Relaxed!

A perfect day hanging out on the couch with Marjolein, Timo and Kaemon in Montfoort.

Bless YOU!

Cleaning out the freezer...

In the spirit of lightening the load before the big move, I'm digging into the ice crusted shelves of the freezer and came up with a creature of the deep: the result, Beer battered calamari and sweet chilli sauce. Tonight...calamari curry.

Kaemon shows how nude photography can also be very tasteful and stylish (we've been watching America's Next Top Model). Unfortunately his feet look big in this shot.

Strength training

Dagje Amsterdam

A few things to celebrate, Hylke & Akemi's 30th wedding anniversary and Dirk's return from Hawaii (looking like a real hawaiian!). We had a day out in Amsterdam at the Zoo. Admittedly, most time was spent watching Kaemon watch the animals...


Watching the fishes swim overhead and the planetarium show on the BIG screen

Feeding Frenzy

Warning: video images are graphic.
What an animal!

We're multiplying!!

Lana and Noah Hanging out

Tyra getting to know noah

My Buddies

If it's not tied down it's in his mouth

Sleeping beauty in his cradle

He's in his big push chair now.........big wow (we're training him for the marathon shopping trips coming up in Malaysia)

Rehearsal for the Big Day

Marjolijn and Ruud are getting married in June and we're providing the mood music...

While we're in the wedding mood, all of a sudden love is in the air: Neva & Guus, Marjolein & Justin, Esther & Raoul, Wouter & Judith all going the altar way.... I lurve weddings!!!

Lana Grace Chan

Born on mother's day, Our new niece Lana is here!

Oma Vellinga's Birthday Party!

I haven't got all pictures yet, but here's a few. We went on a boat, were greeted by a marching band,
The two walking towards the band are Douwe's cousins Ids & Johannes.

The grand lady herself!

kaemon made a friend (Koen)!

Day at the sauna

One of the best naked experiences, but no photo to show for it. Renee & I went to the sauna for a chocolate mud treatment, smeared ourselves from head to toe, steamed it out in the sauna and scrubbed it off with seasalt. Only thing missing were cabana boys to help with the smearing... So YUMMY!!

Hey hey it's donna hay THAI BEEF SALAD!

Oh so good. Tangy Fish saucy chilli dressing, pink bbq-d beef, fresh salad greens. Saliva........

BBQ season

My fruitful search for Ho-fan.........this was Goooooooooood. In Den Haag Chinatown.

BBQ season

Tomorrow going for the hattrick: 3 days bbq in a row
This one's based on the 6 degrees of separation:

who likes who and what was in the fridge

dill likes boiled eggs likes (bbq'd) asparagus likes (bbq'd) salmon likes avocado likes lots of cracked black pepper and voila, suprise BBQ pasta.


Beef Burgers with grilled zucchini and caramelised onions.....slurrrrrrp I'm drooling thinking of it again...

Want to bbq?!

Little ears fence

Brunch at one of my favourite cafes "oortjeshekken" (=little ears fences?!)

Mini Easter Holiday with the Whitesides

Usually we tagged along with their family holidays, this time we had our own to bring along. We had a few days in Eerbeek: 1 hr drive away from home, kind of a practise holiday to see what travelling with a baby is like. Learned, need lots of bibs, this baby pukes a lot!
Nick and Meg loved Baby Mon (as he was called). We had a great time playing, eating, watching DVDs - next Easter, same thing!

Douwe's 29th

We celebrated douwe's birthday, first:
Ghetto style (play video)


Then Australian style BBQ


Douwe has his cakes and eats them too.

Day tripping

To: Amsterdam

They're old enough...

Roast pork and rice I love you


Pa and ma went to Berlin (with their German son Frank) and Prague

The Puff Club

That's the name we acquired while learning the ins and outs of pregnancy and labour. The product: 3 boys and 4 girls, just like the balance in nature!

Sweat shop

Factory producing high-art knock-offs