Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Christmas 2012

 Our little Christmas Elf

 Papa reading the Christmas story
 My sweet babies by the Christmas tree
 We were blessed by a church in the states that sent the kids new clothes for Christmas.
 Working on building the Gingerbread house
 The finished house
Precious baby Sela's first Christmas...enjoying sitting in Papa's arms. 

Monday, December 17, 2012

The Past Week

 It was a rough week of saying our goodbyes to the Team that has been with us this past year. It was especially hard explaining to Kees why they had to leave. We told him that they had to go be with their Opa and Oma's. He understands that we can skype and still see them and send mail like with his Opa's and Oma's. The team has been a huge blessing to our family. I will miss them so much!  Above is Austin and Amy the day before they flew out. We went with them to the Christmas market in Aachen, Germany.

 Kees rode on these cars last year and was excited to do it again!
 Here is Miss Sela sitting with Austin at Starbucks.
 We tried to brighten up the week of tears and saying goodbyes by going to pick out a Christmas tree.
 Kees had fun picking out this plump little tree and we had a nice time decorating together. I remember when I was a kid my mom getting the big Christmas box from the garage and decorating together. It is really special to now be doing the same with my kids.
By the way this is how we got the tree home...Holland style. ;)

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Kees in Delft

Friday, November 30, 2012









Saturday, November 24, 2012

Thanksgiving 2012

Wednesday, November 14, 2012






Saturday, November 10, 2012

Sinterklaas

 Kees is excited about Sinterklaas! He picked out this playhouse for Sinterklaas and Piet at the store. December 5 is when Sinterklaas will arrive in Holland.
He added a stuffed animal Sinterklaas to his collection of 5,000 stuffed animals. :)

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Car Ride

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

The Kiddos




Tuesday, October 30, 2012

 One month old baby Sela!
Kees got his very own umbrella for when we walk to school. He wanted to give it a try in the backyard.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012