All three of our children are off to summer camp. They stay at the island of Schiermonnikoog, one of the Waddensea Islands north of the Dutch provinces of Friesland and Groningen.
Robin, Sosha and Pasalle love to go there and they were really looking forward to meeting their friends again. They go to this Christian youth camp each year - which gives us time to do some projects in our house and spend some time together with 'just the two of us'.
Pics - Robin (16) is relaxed as always. He is looking forward to playing on his electric guitar with his friends... Sosha (14) never has a problem to 'fit in' - she will especially enjoy all the sports and games activities... It's easy to see that Pascalle (11) is very excited too - she was immediately reunited with a friend she got to know last year. She is a sensitive girl and the look in her eyes (picture above) tells you that she has some mixed emotions about leaving home for a week.
We are happy for them, but of course we can't wait to have them back home next Saturday!
Robin,
Sosha and
Pascalle
It will be very quiet here for a while because of our holidays which are due to begin. But don't worry, there's plenty of cyberspace left to explore... In the meantime, feel free to leave a comment or drop me a line abspoel at gmail dot com - and I will reply later.
Whatever you are planning to do this Summer: have a great time too!
Just some holiday pics from our family vacation in Winterberg, Germany. We had a great time! Most photographs taken by Robin (click pics to enlarge) The pic above shows the view from our balcony one night.
Sosha and Pascalle prepared a nice meal for us! (Pasta)
Sosha liked the space and gave us her 'worship pose' (this is now the new wallpaper on my laptop)
Look what a low camera view point can do! And my girls are pretty too, of course.
If you want to go for a walk - this is the place to be.
Sauerland - this is the scenery we will remember!
It's so nice to do things together, and we had some sunny days!
Clouds can be so intriguing... and it looks like the wind had some fun with them. (Another free wallpaper - if you like. First click to enlarge; then click the right mouse button and select "set as background")
Robin and Sosha in an 'American' Road House restaurant
Pascalle loves her big brother too.
And when the kids are enjoying themselves... the parents are also happy (yes, it rained outside, you can still see it on my sweater).
Robin ordered 'all you can eat' spare ribs and that's exactly what he got. He did not ask for a second serving, by the way.
We wanted Robin to be in this picture too, so he gave his camera to the waiter. And the waiter gave him his cool hat in return. What a nice guy he was. No negative things to report about our German neighbours, they were all very nice and friendly (and so were we, of course!)
Posts have been sparse lately - but life still goes on all the same!
I am planning to answers Art's interview questions later this week and that will be my last blog entry for a while. We will take a short vacation next week (destination Sauerland Germany) and I hope to be back later in August. Auf Wiedersehen!
Pascalle (on horse back - youngest daughter) and Sosha (eldest daughter) during our Christmas holidays in Dwingeloo
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