It's hard to believe we've been back from Holland over 2 months already. Time really does fly by and our summer has been a busy, but good one so far! I'll blog about the summer later. I wanted to post some pictures from our trip to Holland first. Maybe some of you have already seen some pictures on Facebook, maybe you don't have Facebook, either way, enjoy!
We arrived on April 2nd. It took Finn about a week to adjust. The older 2 did great.
Tys waving at pake with beppe
This was about the 3rd day we were there, the cousins got to play in the sandbox together, which was fun!
Rudi talking to my sister, Anyke.
We visited a dairy in my sisters town, that was fun!
The dairy farmers daughter, our nephew Ruben and niece Marije
Rudi with the boys
At my oldest sisters house
Marije
Eating lunch at home.
The boys enjoyed the fresh bakery bread and hagelslag (chocolate sprinkles)
Then we got to go to a fun vacation house, that was a present from my parents!
On the ferry, on the way to the museum
Fun museum for kids.
It was an outdoor museum, with traditional "old" Dutch houses and people in the traditional clothes.
Old traditional dining room
Tys and Nieko loved it.
Talking to the Dutch lady.
Picture time
Look up finn!
Our three treasures.
Eating some lunch and feeding the ducks
Tuckered out
Finn, our chocolate eater!
We visited an aquarium.
Went to the beach.
Finn was about 11 months here.
At the big sand dune.
Finn in our cute little vacation house
Finn on the beach
All 3 of them having a blast
Hungry after all that playing we ordered a pizza... We waited outside, because the boys were full of sand!
Alkmaar
Cheese market
Lots and lots of people!
Buying a souvenir for Rudi's mom
Eating breakfast (or lucnh, I can't remember :-))
This is what Tys does when I shop :-)
My mom and sister ate a salt herring...... We were taking a little break from shopping in Haarlem
At the Corrie Ten Boom museum.
The hiding place.
Doesn't my dad look adorable??
It was SOOO cold!!
Me, the boys, and my only Beppe (my dads mom)
Nieko playing with his cousin Niek!
Tys, Niek and Nieko!
Nieko, Finn and Tys!
Silly Finn with his chubby cheeks!
My mom being stylish
My sister dressed Finn in girls clothes! haha!
Anyke, me and Aly at the theather!
Me and Nieko going for a bike ride!
Jan Bert with my niece Roos and Marco with Finn (Both brothers-in-law)
Nieko and Tys at my sisters house
It was Sanne's (far left) Birthday!
Chocolate sprinkles for breakfast!
Janneke and me
Me, Margriet, Janneke & Elbrich
Beppe and the boys!
Cute display!
Rudi came back!!!!
So excited to see him again. Tys missed his dad SO much!!
Here we are in Spain! Rudi and I went and visited missionary friends in Spain for 5 days.
Main street in the town we stayed at
Alicante!
We went to this beautiful castle on top of a hill.
Gorgeous view (both Rudi and the town/ocean)
We enjoyed it very much
It was a beautiful day with nice warm weather. Holland had been pretty cold and rainy! So we were ready for some sun!
Bird
closer up
One last one of the view
Rudi's ginormous hamburger!!!!
Back in Holland! The weather had gotten beautiful over there!
Tys on the boat with pake!
Finn came too
And Rudi and Nieko too
Oh, and me too.
Sitting in front of my mom and dads house.
Finn turned one on May 25!!!
Such a BIG boy!
Having fun..
Party time!
My only sister in law (on my side of the family) Sietske!!!
A lot of people came to my hometown for a big bicycle race!
There was a lot of stuff going on. Nieko loved it as you can see... :-/
We went on the boat with all the sisters one afternoon, so fun!!
Nieko sleeping on the stairs...!
My brother and his wife live a few houses away from my parents. They have two boys, and a baby girl. The boys had such a blast playing together. Here they're having a water fight.. My brother got involved too..
Tys loved it
Baby girl, Rixt!
On the carrousel
Traditional dancers
Beppe and all of us!
My mom and dad and my sister Anyke and her husband.
Lots of people watching the bicyclists finish their 220 km race
This is the town I was born and raised, I love it so much!
On our way back to Idaho :'-(
In the airplane
Waiting in Portland.
The boys enjoying some ice cream
These next few pictures got out of order.... Not sure why!
Tys and Nieko sharing a bed
My sister Anyke spoiled the kids with a fun bike ride and ice cream!
At the beach with my sisters and the kids
My niece Roos and Finn. 2 months apart.
Our family! Without spouses and kids
Finn and Roos again!
On the boat
Having fun with sisters!!!!
Our very last night.... a sad one... as we were saying our goodbyes..
We all enjoyed a late night snack, frikandel.... my favourite!!!
Finn... here we are on our way back again!
Inside the plane. We had four seats, since Finn was under 2. The kids did very good on the flights.
Back in Boise....
Tys was tuckered out!!! But so happy when his Idahoan cousins woke him up! They'd missed him a lot!
