Happy Birthday!

I enjoyed a very special birthday as we had a night away in our wedding Hotel! It brought back very happy memories and it made us realise how blessed we have been since that day 8 years ago! I must say it's doing our relationship good to have these moments and great to have family close by to enable it!

K3 fan

Naomi has become a big fan of a girls band called K3. They are a all singing and dancing belgium/Dutch girl group. Chris got some free tickets to a live show so Naomi was in her element as you can imagine (Mama secretely loved it too!)

Autumm UK visit

We had a great time visiting family and friends in October. We enjoyed some lovely sunshine and loved catching up with church friends during a daytrip to Manchester. It was strange popping into our house whilst there but must admit we didn't miss it but we do miss our friends of course!

Brussels break

we had a lovely little break to Brussels last weekend. Chris had a factory visit nearby so we made the most of it with Naomi going to opa and oma (Leo's parents). The square was beautiful and we enjoyed some last bit of summer sunshine and great beer! Esther who is such an angel is quite happy to go without a nap all day but unlike her was subsequently very unsettled all evening! Definately getting the breast pump out next time!

Esther first crawling attempt!

Centre Parcs

We had a midweek at Center Parcs which is big over here. I had always wanted to go again after many fun memories there when I was younger. It's the ideal place for kids and Naomi loved the fantastic pool. She is so adventurous going down all the big slides and wild water stream and has no fear of anything in the playgrounds either. We went to a big indoor fun park next to the park called Plopsa and she loved all the rides, but can become a little shy when meeting the famous characters!

family weekend away-Hoenderloo

We had a great time with my family in the village where my dad grew up. We celebrated my parents 70th and enjoyed being together (37 of us spread over 5 holiday homes!), going for a walk down memory lane for my dad and having pancakes! Lots of fun all round.