they all love to swim and go down the slide. Chloe was excited to spend some 'Mommy- time" she was glad to have me all to herself :)

Zeke is at a friend's house and will go to Karate from there. Chloe rode along with a friend to go to her dance class. It's just Johnson, Joy and me right now. Johnson asked for a movie--- signing time. I think Joy likes to watch movies more than Johnson.

I am soooo excited to see my sister tomorrow!!!! Marie is coming from SD, this will be the first time she gets to meet all her 4 new neices and nephews. I am especially excited to see Krista and Joy play together.

packing up

2010-03-11T14:52:00.000-06:00

okay. we are planning on going up north for a long weekend. i am trying to get everything packed.

i got most of my laundry done by lunch time, but i was hoping Joy would take a nap a little longer. i am trying to all the laundry away, pack for this weekend. John says he has to go 'potty'... most of the time he does, but sometimes he just likes to sit there??? and have someone just go with him upstairs... Joy thinks she needs to eat more... seriously I think she eats more than Chloe!!!! i found John trying to push some 'fluff' up his nose...it's raining and i am thinking what can we possible do inside for 3 days??? i keep telling myself --'this will be fun'. Zeke and Chloe have been packing for 2 days, they are SO excited. Chloe has a whole suitcase full of stuff animals..

well i haven't brought ANYTHING out to the car and Joy is finished with her "bouncy-seat" time... I am just praying she doesn't sleep on the WAY there...a 3 hour night time nap would throw her "sleeping good" out the window.

cheers for vacation.

tuesday

2010-03-09T22:10:00.000-06:00

Today katrina came over to watch the kids for a bit. it helped alot! i can't believe how many errands i can get done in a couple hours!!! Thanks katrina!!! Johnson is doing good. We can't believe how fast he seems to be learning new things. He says 'i do it' alot, he enjoys putting his own clothes on, socks and shoes. He is getting better about asking for help, before it was just a whin. I would love if he could be completely potty trained by the end of the summer... that's one of my goals. He goes 'potty' probably 4-5 times a day. He LOVES to take a bath, he calls it 'bubbles'. He always wants his 'bammies' on after supper. Oh and today he was doing some simple puzzles with Chloe, his eyes just lit up when he realized that he was putting them together. Tonight he tried some pears and strawberries. he is cute, sometimes he pretends like Chloe that he is eating his food. 'yum-yum' he will say while pretending to take a bit. cutie

I put Joy's hair into twists, it looks good--for my first time anyways, but i am sure that it isn't as tight as it could be. She is always super happy and giggly. she says 'da-da' and 'gwo-gwo', and sometimes i swear she says 'Johnson'? i think it will be interesting to weigh her in a month, one of her favorite things is to EAT! she loves picking up food and trying new things.

creations and hair...

2010-03-08T18:50:00.000-06:00

Chloe and Zeke made some 'creations' --you can see Chloe's penguin and Zeke has some gun he made. Johnson just wanted to say 'cheese' with everyone :)

I took out Joy's hair last night. Wow, it might look 'normal' here... but the back it totally not there. She likes to turn her head back and forth...I think her hair is gone because of that. she still is so cute! (at least from the front :)

Chloe has always loved to make baked pototes. i appreciate it even more now, while i am trying to get the rest of the supper on the table!

the kids are doing something on the computer... probably farmville, but Joy was enjoying sitting by Chloe and Zeke.

Well it's monday again, i can't believe how hard it is to do 'school' with the kids. Having four kids really changes how you do things in a day... or at least how you 'try' to do things :)

monday monday

2010-03-02T19:40:00.003-06:00

Today I was trying to give Zeke his piano lesson, Joy was kinda fussy.

Chloe offered to take her, within a minute she was asleep!!

Johnson was crazy busy today! We found a huge box of cars which he loves to play with. We read some books, played with blocks, and I caught him doing bellyflops onto the floor--jumping off the couch. Zeke and Chloe are getting back into their school and we are adjusting well to having four kids now, even though I really really covet sleep!!!!

Chloe just jumps right in when I need help! She is so great with them. The kids love! their bath time!!

Happy Birthday Joy!

