Babe on the move!

I'm ashamed to say that our smallest babe's latest moves are no new news at all. But, no time is better than now to share that we officially have our hands full with a mobile monkey! Although the news is a little late, the video is from his first day of crawling. Enjoy!

Funny Face

I love your funny face 

Your sunny, funny face. 

For you're a cutie 

With more than beauty

You've got a lot of 

per-son-a-li-ty 

You fill the air with smiles 

For miles and miles and miles

Eyeballs...

Really freak me out. So I wasn't to thrilled when we were put in a room yesterday morning and this appeared on the tv:

Yes, beloved readers, that is my husband's eyeball. They were gracious enough to let us watch them cut, scrap away, and laser at it. Thankfully it only took about five minutes!

He's been recovering at home the past two days, and despite some pain, he is doing well. Hopefully he'll be 100% again soon!

Sweet Goodbyes

This past weekend we took the kids to Groningen to BBQ and say goodbye to some dear friends of ours. Though it wasn't easy to say goodbye, I will always treasure the friendships I've made here.

Hup Hup Hup!

Yesterday Rob and I headed out into Breda to watch the game of the century. After 32 years the Dutch finally made it into the finale of the FIFA world cup! Almost everyone in Holland was dressed in orange and ready to take the world cup for the first time in history. 


As we biked into the city we could feel the buzzing of adreneline in the air. We secured our places in front of a tv and held our breath as the game begun. After a long 120 minutes and14 yellow cards the Spaniards scored in the last 3 minutes of the additional time. The city fell silent as everyone watched in disbelief. Nobody wanted to believe that the ball, that was played off sides, had actually counted as a goal. The silence was short-lived and was followed by lots of shouting, more tension, and a little bit of hope as they played the last 3 minutes. But all good things must come to an end, and unfortunately last night was the end of the glory for the Dutch team. 


There was an almost sickening-feeling in the air as the ref blew his whistle to end the game. And even though a few people went home, that didn't stop the party that followed. Fireworks flew throughout the air as Holland showed their pride for making it into the finals again. It's too bad that we lost, but it was awesome to see the unity, sportsmanship, and pride as the Dutch consistently defeated their opponents in earlier games. Now 2 more years until we have a chance at the European championship! We might just have to come back to Holland that summer to watch!

Early in the afternoon the streets started turning orange

Best buds

Yes, our headaches were that bad this morning!

Cheese! (is also orange!)

I Am a Warrior

At least that's how I feel these days. It's 30+ degrees here and we've all been melting. If I had time (and money!) I would go shopping just to get in the air conditioning! But that's not the case around here lately. Rob and I have been working from dawn 'til dusk trying to get things organized for the move. It's hard to believe that the movers are coming in less than two weeks, and in 4 weeks I will be a college student again! ha!

In the middle of my crazy day I took the kids to Rebecca's house to swim and eat lunch. At least the weather is good enough for swimming! 

                        

Lucas checking Sem out

The two babes hanging out on the couch.(2,5 months apart)

Max and Brian (2 years apart!)

Rebecca with the kids

We've got a busy and exciting weekend coming up... but more about that later!

PS- For those of you that are wondering why I look like I just got out of survival camp: My dearest husband was digging my new look with a bandana and decided that my "look" wouldn't be complete without him rubbing his dirty hands all over my face! If that isn't true love, then I don't know what is!

The Efteling!

Wednesday morning Max and I went on a big adventure to the Efteling. Once we got there we met up with Aunt Imke, Noud, Fien, Aunt Esther, Thijs, Casper, Joost, and Oma. Before we even made it into the gates we had two kids screaming about getting sunscreen put on, one child screaming because Bambi was taken away, and one child crying because he fell on the ground. But that didn't stop us from determining to have a pleasant day!

Even though it was exhausting chasing after six children under 5, everyone had a great time. Max's favorite was (of course) the steam engine train that goes around the whole park. He was quite disappointed that he couldn't go on the big roller coasters, but was thankfully also satisfied with the children's roller coaster & cars instead. After a fun, but very long, day under the hot sun we headed out to the dunes to eat pannenkoeken, or dutch pancakes. Even though we won't get to participate in the yearly Efteling trip next year, I'm glad we could make lots of fun memories to take with us!

Our Mischievous Max

Casper!

And his brother Thijs

Noudje (and Bambi of course!)

Joost, the little red-headed ball of fire coming down the slide!

After 32 shots, I finally got a decent picture of all of the kids!

Max's mandatory yearly mushroom picture 2010

See how much he's grown since last year?! (August 2009)

Check out all of the pics (and to see how hard it is to get six kids to smile for the camera) here!