zondag 7 juni 2009

Nice weather

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

2 opmerkingen:

mamma james zei

Its always good to get an update from you guys! Samantha, your name comes up almost daily! Our class just enjoyed a wonderful lunch on a clear day at the tower, thanks to you. It was really wonderful. Well I can't have a dog for a pet, so when I went to BC for Peter's basketball nationals (which they won) I picked up two red eared slider turtles! They are fun. Then last month I found a horse!!!!! She is boarded (cheaply) just 3 km from me so I see her most days. I just found a horse trailer too (cheap) so I can go to Three Hills to ride with my daughter or she can come down and ride with me. I'm a happy lady. Now all I need is a truck so I don't always have to borrow theirs.
Remember how tired we were last June! Well, yep, its that time again. But Meredith has lots of field trips planned.
Take care
Char

rena zei

Hi Nijeboertjes,

Short message from Victoria, BC. We arrived here in May 2009. We lost your contact information. Luckely we found your blog today!

Our emailaddress consists of our first names with "and" in between @shaw.ca.

Remember his name comes first and has two b's in it.

Hope you can solve this puzzle and hope to receive an email from you.

We're happy to know you are all well!

Take care,
The ex-Muiderbergers