2010-03-01T21:09:00.000-06:00

Oh my goodness! Can Joy be one? It was just a couple of weeks ago we were getting ready to bring her home. Then Chloe was so excited about having her a party, but lately it seems like everyday is a big party and everything is so new, Chloe I think is warned out of her excited-ness. Joy doesn't really know the difference what day we celebrate, so I think we will wait til this weekend. Plus she hasn't been feeling that good, such a horrible cough and she just threw up all over me. I think her cold is making her feel yucky - she didn't settle down 'til 4am last night. Lucky for me Travis helped hold her, I really don't think he helped with the other kids when they were little, but then I don't think I was this tired. I promise I will post pictures when we celebrate Joy's birthday!!!

helping out

2010-02-27T19:05:00.000-06:00

Yesterday we had to go back to the doctors to check the results for their tb shots, no concerns. It took us longer than we thought and the kids were just ready to burn off some energy. So we decided to go the the YMCA for just a bit. What fun we had. I thought Johnson might be scared of the REALLY high slide, but he was not scared a bit!! Chloe and Zeke helped get him up to the top and he would come down with a huge smile, give me a kiss and say bye-bye, see-ya later, and run back up as quickly as he could. Tonight Chloe picked out a movie to watch "santa buddies", all the kids are in their jammies and are so glued to the puppies on the screen, even Joy. Joy slept the entire night, but now I am scared because she had a 3 hour nap today! I guess we will see. Travis is not quite feeling himself, so he went up to bed already, he helped alot today even though he was not feel good.

thursday

2010-02-25T22:06:00.000-06:00

What a cutie, huh? Joy is quite happy. She is full of smiles and never stops moving! She is very determined but easily calmed. A couple of people say that she reminds them of Chloe when she was little. (which i think she still is, just she insists that she's 'big' now). Travis has taken off and went to work in WI, he will be back later tomorrow. The kids went to be pretty good, a couple of them including myself have quite a cough. I pray they all get the sleep they need!

another day

2010-02-24T21:34:00.002-06:00

Today was a busy day. We went to the doctors and got all their lab work done. Chloe was so super helpful, I don't know what I would have done it without her! They seem to be pretty healthy, the doctor looked in Johnson's nose and pulled out something pretty nasty, I think even the doctor was grossed out. Who knows how long he had it in there! I am just hopeful his nose will stop running!!! I am praying Joy will start sleeping more during the night. My mom came this morning to give me a couple extra hours of sleep, bless her heart!! Travis is leaving for business for one night, so I am going to have to do this all by self for one night. I know Zeke and Chloe will be huge helpers.

Monday, Travis came home from work Johnson came running up to Travis jumped up in his arms and said "my daddy, my daddy." too cute for words!

Zeke was playing so nice with Joy, so adorable!

Here Zeke is teaching Johnson to do the dishes.

more photos...

2010-02-22T17:02:00.000-06:00

Becky, Christy (Sara and Brice) and Joy (maranatha)

Chloe and Johnson drawing.

Travis, Chloe, Johnson and Alix (sara and brice's)

Travis, Johnson and Chloe

Sleeping Princess~ Joy Maranatha Bonnema.

Travis' Story

2010-02-22T16:45:00.005-06:00

Becky and I went thru a roller coaster of emotions starting Wed, Feb 10 when we learned our kids were on the last steps of the process to come to the states. There were a lot of people that were very gracious and helpful to us during this process. We could not have done this without them. For our own sake, we documented some of what we went thru below, and others have asked to know this as well, so we though we'd share it with you. I know it's long, I don't expect anyone to read it all, but wanted to include it for my own remembering.

Wed Feb 10:

Becky and I heard that our kids (Johnson - 3, Maranatha - 1) had appointments at the US Embassy in Port-Au-Prince.

We made last-minute travel arrangements to fly to Miami on Thursday.

Becky brought Zeke to the doctors- he complained of ear pain and he did have an ear infection. Then she brought Zeke and Chloe to her parents, the Bakkers.

Left for Cities to stay w/ Nick and Jamie. We past Brice and Sara driving on the road.

Thurs:

Jamie got up nice and early to bring us to the airport.

We flew to Miami.

In the evening, we heard that we cleared our background checks and that our kids got approval from the embassy. 2 pieces of GREAT news. All that was left was for kids to be signed out by Prime Minister, which we now expected to happen on Friday.

