John

• Director of Wealth Management at Principal Financial Group
• First trip to the Rose Bowl
• Played softball league for church
• Led church league in homeruns
• Played softball in coed Ed league
• High ankle sprain sliding into third base, sad realization he’s not young anymore

Audra

• Crandell Family President
• First trip to the Rose Bowl and California
• Wine trip to Traverse City with friends
• Finished 2 year term on MAPS board
• 1st grade Catechist at St. Sebastian
• Girl Scout Troop 4663 Daisy Leader
• Volunteer (kindergarten and 3rd grade, Hand2hand, Reading Counts)

Cooper

• Resident Noise Engineer
• Played Upward basketball
• Eye surgery at Helen DeVos
• Lost his FIRST (and second) tooth
• Received his First Eucharist
• Turned 8!
• Played AYSO soccer
• Played Coach pitch minor for Byron Township
• Ran a mile for Dynamite Dawgs
• Started piano lessons (Has been practicing Jingle Bells, Away in a Manger and We Wish You a Merry Christmas)
• A summer of sleepovers
• Started 3rd grade
• Loves math!
• Saw the ocean for the 1st time

Bella

• Director of Coloring
• Turned 5!
• Read 1,000 books before Kindergarten
• Saw her first ballet, Snow White
• Peppa Pig Live!
• Performed on stage at her dance recital without any tears
• Became a Girl Scout Daisy
• Played T-ball
• Got ears pierced
• Jumped off the diving board
• Started kindergarten
• Learning to read
• Saw the ocean for the 1st time!!

Family

• First trip to Science and Industry Museum in Chicago
• Camp Fort Hill trip
• Strawberry picking
• Blueberry picking
• Honey Creek Resort in Lake Rathbun, IA
• Adventureland
• Tons of swimming at the Thornton’s pool
• Whitecaps game
• Fredrick Miejer Garden
• Discovery center
• Jester’s Court
• Hiking
• Beach days
• Bike rides
• Boulder Ridge Zoo
• Started the Harry Potter series
• Enjoyed the Summer Olympics
• Disney World
• Disney cruise to Bahamas and Castaway Cay
• 5+ trips to Iowa to visit our family

Looking forward to the adventures that await us in 2017!!