Dear friends,
It´s been a while since we wrote on our blog so here we go!!!
The last couple of monthes have been quiet busy. Busy at work (which is a good thing) and busy at home. Our search for a good high school for Sanne have been really succesfull. Starting next August she is going to the "Gomarus College", a Christian High School in Groningen, about 12 km from our house. Just as Thijs and me, she will ride this every day on her bicycle!!! Although it is a very big step for her, she´s really looking forward.
Everybody (except Sam, who isn´t playing volleyball) had their last volleybal matches and training and the kids ended the season last weekend, with a trip to Ameland. This is one of the little islands north of the Netherlands. With the kids gone, we had a whole weekend for ourselves!! With temperatures above 20 degrees Celsius, we decided to book a Hotel for the three of us (yes, we also took Lara with us....) at the beach in Ijmuiden, about a two hour drive from our house.
We had a great time walking,
digging holes,
walking,
sleeping (under supervision of angels.....)
digging holes,
and eating and drinking.
We were blessed with awesome weather and really enjoyed ourselves. Monday afternoon, we drove to Holwerd where we had to pick up the kids. They had a great weekend too and were exhausted. Two out of three were sleeping in the car on the way back home. After Pizza with Oma (grandma) they all went to bed and slept untill 11.30 next day!!!!! The kids only have four weeks left at school and then summer holiday!! We haven´t planned a trip yet, but one thing we are really looking forward to is the visit of Fonda (a former collegue
of Samantha). She is staying with us the last two weeks of July and we´re gonna show her the Netherlands. After that we might go for a short trip to Germany, we´ll see.
This is all the news from this side of the ocean for now. Maybe Sanne is going to write something about her new pet.........
A big hug and God bless you all. Stay in touch!!
Henk
