Nate graduates!

May 29, 2008 Nathan Daniel Wiersma graduated from Holland Christian High School as an Honor Student! Nate is Tracie's boyfriend and will be joining her next year at Calvin College majoring in music.


Nate received the following scholarships and grants:

Calvin College Applied Music Scholarship
Calvin College Honors Scholarship
Holland Youth Advisory Committee Recognition
Michigan Competitive Scholarship

Here is Nate with his parents.

He was all smiles at graduation.

Video of the main event! (This is for Tracie - who could not be there to share Nate's day as she is currently in France for a choral competition with her Calvin College Capella Choir.)

Bee Business

For the past year Greg has been trying to raise bees with our neighbors Jimmy and Gene. Greg is the one in the white suit and bee hat...Jimmy and Gene don't worry about getting stung.

Here is a video of them transferring bees from a hive the retrived from an old burned house.

Wall words

Tulip Time 2008

Kinderparade on Thursday - Ellisa is in center with purple Friesian dress and 2 braids. Shawn and Derek getting ready to march in the Muziak parade.

Amy on Mintse 384 Sport - getting ready for his first parade in the U.S.A.

For the last 10 years Jacobus Bus has come with his wife Nel all the way from Pennsylvania with his team of horses and joined our family in the parade. This past January Jacobus went to be with the Lord. His grandchildren, daughter and son-in-law and Nel still came this year to join us with the team.

Clean up crew getting ready.

Nate marching

Here we come!

Tracie and Sara

Amy riding the great Mintse...the crowd favorite!

The Bus family

Clean up crew is prepared to stop when needed and do some scooping

Derek marching

Shawn marching

Nate and Tracie's banquet

April 25, 2008 Jr./Sr. Banquet

Newly decorated house

Well we redid some of the house recently. 6 new outside lights. We repainted much of the main floor... the entry way, up the stairs and the main floor hallway are now Rosemary.

New light in the entry way above the stairs.

New light above the dining room table. The kitchen, dining room and part of the living room are now Chestertown buff (gold).

I finally have the Dutch Lace I purchased in the Netherlands 10 years ago hanging on my windows.

The east wall in the living room is now Blackberry (a deep purple)

I watch Tanner (Sara's baby) when Sara is at Bible study...he posed in some pictures. Notice he has a cast on his left leg...he has a broken tibia.

It feels like we have a new house!