Monday, December 19, 2011
Merry Christmas!!!!
We wish everyone a merry Christmas! We're doing great! The weather here has been cold, but beautiful! No snow yet. Maybe a white Christmas? Yesterday morning was the children's Christmas program at church. The kids did so good! Last night was the candlelight service, which was beautiful!
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
The three amigos
Wow, it's been 2 months since I updated... oops!
Well, little Finn is already six months, has two teeth, is starting to eat solids, en is rolling like crazy! that's what's new with him. He now weighs 18lbs. He's growing just like his brother Tys, who weighed the same at that stage. Nieko weighed 16lbs when he was 6 months.
Nieko is mostly learning how to talk. He's almost 2,5 and doesn't talk a whole lot yet, but he's learning every day. He's such a sweet boy. Tys talks so much that maybe he doesn't feel the need to. Or it could be the whole bilangual thing that slows him down, I don't know. But I do know that he understands both languages.
Tys is 3,5 and just getting to be such a big boy. Him and Nieko are real friends and play together a lot! Of course they pester each other too.... that's just part of it. Most of the time they have fun though. Tys is getting real good at doing puzzles. He's starting to like doing crafts a little more. Which can be a little challenging, with the other two little guys. But if it becomes a mess... oh well, we'll just clean it up again!
Rudi is doing good, staying busy on the dairy. The harvest and planting etc is all done, which is nice. Yesterday Peter helped us trim our big sycamore tree. There were quite a few dead branches that we wanted to remove. The tree now looks beautiful again, and the yard is full of branches! It amazed me how those branches seemed so small when they were up there, but as soon as they hit the ground, they were huge!! We've got quite a pile!
Other than the work on the dairy, Rudi stays busy helping out with Love INC and our church. Oh, and with the kids of course. He's a great dad to the boys and such a help to me!
I'm staying busy as a mom! There's always lots to do around the house and taking care of the boys is a job in itself. I wouldn't trade it for anything though!
I went on a wonderful ladies retreat, which was so nice, it was very refreshing and encouraging. It was just what I needed. God is so good to us, and we feel incredibly blessed!
We're planning on going back to Holland in the spring! We haven't bought tickets yet, but we're so excited to go. The boys see my parents on skype, and Tys actually thinks that Pake Jacob and Beppe Jelly live in the computer. I show him on his globe where they actually live, and that we're going to go on an airplane to see them! He seems to like that idea!
Well, that's about all that's new here. If I don't blog again before Christmas, I want to wish all of you a wonderful, blessed Christmas season!
Well, little Finn is already six months, has two teeth, is starting to eat solids, en is rolling like crazy! that's what's new with him. He now weighs 18lbs. He's growing just like his brother Tys, who weighed the same at that stage. Nieko weighed 16lbs when he was 6 months.
Nieko is mostly learning how to talk. He's almost 2,5 and doesn't talk a whole lot yet, but he's learning every day. He's such a sweet boy. Tys talks so much that maybe he doesn't feel the need to. Or it could be the whole bilangual thing that slows him down, I don't know. But I do know that he understands both languages.
Tys is 3,5 and just getting to be such a big boy. Him and Nieko are real friends and play together a lot! Of course they pester each other too.... that's just part of it. Most of the time they have fun though. Tys is getting real good at doing puzzles. He's starting to like doing crafts a little more. Which can be a little challenging, with the other two little guys. But if it becomes a mess... oh well, we'll just clean it up again!
Rudi is doing good, staying busy on the dairy. The harvest and planting etc is all done, which is nice. Yesterday Peter helped us trim our big sycamore tree. There were quite a few dead branches that we wanted to remove. The tree now looks beautiful again, and the yard is full of branches! It amazed me how those branches seemed so small when they were up there, but as soon as they hit the ground, they were huge!! We've got quite a pile!
Other than the work on the dairy, Rudi stays busy helping out with Love INC and our church. Oh, and with the kids of course. He's a great dad to the boys and such a help to me!
I'm staying busy as a mom! There's always lots to do around the house and taking care of the boys is a job in itself. I wouldn't trade it for anything though!
