Merry Christmas to one and all . I hope this blog finds you nicely warmed up, with a cup of hot chocolate in front of your computer. What a nice way to stay in touch with everyone.
In the picture to the left are Amanda cutting the pizza, Pete supervising, Matt hiding behind Amanda and Rebecca facing away from the camera. These pictures were taken last Tuesday when we had our "pakjes avond". You can see the Christmas tree in the background with the present under it.
The smaller kids were really excited about it all, and couldn't wait to get started. Of course they had to finish the pizza first.
This decoration sits on the mantle over the fireplace. Nice and festive, and well made by mom
The text says: Casting all your care upon Him,
For He careth about you.
1 Peter 5,7
We had a lot of fun, but it would have been more so if Dianna & Jordan and Mary & Isaac could have been there too. Hopefully next year will see us all together in one place. Of course we know that you can only be in one place at a time.
Next we had the annual Nieuwhof Christmas get together. This year the festivities were held at Marten and Karen's place.
From left to right: Tineke, Pete,Matt & Amanda
bottom left: Rebecca
It was great fun for all of us, specially the smaller ones.
It was great fun for all of us, specially the smaller ones.
from bottom left: Jason, Aaron(yellow),Caleb (blue),
Andrew (black),Cassie(orange),Nicolle(black,white stripe)
and Damaris(light blue shirt) with Karen on the right.
Karen gave them all some numbers from 1 to 35.
If your number was called, you would get a present.
Very organized.
After that the grownups were handed their presents by Julie and Rebecca.
Alice brought her famous cream puffs. Yum.
We concluded with a potluck. Everybody brought some food, and then we ate it all together.
Thank you to the ladies for doing all that work.
It wouldn't have been the same without it.
Rest well on the couch, you deserve it.
From left: Alice, Elisabeth and Karen.
And this funny guy is Caleb.
From the Nieuwhofs to you:
We wish you a Blessed New Year, may it be healthy and prosperous.
Please leave a comment after you read this blog, it gives me an idea if this is worthwhile.Also you can leave questions. Thank you.
5 comments:
I Love Presents. I Loved all the presents I got on both those nights. It was a really fun time out there just hanging about with the whole entire family. Still seemed like there were alot of people missing, since Dianna, Jordan, Mary, and Isaac all werent there. But it was still a definitely good time for sure!
OH, and its definitely worth it, cause when I eventually grow up in like 6 years and then I might be in college, well then we'll still have a way to communicate!
Hello.
I'm Klaske Dijkstra and I'm the girlfriend of Tjitze Minne Miedema. He is the son of Jaap and Richtje Miedema from Holland. You're writing letters to them and she always asks me to translate them for her. It's really nice to see some faces with the names!!
For now Happy Newyear and lots of Happiness to you.
Nice pictures Dad! I always enjoy it when people include pictures on their Blog. Especially yours though, because now I can see how everyone's doing.
I've decided that when I come home in a few days, I'll set up a blog for Isaac and myself. We have a few Christmas pics that would be nice to put up.
I'll see you in a couple of days!
Much love,
~ Mary
HEY! Nice Work Dad, you're doing great, its nice to come here and see everything
love amanda
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