Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Messes

It was a very windy day and a big gust came through and slammed this door.  There was glass everywhere.  It was quite a process clearing away all the glass while keeping two curious kids away.



As soon as I heard the crashing sound from the other room, I knew just what had happened. So, I figured I might as well grab my camera and preserve the moment before I started cleaning up.


Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Cancun

At the end of June, Johnny and a fairly large herd of mathematicians descended upon Cancun, Mexico for the annual ILAS (International Linear Algebra Society) conference.  He was gone for a week and we missed him soooo much!   Then he returned and I saw the photos of the hotel and the beach.  I was still happy to see him, but also very jealous.  


Hotel on the beach


Visit to Mayan ruins




Friday, June 13, 2008

Daddy is Home!

Just a few pics from one of those exciting  "daddy is home from work" moments.






Monday, June 9, 2008

Efteling


My mom says that my blog makes it look like all we ever do is go to amusement parks.  Well, that is not totally accurate, but here are some photos from an amusement park here in The Netherlands.  It was very picturesque for a theme park.  It had way more trees and flowers then I have ever seen at this type of place.  We had a really fun and exhausting day.



I didn't realize it at first, but this was actually a garbage can.

Ethan in the fairy tale forest

Collin and Grandpa in a mushroom

A dedicated mom risking motion sickness to take her toddler on some sort of spinning butterfly contraption.

Lunch break


Collin and Grandpa going for a drive.

Snack break

Collin and Grandpa about to get wet on the river rapids ride.


The best part about this park was all the rides that Collin got to go on.  I think the safety standards in Europe are bit less stringent than in America, because I couldn't believe some of the rides they let a 3 year old go on.  The following 2 photos are just a couple of the things he went on.  There were a few other really fast coasters that he was able to go on.  He begged to go on every one (multiple times) and he loved every minute of it.