Friday:

We went shopping for some stuff for the kids.

We heard that Prime Minister decided he wasn't going to sign any more papers until the following Thursday. We were crushed. We debated whether or not to stay in Miami. We had a hotel thru Sat. night.

We called Grandma Marcy to find out if she new anyone in FL that might be willing to host us for a few days. She got a hold of Doug and Dorothy Bonnema (whom we never met), and they had a spare bedroom they would share with us. We made arrangements w/ them to be there Sat. night.

We heard that Sen. Amy Klobuchar was in Haiti and wanted to have a call w/ us on Saturday, along w/ a couple other couples. This gave us some hope.

Saturday:

We started our drive to the Bonnemas.

We stopped short of their house for our call w/ Sen. Klobuchar.

Apparently, when the senator was in Haiti the day before, she had an opportunity to meet w/ the Prime Minister and presented our case along w/ a couple other MN couples waiting for their kids. She said the PM assured her that there was no "moratorium" on signing off on kids and planned to continue working on Monday. He stopped short of promising anything on specific cases, but this gave us some hope again.

The senator took the time to talk to each of us on the phone and to hear our story.

We arrived at Bonnemas, they had some guests over, Ken and Myra. We had an opportunity to get to know both couples and learned that Ken and Myra lived in Venice and volunteered for Agape (the airline that delivers all the mail and supplies to COTP in Haiti).

Enjoyed some of Dorothy's pie.

Sunday:

Went to church w/ Bonnemas.

Monday:

This was the one "warm" day in FL.

Went to the community library to work remotely.

Becky went to the pool to lay out in the afternoon.

We got a call that the PM signed off on our kids. We were ecstatic.

We got a call asking if we would go to Haiti to assist in escorting our 2 kids and 2 more. Becky couldn't go, b/c her passport expired the week before.

We got a call that Travis could stay at the airport this night and flight (w/ Agape) would leave 7:00 the next morning. We shared this w/ Bonnemas and they suggeste we w/ Ken and Myra, who we just met on Saturday, since they live just minute from Agape and know where it's at.

Becky and I drove to Ken and Myra's that night, they were very open to having us stay w/ them.

Tuesday (the looong day):

Awake at 5:45.

Ken, Myra, and Becky drove Travis to Agape.

Flight w/ John and Tom (pilots) and John's wife Judy left at 7:00. The "Leap-frog" takeoff was interesting.

Landed in Bahamas for refueling.

Arrived in Cap-Haitien around 11:00.

I met our kids outside of the airport. Maranatha was sleeping. Johnson and I just looked each other over for a couple minutes, but he was willing to let me hold him and carry him from that point on.

We waited for our flight from Cap to Port-Au-Prince, which left around 1:30.

I flew in a very small plane w/ Maria, my 2 kids, and 3 other kids.

In Port we took a taxi to the US Embassy. The taxi ride was the most I got to see of the damage in PAP, it was very surreal.

The Embassy closed at 2:30, but they were told to expect us, as long as we'd get there by 3:30. We arrived at 3:30. The Haitian guards didn't want to let us in, but when we told them we were expected, they made a phone call and we got thru.

Minutes after we arrived, a woman came out asking for the passports for all the escorts. There were about 20 adoptees (including my 4) that stayed together from this point on.

The shuttle that took us from the Embassy to the PAP airport arrived at 6:30. This was the point where Maria left me on my own w/ the 4 kids. Fortunately, there were some Americans assigned to assist all adoptees, so I had some help.

At the airport we spent some time in a big military tent along w/ some military personnel. They loved taking turns holding the different kids and took tons of pictures of themselves w/ the kids (mostly the women military).

Our flight, which was supposed to leave at 8:00, finally left at 10:30. We flew out on a C-130 w/ the Texas Air National Guard.

3 Military women helped hold 3 of the kids I was responsible for, I was holding Johnson.

Right before takeoff, Johnson threw-up all over us. I had another shirt w/ me for him, but no pants, so after cleaning him up, he was wearing a t-shirt and diaper only. I did not have access to my bags (which had an extra shirt for myself) until 10 hours later. So I got to enjoy being "wrapped" in puke for quite a while.

We landed in Miami around 1:00 AM (so I guess were into Wed. now).

