Our last couple days with Sarah, Tim, and the kids went by too fast. We were trying to squeeze every ounce of quality time with them that we could. This included taking the kids to a petting zoo (where we saw a goat get it's head caught in a fence....quite disturbing). Tim was able to get the afternoon off on our last day, and so we all set off to play mini-golf. Of course, because we are in Europe, beer was had by all (and our quality of play soon deteriorated)....

Just lying here in our hotel anticipating a day of goodbyes and train travel ahead of us. We are leaving the small city of Geleen, the quaint little town where Matt's sister Sarah, her husband Tim, and our two nephews Linden (3 years) and Kyler (16 months) live. It has been just over a year since they moved here. We really weren't sure what to expect when we got here. Would Linden remember his Aunty Awee and Uncle Matt, and all of the time that we spent caring...

Just getting caught up with my journaling....it's been a very busy few days. Matt and I had our typical jet lag response, a 5am wake up! Having been through this before, we just went along with it. We quickly got ourselves up and out for a sunrise walk of Amsterdam. It was so different to see the city free of cars, bicycles, and tourists! The only people we came across were stumbling partiers, making their way home from the nightclubs. We were determined to m...

Our first day trip with Sarah and the kids was to Maastricht. This is a city approximately 15 minutes from Geleen by train and is where Sarah's office is. It is also one of the oldest cities in the Netherlands. It was a beautiful place to spend a day....narrow cobbled streets, picture-perfect medieval buildings, and towering churches. One of the really cool places we found in Maastricht was a church that has been converted into a book store. We actually sought t...

Hello from the Netherlands! We have emerged from our fog of jet lag and it now seems to be a good time to fill you in on our last few days of travels. We left sunny Vancouver on Friday and arrived to a cloudy Amsterdam on Saturday. Travelling with my mother-in law, Sherri, and brother-in law Michael has been very amusing so far. This is the first time they have travelled to Europe and Matt and I have been so entertained by their travel rookiness:) We've been coac...