As many, or perhaps all of you know by now, we had a rather difficult time trying to find, agree and then settle on and confirm, a name for our small person 🙈 He didn’t have a name until his second day earth side and that caused the days following his birth to be a [...]
Tag: Dutch
Tell One, Tell All!
Feb 21st - Well, we told the remaining family members here in Sask. about the happenings 🤪 We had everyone over for oliebollen since it was Saturday and a nice warm day out for deep frying. I set the kiddos up to ‘picnic’ downstairs since we didn’t want them to find out the news just yet, [...]
A Proclamation To The Parents
Jan 22, 2020 - Mike and I arranged a dinner to be eaten with Mother and Father...at their home. Because they have a bbq and also because we had news to share with them 🤪 Mike purchased steaks and mushrooms and I went over to the parents a little early to prepare asparagus and a wine [...]
Oh, Baby 😳
Well, if you haven’t heard it yet via the Instagrams and the folks who assemble there... then I’m a little surprised but it’s totally fine 🤪 First question - Due date? Come September (9th if we are trying to be specific) of this year, our family is going to grow by a mini person 😬 [...]
Familiarities And Familia
May 4th - Mich and I headed to Intratuin, a shopping centre for gardening, home and building. It was an indoor space with multiple stores, which was kind of required for the days weather indecision, going between rain, wind, sun, repeat 🤪 Lunch was eaten at ‘Baran’ in Germany. Splitting a margarita pizza and each having [...]
Grand Guests
A rather delayed (and rather lengthy) recounting of our Opa and Oma's visit back in August/September. Friday, Aug 24th - The weather changed from summer to fall, almost overnight and we also drove to the airport to pick up some special guests. Michiel’s Oma and Opa arrived at 11:40 pm to stay [...]