We took a shuttle to Customs, but the military weren't coming w/ us, so I asked some Haitians traveling w/ us to hold the 2 girls I was responsible for.

I had Johnson and Mickenson, who I had just learned, also threw-up at the end of the flight.

When we arrived at customs, some wonderful women from Red Cross were all-too willing to help w/ holding the kids. They also changed all their diapers and gave them juice and crackers and blankets.

We sat in Customs waiting for all the adoptees from the flight to get processed, this took until about 4:00 AM.

Then we took a bus to His House. His House had staff on the bus, so this was the point that I was no longer responsible for the welfare of the 3 kids.

At His House, I was able to cleanup Johnson, give him some nice jammies that they provided, and tuck him in bed (a little before 5 AM).

The director of His House was on the bus and was able to give me a place to shower and sleep for a few hours. She also gave me some new clothes to wear. It was a huge relief to get out of the puke clothes, which ended up getting thrown away.

I slept from 5:30 until about 9:30 that morning. I caught up w/ Becky who was already doing paperwork at the other side of the building I was sleeping in. She had woken up at 5:30 to drive 3 hours to get to His House.

After waiting for some paperwork to clear and the kids to get dressed and ready, she was finally able to meet them a little before noon.

After we got the kids cleared, I booked a flight for us to leave that day.

We drove to West Palm Beach airport w/ our new additions.

We got a 5:30 PM flight to Atlanta.

Arrived in Atl late, ran till we almost passed out, but fortunately, just made our connecting flight to MSP.

Arrived in MSP around 9:30, Jamie picked us up.

We drove home, and made it home at about 1:00 AM Thursday.

It was a bit of a crazy week, still not caught up on sleep... but in this case, the "end" definitely justifies the means.

2010-02-22T16:17:00.002-06:00

2010-02-22T12:54:00.001-06:00

Happiness is...

2009-02-11T21:01:00.004-06:00

2008-12-31T10:34:00.008-06:00

Happy New Year!!

October Pumpkin Carving

my pirate children -->

Chloe loves to do the dishes--

here she got Zeke to help.

Smiles.

Later,

BGMC -- Bike Day

2008-08-25T13:23:00.004-05:00

Wow!!! Thanks to all those who helped me donate $370.oo to BGMC (Boys & Girls Missionary Challenge). I had a great day on Sunday and rode 33 laps. ~ lots of miles!!!! I worked so hard that afterwards I fainted, but was really proud that I could help so much. Thanks for your money support and your prayers!! Thanks again, Zeke.

Tom & Denise Bakker * Janine Bakker * Jason & Marie Haug * Melvin & Joann Kleinhuizen *Craig & Donna Groen * Trevor Bakker * Ronn & Darlene Duininck * Gerri Bonnema * Bud & Jan Bonnema *Roger & Marcy Bonnema *Travis & Becky Bonnema * Chloe Bonnema* Jared Duininck

Mary Kay model

2008-08-20T21:24:00.003-05:00

I love doing Chloe's Make-up and she loves
getting it done! The other night we were having
fun 'Girl's Night' with our Mary Kay make-up.
She wanted to have a spa night :) So we did
everything... washed her face, put on moisturizer
blush and even some mascara!! Doesn't she
look awesome. Right before I took this picture
she posed and said 'I love Mary Kay' --I think
they maybe should make a line for girls-- wouldn't
that be cute-- they could have their own little
facials. :)

freezing corn

2008-08-20T21:21:00.004-05:00

this is the way we freeze the corn, freeze the corn, freeze

the corn, this is the way we freeze the corn so late on monday

night... :)

2008-08-20T21:10:00.005-05:00

new kitten

2008-08-20T21:06:00.003-05:00

Here is Chloe and our new kitten 'Sarafina'. Aren't they the
cutest in the world??? We love her lots--even Travis!!
She came from the Bakker's housecat- the only one of the
litter. And Janine trained her so well! Thanks Janine for
such a wonderful kitty!

Good Times

2008-07-25T13:42:00.004-05:00

Our butterfly that we raised. ~ 'Chewy'

Grandpa Bonnema and the kids -on his birthday.