I went on a wonderful ladies retreat, which was so nice, it was very refreshing and encouraging. It was just what I needed. God is so good to us, and we feel incredibly blessed!
We're planning on going back to Holland in the spring! We haven't bought tickets yet, but we're so excited to go. The boys see my parents on skype, and Tys actually thinks that Pake Jacob and Beppe Jelly live in the computer. I show him on his globe where they actually live, and that we're going to go on an airplane to see them! He seems to like that idea!
Well, that's about all that's new here. If I don't blog again before Christmas, I want to wish all of you a wonderful, blessed Christmas season!
bye!
Trip to California
We traveled to california the end of october, for Rudi's cousins wedding. Jeremy and Marissa's wedding was beautiful!
We also got to see lots of relatives. Rudi's grandparents had never even met Nieko or Finn! So it was about time we went.
We had a great time. It was a quick trip. The boys did great traveling.
Rudi, grandpa and our boys
New facility at MJC. We happened to be there the weekend of the heifer sale. The boys loved the HUGE sandbox and tractor!
The newlyweds
Grandpa and grandma meet nieko and finn for the first time!
some cute snapshots!
Friday, September 30, 2011
The last month....
It's been a while since the last post... I finally made some time to upload these pictures and share with you what the last month has been like!
At the beginning of this month we made a trip to the Oregon coast. Rudi had to judge a fair in Walla Walla, WA. And so we decided to make a little trip out of it.
It was wonderful, we had a blast. The boys especially loved playing on the beach. They did very well sleeping in the hotels!
When we came back we decided it was about time to move Finn out of our bedroom. But in order to do that we had to move Tys and Nieko into their new room. So we put the bunkbeds together and decorated the room with our ikea purchases! They love their new room and are doing very well sleeping in the bunkbeds.
Finn moved from the cradle to the crib, and from our room to his very own room. He's doing well and actually sleeps much better during the day. He takes actual naps now, which is wonderful!
Finn is four months already and just growing and he's as healthy as can be!
enjoy the pictures! (they are in the wrong order, sorry!)
At the beginning of this month we made a trip to the Oregon coast. Rudi had to judge a fair in Walla Walla, WA. And so we decided to make a little trip out of it.
It was wonderful, we had a blast. The boys especially loved playing on the beach. They did very well sleeping in the hotels!
When we came back we decided it was about time to move Finn out of our bedroom. But in order to do that we had to move Tys and Nieko into their new room. So we put the bunkbeds together and decorated the room with our ikea purchases! They love their new room and are doing very well sleeping in the bunkbeds.
Finn moved from the cradle to the crib, and from our room to his very own room. He's doing well and actually sleeps much better during the day. He takes actual naps now, which is wonderful!
Finn is four months already and just growing and he's as healthy as can be!
enjoy the pictures! (they are in the wrong order, sorry!)
This is at Cleo's museum (by Dan's Ferry in Melba)
If you've never been, I highly recommend it, fun for the kids too!
Nieko found the troll underneath the bridge..
The peacock is the boys' favorite at the park!
see here their new room
Finn is happy in his new crib
This is on the way home from our trip. They're watching a dvd, but Tys wanted to watch it in 3D!
Portland zoo! If you're ever in the area you should go, it's a fun zoo!
This was at Cannon Beach, OR. We had such luck with the weather, it was just beautiful!
We visited the aquarium in Seaside
And Tys got to hold a starfish!
And we got to feed the seals
biggest sucker they've ever had!
And we visited Tillamook cheese!
The hotel in Seaside didn't include breakfast, but we had brought some bread and nutella, and that worked out perfect!
Seaside, OR
Finn had a good time as well
The beach was definitely the most fun for Tys and Nieko! They had such a good time!
Seaside was fun!
love this!
Nieko having the time of his life, the biggest sandbox in the world!
Tys was convinced that there were a lot of dumptrucks that brought all the sand on the beach.
Tys about to water the grass
Tys sleeping under his crib, before he moved into the top bunk
Nieko playing with his dumptruck
At the fair in Walla Walla, which was great!
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