Nederland aka Netherlands aka Holland

Well, lets see. I've been kind of slow posting, huh? I guess we've been busy. I'm not sure doing what though!

Last weekend, we headed into Holland (just the corner of it) for a few hours. It took us about 1 1/2 hours to get there. We drove through Belgium to get to our destination and saw lots of run down and poor looking villages. Interesting. The landscape pretty much looks the same as it does here in Germany - maybe not quite as pretty. Thanks to our lady friend (the GPS!) we made it to our destination, found a parking spot and got out of the car. It was COLD. They must have had a festival or something the night before because there were clean up crews everywhere. Oh, and the number of peoples on bicycles was amazing. They were everywhere - lanes on the streets and intersections for them as well. There were huge "bicycle" parking areas too. People were dressed up and holding briefcases - riding their bikes in the cold. Most of them were very thin!



Anyway, we sat on a bench and ate our sandwiches, then headed down to the walkplatz (shopping district). It went on and on and on.... they were already decorating for Christmas and there were lots of people out and about. We saw lots of stores that we are used to seeing in America - Nike, Claire's, McDonald's, Timberlands, and more. Matt managed to buy a couple of sweaters at C&A, but that was all we got. Somehow, its hard to shop with three rugrats. lol Before we left, we visited a bookstore in a beautiful old church. Then, the boys got waffles w/ powdered sugar (nothing like gearing up for the ride home!) and off we went. Jordyn wasn't on her best behavior that day, but we managed.













Let's see... what else is there to report? Oh, I think I mentioned we got a little snow. Nothing really accumulated, but we got quite a bit off and on for about 2 days. I assume there is lots more to come. The highs have been 30, 34... but it is suppose to warm up into the 40's tomorrow and maybe even 50 next week. Woo hoo!!! So, all you enjoying (and complaining) about that nice 70 & 80 degree weather I'm hearing about - I'm jealous. I'm a sun girl!




One more thing - it sounds like the prayers are working for Scott and Jennifer!! They are in Little Rock now and things seem to be looking up for them. Believe it or not, they think the baby is ok now and is healed! :-) She's still on bed rest and has a mass, but the baby may not need surgery after all. God is good.