Snow, and lots of it.....

Hello all,

We are having a great winter. Love all the snow we got so far, and more coming tomorrow. I have not seen this much snow in the fields in a long time. Its great, you can go wherever you want. I even got stuck today, so much loose snow, I stopped and that was it, the sled just sunk. So Damaris and I had to put some muscle into it to get it out. Thankfully it wasn't too deep. And with a little pull from Damaris we were going again.

Damaris had fun too, she is really getting into driving the blue sled. Sometimes she comes on with me when we go on the groomed trail.
Andre, you are missing a good sledding season here. Not sure if I can make it to NB this year.

It has been great for sledding as well. The kids thought that it might be fun to sled off the roof. No fun just thinking about it, lets do it they said. And then climb up and do it again.

In the bottom picture, from top to bottom. Tim, Caleb, Rebecca and Damaris.
And fun was had by all.........

Home...

We made it home again today. I just want to specially thank Mike and Klarina for providing us with a place to stay Monday night. It was really nice to catch up with you guys. If you happen to be out our way, you know you have a place to stay anytime.

Last night was our final night at a hotel. We met Matt and Amanda there and had breakfast with them this morning. So good to see them as well.

It was a beautiful sunny drive home the rest of the way.

Ahh, its good to be home...........

Hello from Washington DC.........

Glad to bring you to our next place of adventure. We spend the last few days with Mary and Isaac.

While here we celebrated Mary's birthday, and Caleb's, again.

The first day we went to Baltimore and enjoyed the Medieval Times. It took us back to a time of Kings, Queens and Knights. With feasting, jousting, sword fighting tournaments.

It was our job to cheer on the Yellow Knight in his endeavors. He did very well until a wicked blow from a mace stopped him cold in his tracks.

Fun was had by all. Isaac had an interview in Boston and met us at the mall where the Medieval Feast was held. Then we all drove back to D.C. in the truck.

The next day we went to the National Gallery, where the Declaration of Independence is held. It was a bit of a disappointment for Caleb, there was no map on the back and we could hardly read it. But its a great piece of history never the less.

We also went to the Air and Space Museum. They are close together and we took the Metro to get there. We all had good exercise getting there and back.

We had a real good cup of coffee and a slice of Birthday Cake. It was real nice to be able to sit down at the end of the day. Here is a picture of Mary and Isaac's apartment building. They live on the Second Floor in a nice cozy apartment.

We took some groceries home and had a nice home cooked meal that night. Next day we went to church and had dinner with Isaac's parent. And tomorrow we will start heading home......
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Dianna and Jordan's, Portsmouth, VA

Hello all, glad to see you checked to see what would be new. Today I'm updating a bit about the Spangler family. We had a great time there. You can see in the picture that Gabriel is getting a lot bigger. It was so nice to meet him for the first time. A picture never does it justice.


Babies first, and then the oldest brother, Micaiah. He has grown a lot as well. Caleb and Damaris played some soccer with him. There was no snow at all here, so soccer was no problem.

And was Ellyiah not the cutes girl you can ever imagine? Cowgirl hat on , bottle in hand. Look out world, here I come.

And Jordan came home as well in between. Dianna is doing quite well, specially considering just having had her baby in December. Next update will be soon, so stay tuned.

Update....

Hello all,

Here is another update, finally.....

Starting with the long awaited pictures of Pete and Kayla. It was so nice to meet them at Dordt. I think you will agree that they are a great match.

We went to Hu Hot, Mongolian Grill. They had really good food. Pete said, it was his favorite place to eat. So we had to check it out.
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After that we decided to check out the falls at Sioux Falls. The water was mostly froze and it was really cold. It took some convincing to get this picture. Just picture the falls in the back ground.
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It was great to be able to spend time with Pete and Kayla. We wish them Gods Blessings on their relationship and the coming semester..........

A day out with Caleb and damaris.....

Today we did some sight seeing around Norfolk. In the back ground you can see one of the big US Battleships built in the second WW. The Wisconsin was delivered to the Navy in 1944 and participated heavily in the war around Japan. Also saw action in the Korean war. After a refit was recommissioned in the early 80's and fired 8 of the first twelve cruise missiles fired on Irac.

She was decommissioned in the early nineties and now lies proudly beside Nautica, the Naval museum on the waterfront in Norfolk, VA. The ship was very impressive and we were allowed to check out most of the first three decks from the deck up.

We also toured the Virginia Aquarium today, after we visited Nautica. A great time was had by all. There were all sort of different fish to be seen. From Sea Turtles to Seals. From Clown fish in a small tank to Sharks in a huge tank. The nice thing was, there was a window in the front, so you could look right in. Really cool!

In the end, the kids ended up at the Ray pool, it had about a dozen fish in it that you were allowed to touch. And of course they all three of us got our sleeves wet.

Jordan came home today as well, he was out on the boat for the last four days.

They even swam over us in one area of the Aquarium.
Damaris had a close call with a Great White. But I think she was able to talk him out of eating her.

After a very exciting day, it was time to go back to Jordan and Dianna's. Now we are getting packed up for our trip to Iowa. See you next time................Thanks for reading.

Trip to the USA......

After a couple of days of travel, we were able to spend a whole day relaxing. It is Monday today and we started the day of in the pool. And after that we went to the Lost River Caverns. They were close by in Hellerton and they were open this time of year. Took a lot of pictures, and here are a few of them.

After the caverns, we did the covered bridge route. We saw five different bridges. So many different kinds. Even one that was closed because it was sagging in the middle.

Tomorrow we plan on driving to Portsmouth and visit Dianna.

Who knows, maybe I will get a chance to update again soon. All the best for now..........