Back

 We are back! We had a nice time at the conference. It was a very beautiful location in the hills of Germany.

 As soon as we got there Kees spotted the playground! We spent a lot of time here. :)

 A beautiful old cottage on the campus grounds. Love the heart shape on the windows!

 We enjoyed exploring on the break. We found these little deer...Kees was being a protective big brother to Sela.

 My sweet Kees. He had a blast! They had a great kids program and he had 3 other boys his age to play with.

 Sela on our walk. Always a content little lady!

 The Netherlands flag at prayer time.

 Kees and his buddy Max. They became good friends. Max and his family are missionaries in Sweden.

 I got a chance to head up a worship art station at the creative art evening. Painting with Sela! :)

 Kees singing with his class!

 The Netherlands team!

Sela was happy to play in the nursery...as long as mommy stayed to play too! 

See You Soon!

We will be away for the next week at a conference. See you when we get back!

Jars

A simple craft for glass jars. Burlap, lace, and string.

Mom's Group!

Every Wednesday afternoon the mom's of the church have been meeting at different parks in Maastricht. We have been having a good time discovering all the great parks in the city!

 Sela on the swing for the first time! She didn't want to get off :)

 Kees with his buddies. The little boy is Joshua. Joshua and his family are also from America helping with the church.

 Kees at the water pump.

 Someone is still on the swing!

 I love this face Sela makes...she is becoming a little character!

 The have a great old fort that Kees enjoyed getting to explore.

playing on the truck

 Waiting for the bus...this was my first attempt at taking two kiddos on the bus. After finding out we were waiting at the wrong stop for 30 minutes I was getting tired and Sela was getting hungry. I looked at Kees and he just said, "Mom, this is an adventure!" It really hit me what Kees said. I decided I wasn't going to be stressed out and frustrated but just enjoy the adventure. Such an awesome little boy I have!

We made it to the park! :)

Yummy!

 Sela just started saying, "Uh oh!" when she drops something on the floor! She keeps us all laughing at dinner time! She likes to get messy when she eats so I put her right in bath after she is done.

 Sela thinking...

 Goofy girl at the dinner table. :)

Sela is learning sign language for 'more' and 'all done.' I think it must be frustrating to not be able to tell what you want or need so signing really helps! Here is Sela asking for "More."

Shaving

 Kees got the chance to give Papa a shave. No more beard for Steve...

Sunshine!

 The weather has finally been nice enough to sit outside! Kees loves to sit outside to eat. He said to Steve the other day while walking out into the sunshine, "Nice winter day." He wanted to wear his snow boots outside but I had to tell him that it was warm outside!!

Homemade curry with ginger!