Monday, July 14, 2014

Agape Valley and a visit with John and Bets!

We camped at J & B's for a week while five of the kids went to a Bible Day Camp.
The week started off very wild, windy & stormy, and didn't really settle down until Wednesday. In a sunny interval Esther entertained Marike by floating boats in the puddles.

 We started off camping in the front yard but felt like we were going to be blown away :), so the next day we moved to the backyard. It is a lovely property surrounded by farmer's fields and a big sky!



 Here are the kids after "Splash Attack Thursday" at Camp.
 They get the ribbon & certificate if they memorize the "acheivement passage".
 We had a great time with J & B and family!






 



 These kids are great buddies.






 Joseph won first prize for best-looking boat, and James tied for 5th place.
 Friday aft/evening and Saturday we went to the beach. Looking through the pics I found this to be a fairly common scene - Sarah being dramatic while Anneke stands by observing... :)

 We had a BBQ dinner on the beach.



Thanks so much for having us, John and Betty! We had a great time!

Thursday, July 03, 2014

Opa's 80th & a visit with Uncle Jack and Tante Connie

We celebrated Opa's 80th at Maurice and Christine's.
 Opa was most delighted over the chocolate part of his present, I think...



 A few days later we got together again with Opa & Oma and A. Marguerite, and U. Jack and A. Connie. We went to a park for a while and watched the kids playing in the water.