Missing Ellie

2008-07-22T22:14:00.002-05:00

Some days are long without Ellie here to cheer us up. We miss her lots and wish her happiness while she is in Haiti. Hopefully she knows that we think of her many times throughout the day. Hopefully she know that when we say our prayers she is in them ever time. Hopefully she knows that when we play house (we do everyday) she is always one of the names we use for our sisters or friends or dolls or animals. Hopefully she knows we miss her kisses most of all, especially when we need a hug! We miss you Ellie. Take care. ~ Chloe

Backyard Camping

2008-06-09T09:13:00.003-05:00

here is our backyard fire. Travis had to work most of the day on Sunday--so the kids were so happy when he finally got home at 6. we thought it was a perfect night for a fire. --then we thought --why not set the tent up... we had a great time, but it's just not the same when our busy road had cars going all night.
zeke is climbing the big tree in our backyard. he would have gone futher, but the branches were too close together :)
chloe took this picture of our pond. she did a good job so I thought i would include it here. good job chloe!!
one last picture of the kids. aren't they cute? it was a great night.
i think only chloe got one bug bite. we had s'mores--they were awesome!!

Super Colorful Spiderweb

2008-06-07T21:32:00.003-05:00

This is our version of spiderwebs in the backyard.

We had great fun at Grandpa and Grandma Konings house!

They all got tangled up many times!

Hanging Around at the Park

2008-06-02T23:15:00.006-05:00

We went to Pierre, South Daykota to visit my sister Marie and her husband Jason. We had lots of fun. We went for a walk to a nearby park and the kids played on the swings and kicked the soccer ball around.

We went for a walk at the river beach. It was so nice out on Friday! The sand was freshly dragged and super soft. There were these crazy fish that we think were white bass, they were swimming right next to the edge of the water going in crazy circles. We think they might have been spawning?? There were lots of them, and Zeke that it was great that he could get so close to them.

Facebook | Katrina Bakker's Photos - Photo Booth Fun

2008-06-02T23:13:00.001-05:00

Facebook Katrina Bakker's Photos - Photo Booth Fun

This is my crazy sister!

zeke's big week...

2006-05-14T22:23:00.000-05:00

Zeke had a big week...

1. He had his Awana's Ceremony... and finished his 2nd year. At Awana's they learn
Bible verses every week and get badges. This week they had a ceremony and got awards for completing the whole book. Very fun...

2. He went to the zoo on Thursday
(Robin joined us :) ... we saw lots of animals and had 'perfect' weather!!!

3. He had his last soccer game on Saturday...
him and his buddies had a wonderful time and
recieved trophies afterwards!!!

4. He is learning to take pictures... in this one he
had Chloe make a funny face.
I think it's quite funny!

We hope you all have a great week.

Love, Zeke

Spring Time

2006-05-07T22:30:00.000-05:00

Hi all, just some new photos...

Zeke plays soccer now...he has his last game this Sat. He loves it!! sometimes Becky & Chloe have a hard time watching past Travis pacing back and forth on the sidelines--but we love watching Zeke play :)

Chloe is done with her paci and completely potty trained --yeah!!!! she is getting to be such a big girl. She talks all the time and BEGS to go 'shopping'!!!

Travis & Becky are busy with Lizards and Ladybugs selling stuff on Ebay and helping out with our new church.

We've received a couple new additions to our family. Spur and Bentley came to us from Travis' uncle and aunt. Zeke and Chloe's little puppies. They are super fun and keep the kids busy.

Today we went swimming at the corner pool, it was cold!! but very good exercise!! This week Becky and kids hope to go to the zoo for Robin's birthday. And Saturday we have a crawfish broil at Travis' work that we are super excited about!!

That's all...Love ya. Travis Becky Zeke Chloe Spur and Bentley...
---feel free to post comments we love to hear from you :)

Zeke the ebayer...

2005-12-06T20:23:00.000-06:00

Hi all,

Just a quick note about a project that Zeke has been working on. A couple of weeks ago he begged me to buy a small Christmas tree, because he wanted to decorate it and sell it on ebay!! The one he made is 'just for boys' and he has plans of making more and ideas of how to decorate them next year.

