Dutch Oven

Nope not the Dutch Oven you are thinking...

I am talking about the oven in my house. Can you say small! Good thing I am not Julia Childs or anything because I would have a very tough time whipping up a fantastic meal in this kitchen. Forget Thankgiving or Christmas dinner at our house. A turkey would NEVER fit in here!

This tiny oven serves as both a microwave and oven with just the hitting of one little button. Yep it is both. Trust me, I had to read the directions a couple times. Thankfully they were in english!

I took a picture of an average size sippy cup to give you and idea of exactly how small we are talking about.

Wouldn't be Holland without a Windmill

Andrew

No time for text...

Just a great picture of Andrew and his beautiful blue eyes.

The Eagle has Landed

It has been one week since we landed in the Amsterdam airport. We then drove 3 hours to our new home in Maastricht. The flight was uneventful and both kids slept a good amount. The 6 hours or so after landing were a little hairy, but over. Thank God. More to come on that one later.

We just got our internet connection and cable set up today. This must be what an addict feels like... Withdrawl.

The week has flown by. We are keeping busy and the kids have already adjusted to the time zone. Ned started work Monday and the kids, my mom and I have been out exploring Maastricht daily. We have been finding all the good playgrounds and figuring out which grocery store has what. Every day is an adventure!

More to come when we settle in a little more.

Just wanted everyone to know we are here safe and sound and adjusting.

Happy Easter!

Look at their hands!

Andrew dunked the eggs and they proceeded to squish them in his hands!

Horsing Around with Daddy

Here are some photos of Daddy and the kids just having plain ol' good fun.

Our babysitter started, what is now known in our house as, "Dance Party" where we crank up Party Favorites on the Comcast music chanel and dance like we just don't care. We try all kinds of new moves! Andrew and Katie LOVE it! Thanks for starting this Krystin!

The chair and half was "our stage" during this particular dance party. This are the after pictures. (I did a video clip but it was too dark)

Good times!

Katie's "smile"

Still has his baby blue eyes

No Turning Back Now

Sorry I have not posted in a while but things have been busy around here. The moving company came yesterday.

You would think that since we have movers (and packers) that there really wasn't much for us to do...I wish.

Everything we wanted to take needed to be separated into 1) Air Freight (12-14 days), 2) Sea Freight(30-40 days) and 3) what we were taking with us on the plane. And, what to leave behind since we aren't selling our house. It was a very daunting task for me. With two small children, there really wasn't much I could set aside. And, how do you decide what you can do without for 12 days versus 40 days? And to complicate it more, we could only take 1,200 lbs by air and a 40 foot container by sea. I could not get my head around what 1,2oo lbs really means.... Needless to say, we did a lot of shifting freight at the last minute and did not get to take everything we wanted by air. Hey, as long as it all gets to Holland in once piece, I won't complain.


All in all it went smoothly.

Boxes bound for Holland

The loaded truck