Lots of pictures!

Hello!!!

Here is another update from Bolsward, Friesland, Holland!!!

We are doing great and having so much fun with our family here!

We've had a wonderful Christmas.

For those who haven't heard or read it yet;

We are expecting another baby!!!

If all goes well, he or she will arrive the end of June!

We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!!!

Enjoy all the pictures!

This was the first time I met my nephew, Dirk!

Me and my sisters (one is missing)

Me, my sisters and Naomi, my younger sisters friend.

Tys in the straw

Me and my sister Anyke and our boys, by the nativity scene!

Tys eating ice cream!

Tys by the Christmas tree!

Rudi and me!

Tys in the studio!

Tys and Rudi in the studio

Me and Robert ten Brink (he's the presentator of "All you need is love")

Me and Rudi by the very famous "All you need is love" bus!

Tys in his suit, he borrowed that from his cousin, Dirk! Isn't it cute?

The signs we had on our car on the way to the studio! (they say; "We are on the way to All you need is love!")

The whole family with Robert ten Brink

Tys with Robert ten Brink

Another one of Tys by the Christmas tree

Sooooo cute!!!!!!

With my mom and dad in the studio

Another one of us... they had beautiful photo oppurtunities in the studio!

Here you can see all the poeple in the studio!

It was a lot of fun!

On the way to the studio!

On Christmas eve the church organized a "Christmas walk". It was very beautifulk with candles in little jars all along the way. I sang in a little choir, and the people that went on the walk stopped by us to hear us sing! It was very fun! (and cold too...)

Dirk and Tys!

High Five!!!

Tys in my mom's old carriage, going for a walk! See the signs on the windows?

We're in Holland!!

We arrived in Holland Thursday the 18th!
Three weeks ago a lady from Holland called us. She works for a reality TV show, it's called "All you need is love". She asked us if we were interested in coming to Holland for Christmas to surprise my whole family!

My sister had sent the show a letter in october asking if they could reunite us, because we miss each other so much! They told her that they have so many requests each year, so they couldn't do anything for her.
So it was a total surprise, and when the camera crew and Rudi, me and Tys arrived at my sisters house, they were so surprised!! It was amazing!

It is great to be back here in NL and to be with my family. It is going to be a great christmas season!

We'll keep you updated!

Tys in my moms kitchen!

Tys and all his boy-cousins in Holland

from left to right; Ruben Jan, Dirk, Mike, Tys and Jesse!

Dirk and Tys on Rudi's lap

Anyke is the sister who wrote the letter, she is Dirk's mom.




This is the very moment I walked into the livingroom, where the whole family was gathered together. They were shocked to see me ofcourse!

Christmas is coming up!

The view from our kitchen window!

Tys in his Ikea bath tub! He loves it!

At the aquarium in Monterey!

I know it has been a while! And I can't believe how fast the time is going! The last message on this blog was November first! But it feels like it was just a week ago! And today is already December 16th!
We have been busy, but not extremely.. just nice!
The end of November we went on a De Winkle trip to Monterey. It was so much fun! We all sat in the spa together and we went to the aquarium and saw the ocean in cannery row! It was beautiful! We had a blast all together. We celebrated Thanksgiving at Cory and Katie's house. With Dirk and Molly and Arie and Katie's and Molly's parents. It was a lot of fun and the food was outstanding!! Amazing!
Last week Thursday and Friday we were in Salt Lake City with Justin, Siska and Logan. There was a DFA-Young Cooperators conference. It was fun and we learned some things, but unfortunately Tys got sick. He was throwing up and not so very happy.. Poor guy... It only lasted for 24 hours, so that was good. And Saturday he was just the old, happy Tys again!
He is in the process of learning how to crawl! He has four teeth already, so I bought him his first toothbrush and yummy fruit flavored toothpaste! (save for babies ofcourse!)
This morning he woke up from his nap, so I went to go get him. And I was surprised to find him sitting up straight in his crib! Now it's really time to lower that mattress!
It seems he's learning something new every day!

Well, the winter finally came! There's a bunch of snow and it's about 20 degrees today! COLD! So, Rudi stays pretty busy with this kind of weather! Me and Tys just like to look at the snow through the window! :)

Some other exciting news is that Peter and Miriam are expecting another baby in June 2009!

I will try to update the blog more often! Hopefully even before Christmas! Keep checking in and don't hesitate to leave a comment!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!