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LINK TO VIDEO OF Jeroen, Linde, Mike & Chris testing Photo Booth late one night. Sunday, August 24, 2008 Summer 2008 has been relatively cool and rainy. Amazingly the grass is lush green. Our garden is pitiful and because of the coolness, we’ve not been to the beach too often. We’ve had some glorious summer […]

Sunday, July 6, 2008 Quote of the week: Stuff happening: I’ll be writing more but already two months have passed and I’ve written nothing about the family. We’ve been swamped between renting the cottage, doing our roof, the kids getting their tonsils out. The tonsils, adnoid removal of the two kids on June 24th has […]

Thursday, May 8, 2008 Quote of the week: jack “Oh, my gosh!” Stuff happening: This past month included Spring happenings: yard cleanup, raking, mulching, planting garden, sprouting of seeds, seed starters, etc. Activities exploded: trips to parks, picnics with friends, cookouts, Alford Brook Club stocking, dandelion curls, playing in the rain’, visiting my brother Bob […]

Sunday, March 30, 2008 Stuff happening: This past month included winding down of winter, organizing, Jack’s b-day party, cleaning attic; finishing little projects around house, hanging pictures, furniture shopping, St. Patricks day, Easter, egg hunts, egg decorating, cleaning yard, raking, etc. Luckily no sicknesses. One sad is my aunt Lucille passed away. She is in […]

Friday, December 14, 2007 Yesterday we got pelted with snow. The kids love it, even Jack. We were out in it for an hour and a half. Beautiful, crisp white light snow. Sunday, December 9, 2007 Mike and I are finally getting out of our emotional rut of the past few years. In 2005/2006 we […]

Wednesday, November 29, 2007 Bella told me she was starving today at lunch time. I’ve never said that word before so I knew she learned it at school. She’s coming out with funny things all the time. Stuff happening: concerts at Eastover, Thanksgiving, family gatherings, playing in leaves, playing in snow, eating snow, gathering with […]

Saturday, Oct .20, 2007 Already October. Mostly it has been a warm month. On September 29, we went to the beach and played in the water. 85 degrees. Today it’s 67, warm…too warm. The past few months has been filled with crunching catching and playing in leaves, pumpkin throwing, days of school, shopping, Apple Squeeze, […]

Tuesday, September 12, 2007 Already September. The summer has absolutely flown by. We’ve had a marvelous summer, full of activity. Between visits from cousins, aunts (especially Auntie Helen from Germany), and uncles, awesome vacation to Brewster, trips to Lenox beach, walks, blueberrying, picking berries in our own yard, raspberry picking at Memere’s, family picnics, playing […]

Saturday, July 14, 2007 June 30-July 7 we went on vacation to Brewster, MA on the Cape. It was fantastic. By far the BEST vacation we’ve had together. All pictures on this page were from the trip. The weather could have been warmer, but we all loved every minute of it. We had a small […]

jack: 1 year!!!! Isabelle: 2.5 yrs > view VIDEO CLIP 12.25.06 > view photo gallery Sunday, March 11, 2007 The weather is just starting to change. It’s a bit warmer now after that wonderful stretch of cold and beautiful snow. Mike, Isabell and I have loved playing in it building forts and sliding on the […]