Muskegon Weekend with the Nickel Family

To celebrate the start of our school year, we did a weekend getaway with the Nickel Family in Muskegon, MI. We had such a fun time together!! The kids all get along so well and we stayed up late playing cards and talking every night. Here's our first night on the beach...

The kids played on the beach playground a few times each day. We were the only ones around and felt like we had the whole place to ourselves!
Lucas, enjoyed watching the sunset with all of us and loved being in the baby swing. He did so well on our weekend away.

We took a walk on the boardwalk on Saturday morning.

Ryan and Mark led our families in devotions each morning. The kids made Smore's to show how families stick together through both good and bad times.

We wish we could have stayed longer....it was such a relaxing and fun time together!

Babies Having Babies!

It seems like yesterday that my brothers and I were building forts in the kiawe forest, shooting bb guns at GI Joe stick figures, and goofing off til the wee hours of the night.

Now we're all grown up with families of our own. This summer, we ALL had babies!!

Jon had his 4th....Aysen Asato.

We had our 3rd...Lucas Husted.

And Davin had his 1st MIRACLE baby....Sophia Asato. A incredibly healthy girl after mommy Marissa survived heart bypass surgery during her pregnancy.

We went from 3 kids to 3 kids, 3 spouses and 8 grandchildren...16 now in the Eddie Asato family. What a blessing from the Lord!

Family Camp!!

We spent Labor Day weekend in Hastings, MI at Trinity's Family Camp!! It was SOOO much fun!! The girls loved living together in our cabin, playing all day with friends, chapel in the morning and evenings and always having something fun to do!

This may be our last warm weekend of the summer!! Sunday morning we celebrated with those being baptized!

This is "granny". The girls absolutely loved her and the funny skits she did everyday!

Kids Schedules!

Today, I took pictures of the kids doing their daily activities like waking up, eating breakfast, getting dressed, etc and posted a visual schedule on the fridge.

We re-arrange the days activities first thing in the morning and put an arrow where we are in our day. The girls love looking ahead to see if they are taking a nap in the afternoon or skipping their nap to go to the pool.

All day long, they move the arrow to the next activity and remind me when we got off schedule. It was fun to see them put their shoes on and load the car without being asked. The girls thrive on schedules and predictability!