I wanted to put these on because they are so pretty. We had the biggest snowstorm in February...this place was covered in white, beautiful snow. We had a lot of fun sledding and throwing snowballs! We had an international course here at the time, and one lady from South Africa was a bit overwhelmed by the cold! We definitely enjoyed it...the Young People made an eight foot tall igloo...too bad it melted! Unfortunately, I did not get pics of that...
Brokaar pictures!!! I am so slow...things here have been a little busy, but really, after a full day on the computer, I struggle to spend time after work e-mailing or blogging. So I am trying to do it a bit by bit...These are the last of my bragging pictures...Nathan and Rebecca are so cute!
Edwin and Flora with Nathan and Rebecca
Oma Serry and Rebecca!!
I am showing this picture to show you our new quilt! I am slow in getting this on, but Alice Allers, from my home church in Kankakee sent Peter and I this beautiful quilt and I wanted to show it to you guys! Over this winter, it has come in handy as it has been cold lately...Thank you so much Alice!
Just a few pictures from our bike ride to Hoek van Holland...what a beautiful day.
When we were visiting Peter's family in the Netherlands, we went swimming with Nathan and Rebecca (and Edwin and Flora-but they were not as much fun to play with!). We had a really great time. The kids were so funny in the water! Rebecca stayed in her little chair floating around and really like the jet stream part of the pool! Nathan was fun to watch, both when he came down the slide, and when he was playing by himself in the kiddie pool. Such happy kids!
Introducing little Anna, who was born on January 30th to my Brother and his wife, Aaron and Alysa. Everything went really well, and she already takes after her mum a bit...she was a short 19 inches!!! I guess Evan really likes her, for about 3 seconds and then is off to play! Alysa said she was feeling pretty well, which is great! Aaron got to take two weeks off to help and be around. So little Molly and little Anna have very close birthdays..only 3 1/2 week apart!
Isn't Evan sweet? what a smile....I love hearing stories about him!!!
During our trip recently to the Netherlands, we were able to spend the entire week with Peter's brother and sister-in-law and thier two kids, Nathan and Rebecca. Nathan is just a few monthes shy of 3 and Rebecca is 9 monthes. We had so much fun playing with them. Both of them laugh all the time, and are great to be with.
While we were there, Rebecca was baptized. She looked so sweet in her dress, and she managed to spend the entire day smiling. Oddly enough, my niece Molly was baptized on the same day. Below you can see that these kids love to just play...and laugh. Peter obviously got on so well, and it was great to see him playing with these kids. We had so much fun, and were able to spend some quality time in the evening with Edwin and Flora, hearing about things in the Ukraine. It was a great trip...more pics to come!
Well, Molly sure has changed in the last few week! She also has a new cousin, but more on that later....
Peter and I went for a bike ride when we were there visiting his parents in the Netherlands. It was great to bike again, especially on flat, paved bike paths. We went from Maassluis, where his parents live now, to Hoek van Holland. It was so beautiful, until the storm clouds came and we had to race how to avoid getting drenched! The bike path ran along side the Waterweg, where the Rotterdam port runs. It was fun to see the big ships coming into port. I realized that I really miss the way we traveled when we lived in the Netherlands...by bike! 
It is very possible that I have the cutest nieces and nephews! I am not biased at all either...As many of you know and some of you don't, I have a brand new neice, Molly Kay Huizenga, born on January 4, 2007 to my bother Joel and his wife Carmen. She is so cute, and I wish I could see her...Scotland is great, but there is no comparison. You can see that Lydia and Allison are getting bigger and bigger, and now they look huge compared with the new little one...
The four little munchkins!!!
Notice the fun dutch shoes for the wee ones!!! Unfortunately Hannah's did not fit so well, but Evan's fit and he walked around in them!
We got Lydia laughing and she could not stop! It was so funny....
This is Evan, the son of Aaron and Alysa....He is so much fun...he just putz around and plays all day without fail. I wish I would have had more time to spend with him, but as A and A stayed at Joel's we did not get to see him too much...I tried to make him sit on my lap, but he was not always willing.
My brother Joel's two girls, Lydia in pink and Allison in blue. Well, my brother Joel is a VB coach and I am trying to get his girls to do XC instead of VB....so I am staring early with the brainwashing...
This is Hannah, my sister's Sarah littel girl...the last night we were in Kankakee, Leah, Sarah, my parents, and a few others where just crowded around this bed and she just entertained us all! It was great...She is sometimes quite serious when she is not familar, but this night she was all smiles...what a cutie! Below, Allie is so sweet...she can be a bit challenging, but when she is sweet, especially after nap time, she is the cutest!!!
What a cute group we are!!!! This is my whole family...there are now 16 on the outside and 2 more on the inside!!! In red, my parents, Dale and Judy. In white, Joel and Carmen and Lydia is standing with Allie on Carmen's knee (Carmen is pregnant due in January). In orange, Aaron and Alysa and their little one Evan (Alysa is also prego!!!). In pink is my sister Saraha and her man, Pat with little Hannah. Leah and John are in Green and guess who is in blue??? ME and PETER!!!
I must say, the autumn here is so beautiful. All the trees are turning colors and as long as the rain holds off, we have a beautiful view. However, already the rain is stripping the trees... The temperature is droping and we were just above freezing last night...maybe it will be a white Christmas after all....
This is my friend Lindsey, who I work with in the office. Someone recently suggested I give a tour of where I work so you could see what I do everyday. I must say, I don't do dishes any more, but we helped out one night after a staff party. The above pictures is us in the dish pit...not the funnest job, but neccessary. At the beginning of our time here, I was doing dishes 2-3 times a week. What a blessing to move to the office!!!
This is my desk!!! complete with pictures of my neices and nephew! I have the funniest computer. It randomly shuts down programs, so I have learned to save and save often!!! Also, the computer itself with randomly restart....it makes for interesting days! When the computer does start, the CD drive is broken, so it makes the huge grinding sound...We are hoping to have computers donated soon...this one keeps me on my toes! You will also notice a pot of yogurt with a spoon. I eat a strawberry yogurt everymorning. Tesco's the local supermarket sells them for 8p a piece!!! I will soon publish pics from our trip to America....I have some cute ones of the family....Hope you are all doing well...Have a great day!
It is always so much fun to have visitors!!! our friend Paul came to see us in September, and we had a few days to show him around. We took him up to Cullun, and had a fun day walking along the beach and cliffs. We also walked to this great castle that was built into the side of a cliff...It is shown on one of these pictures! In this castle, you could walk up and down for 2-3 levels; it was open for the public to explore. At one level, it was quite rough footing, and if you weren't careful you'd fly out the crumbling window!! we were okay though...
We are doing well, looking forward to our trip to America and the Netherlands. In trying to wrap everything up, we are just tired and ready to be gone. In three days I get to see my family!!!! I hope you are all doing well...