He is so excited about it. And would be just thrilled if the count in visitors would go up. If you could just go to this link and view his tree there is a number at the bottom that goes up.

click here: zeke's tree

Thanks guys. Travis and Becky

It's Fall

2005-12-03T07:57:00.000-06:00

It's Fall. Yes we realize we are behind a little, but these photos are too cute to pass up. Zeke did a wonderful job drawing out the face of the big on and the little ones (seen below). When Becky carved the big pumpkin, Chloe SCREAMED the entire time--- 'Scary Pumpkin--Scary Pumpkin'. We went to our church's kid's Carnival Night on that Friday and Zeke handed candy to those who came to our door on Halloween. He sat out there for a good two hours-- being very polite and 'serious' about his job. Travis, Becky and Chloe stayed inside most of the time. Chloe would screamed if she saw the big pumpkin or someone dressed up. Crazy girl! (We did supervise Zeke --for those who are worried we left him out there on his own!!)

The photo below is a picture of the Nasher Sculpture Gardens in downtown Dallas. We went there a couple of Saturdays ago for a Kid's Day. The photo is great uh? (The first dad and child is a Sculpture :)

Other news;

* Our church is going well. Busy --we start actually meeting here in the Colony NEXT month!!

* We're travelling to MN for Christmas. The dates are the 23th- 1st of Jan. , we would love to see as many peoples as we can so let us know if you're available or in town.

* We went camping last weekend. It was wonderful time to get out in the fresh air!! We go every year the day after Thanksgiving with Jacob and Kelly and their kids (Austin-6,Boone-5,Tag-3 and Jayden-1)--So Zeke and Chloe have a blast!!! The four boys go off exploring and we don't see them for hours. (Again, for those who want to pick up the phone and chew us out--we are responsible and we can and do know where they are)

With Love,

Travis, Becky, Zeke and Chloe

Hello Again

2005-09-15T22:01:00.000-05:00

Chloe loves to have her photo taken.

Shout with joy to God, all the earth!

Sing the glory of this name;

make his praise glorious!

Say to God, "How awesome are your deeds!"

-Psalms 66:1&2

How awesome is our God!

This week our new "Horizons" Church opens it's

doors. Please pray with us for unity for all involved and

that God would be glorified.

This past friday we celebrated with Chloe 2 years. She's been

singing 'Hoppy bird day toe choe hoppy bird day tow choeee' --so super adorable. And best of all she now says "I luv you"--with a great big kiss and hug. All without asking. ahhhhh!!!!!

This photo is at Chuck E. Cheese.

I really don't know who had more fun at Chuck E. Cheese. Zeke, Chloe or Travis?? Katie was also there to join in the fun. This past Sunday we also had another highlight, the Vikings. We were excited to watch the game at Robin and Larry's, were we also celebrated Chloe's birthday, this time with a real cake and candles. Chloe was so excited she almost started crying when she realized we were singing for her.

Photo of two funny children.

Summer days

2005-08-21T15:50:00.000-05:00

Hi everyone,

Well,Summer is almost over and it's still hot here in Texas. The photos are from a day at the beach. Well, actually it's a lake, but Zeke likes to call it the beach. His friend, in the one photo, is Gabriel, our neighbor.
The kids and Becky have been staying home for most of the week, thinking that we would be getting the chickenpox anyday. Every spot is closely examined and both kids have had fevers, but no REAL chickenpox!!
Travis and I have been taking turns helping our church-plant everynight this week. We have been going door-to-door handing out flower pots to new residents in The Colony. With our whole group we handed out about 300 pots this week!! We found people to be very grateful and some even looking for a church. Encouraging.
This week the happy couple celebrates 7 years. God has been good. Has it really been that long? Friday night Katie came to watch the kids while we went on our date to IKEA. Not the most romantic, but Becky's pick. They have really good meatballs.
For those who haven't heard IKEA opened up just 5 miles from here. Just another great reason to visit the Bonnema's in Texas :)

First Blog

2005-08-12T13:57:00.000-05:00

Hi all,
This is our new 'blog'. We will be updating with new information
as often as we can so that we can stay in touch better.
Zeke is going to be 5 this December so we decided that he needs to go to Preschool this fall. Becky will be teaching him at home and classes start this week! Chloe is quite the little princess, and she thinks she rules the house. Well she does, but we don't actually tell her this :)
Travis is starting his fantasy football soon. How can you start football in August, his wife asks?
We are trying to stay cool and keeping up with our 'daily' swimming. We go either to the lake, the pool, or just the backyard kiddie pool.