update from Sam

Hello everybody,

It is time for me to write something. But most of all..... to send you some pictures.

Let me start with the birthdays we celebrated.

Sanne turned 12 years, Thursday the 5th of March (she is almost as tall as I am).

She is doing fine at school, has a lot of friends and likes to play volleyball. Next year she is going to junior high. My 'little' girl is not a little girl anymore........

Of course Henks mom (and my parents) came for some birthday cake (and because of the fact that my parents live in the middle part of Holland, they stayed for a couple of nights).

We went to a pancake restaurant on Friday and the next day........party time again!

Daan turned 9 the 7th of March. We invited a lot of friends and family. I think that’s one of the differences between Canada and Holland. Celebrating birthdays!

He invited 7 friends over for a birthday-party.

Sanne and Thijs organized the whole party (yeah!!!! Note; I really dislike organizing kids parties).

Daan on a racing track.....

We ended that day with...pancakes!

It is spring!!! OK, we still have a lot of rain over here but sometimes.......SUN.

That means that we all jump in our (little) car and go for a walk.

Last weekend we took Lara (she is such a sweet, beautiful, stubborn dog) for a long, long walk.

The weather was beautiful and we (Lara included) had a lot of fun.

I must say, I really enjoy being back in Holland. I like my job, love to spend time with friends and family, ..... This is home for me!
That doesn’t say that I’m not curious about you all. Sometimes I wish that Canada was just a couple of hours away from Holland. That we just could get together for a weekend, do some talking, some laughing, just spend some time together and then go back to our own place.

But..... it isn’t. And I’m not a writer (in English), or caller......

For now; a big kiss from me, to all of you.

Gods Bless! SAM