Dark Chocolate Nut Clusters

Dark Chocolate Nut Clusters!

• 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons melted dark chocolate
• 1 1/2 cups whole almonds

Directions:

1. Line a baking sheet with a nonstick baking mat. Place a teaspoon melted chocolate on baking mat; top with a small handful of almonds. Drizzle almonds with 1 tablespoon melted chocolate. Repeat process with remaining almonds and chocolate. Transfer to refrigerator and chill until firm.

Elmo Pajamas!

A very special package came in the mail today from Grandma Linda. Kees got a new pair of Elmo pajamas! He was so excited to put them on. I saw him looking at himself in the mirror tonight and smiling at how he looked in his new pajamas.
Just before bedtime with Elmo.
Kees is holding his picture book Auntie Angie made for Kees. Kees loves to look at pictures of the family!!
Reading before bed one of our special times we have together just before bed. Thank you to Grandma for the super cute pajamas! I don't think Kees is going to ever want to take them off!

Bath Time!

Celebrate

Today we signed the contract to our new house! We went to our favorite cafe in Delft to celebrate! Kees enjoyed his kids pannekoek and toy car mouse that came with it.
Boy did he like that fruit smoothie!

Home

We just got our internet at the new house today so I wanted to get back to my blog! We feel so blessed by our new home...it is perfect in ways God could only know the details of. A small example is the light in Kees' room is a bee light and the theme of his room is Winnie the Pooh. Thank you for all of your prayers. We are still facing problems with the real estate agent not letting us out of our contract at the old house but at least for now we have a safe mold free home.

I was unpacking again the other night and pulled out a painting given to me by my grandma Nancy. It is a painting of a house and it says, 'Home is where the heart is.' On the back my grandma painted the verse Philippians 3:20 'But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior.' It really spoke to me that evening. I'm thankful for the hope we have in heaven and that I'm a citizen of heaven. It will never truly feel like home until we are in heaven with our heavenly father. That helps put packing into perspective!

New Mittens and Moving

Thank you everyone for all of your prayers. We are in the middle of moving to a new house. We still haven't been released from our contract but we have a mold free place to stay now! We have been busy moving and go back and forth to pack and use the internet. I wanted to keep the pictures up of little Kees! While I have internet here are some new pictures of Kees. He got new mittens and didn't want to take them off! So, he ate his lunch with them on.

Prayer

I wanted to fill you in with the situation with our home here in Holland. After professional inspectors came to the house it was confirmed that there is a serious mold problem in one of the bedrooms and possibly under the floor and walls in the entry way. We have a year contract but because of the mold you would think that it would be no problem to end the contract. Well....the real estate agent is saying that we can't break the contract. Things are done a bit differently here in Holland. He is going to talk with the owners if they will allow us to break the contract so we should know we hope by Monday if it is possible. In the meantime our Assemblies of God leadership has told us that we must move as soon as possible because of the mold and health concerns. We have found another house in town that would be perfect for us. It is a new building so no mold or older house problems. We can't sign the contract or get the keys for the new house until this real estate agent will let us out of the one we are in now. We are looking to stay with missionary friends until the situation is resolved. It could be big potential problems so if you would pray for us that would mean so much. We know that God has His hand on everything in our life so we are trusting in Him. I will keep you posted.