Service for Sister Moore

We are having experiences on this Mission we NEVER thought possible. Elder Moore has asked me to give a tribute from the Senior Couples at the Memorial service tomorrow. Dad made the comment yesterday, that he never thought he would baptize anyone while we are serving, and who would have thought I would be speaking at a funeral.

Prayers have been answered, and Elder Moore will fly home Friday, and Sister Moore's body will return home to Utah on Saturday.  We spent the day yesterday with Elder Moore.  He talked and cried, and we listened and cried.  He can feel the comfort of a loving Heavenly Father by his side. The word has gone out on the JoVo Facebook site, and we have heard that there will be joVo's coming from all over the Netherlands.  What a tribute! Today I am feeling very sad, because we have lost a dear friend we just knew for such a short time, but loved her as if we had known Sister Moore for a lifetime.  It will be hard to say goodbye to Elder Moore, but he is so wanting to get home and be with his family and friends. We just wish someone would be able to fly with him, so he would not have to be alone.  We KNOW who will be with him:)

Love you all.....remember ALL of us in your prayers.

Moeder

Sad letter

Dear Family and Friends,

It is with heavy hearts and swollen eyes from crying, that we send this email.  Yesterday, we were suppose to have a delightful day with all the Senior Couples, to say our goodbyes to President and Sister Brubaker. Our phone rang a little after 7:00 am telling us that our dear sweet Sister Moore had passed away during the night.  Elder and Sister Moore arrived here just 3 months ago. She is the Sister that fell and broke her wrist that we told you about.  Talk about a shock! Sister Moore was born in Rotterdam, and left with her family when she was12 years old. Since the age of 26, she just turned 65, she has experienced MAJOR health issues. Her life long dream was to someday return to the Netherlands and serve a Mission.  With her health problems,Elder and Sister Moore thought that when they filled out their Mission Papers, there would be no way they would be able to leave the United States.  Elder Moore told us that when they received their Mission call, and it was to the Netherlands, it took him 3 days to get Sister Moore 'off the ceiling'. He also told us that he had a premonition that he would not bring Sister Moore home from this Mission. A VERY LOVING Heavenly Father preparing Elder Moore for something that would happen. Sister Moore came speaking the Dutch language, and the JoVo's loved her.  The Moore's served in Den Haag in the JoVo Centrum. We worked together as both Den Haag and Amsterdam are in the same Stake. In just the short time they were here, Sister Moore was able to visit the home where she was born, visit with some friends she had kept in contact with, speak and sing in the Language she loves...so many things.  Last week she got a cold, but thought she was getting better as this week went on. I called her each day to check on her, and she sounded so weak and tired. Wednesday she went to the Dr.s and he removed the cast from her arm.  The Dr. gave her some cough medicine at that time because a cough was the thing that was really bothering her. Friday afternoon she laid down about 5:00 pm and slept until 10:00....got up, said she felt better, ate a snack, then sat down on the sofa, and Elder Moore said she went into a kind of "stare at the wall' without speaking for a minute.  Sister Moore then asked Elder Moore if he could help her get up. She then fell back and just stopped breathing.  Elder Moore called 112, our 911, started CPR, but before the Ambulance arrived, Sister Moore had died. Yesterday, we as Senior Couples, did meet together at the Mission Office to cry and comfort each other. We all said how ironic it was that Sister Moore was born in the Netherlands and died here as well. As was mentioned before, Elder Moore was at peace because of the premonition that he had before coming.  This Thursday evening there will be a Memorial Service for Sister Moore at the Den Haag Chapel.....the night of Institute.  Elder Moore wanted it that night in keeping with having that JoVo meeting.  Each day for the next few weeks, we as Senior Couples will visit with Elder Moore and keep him company.  He does not speak Dutch and feels so lost. The Den Haag Ward, the Stake Presidency, the Missionaries, have all rallied around him......the church is ONE BIG FAMILY:)

It may take 4 to 6 weeks to have her body flown back to Utah because of all the "red tape".  She is now legal in the Netherlands, so permission from the US embassy has to be approved.  Because she died at home, an autopsy may need to be preformed.......all sorts of things.  Elder Moore does not want to leave until Sister Moore's body can be flown home. Yesterday morning as we were trying to come to grips with this news, the phone rang again and it was the Assistance's to the President that live here next to us.  They asked if all 6 Missionaries could come over and offer a prayer of comfort for Elder Moore.  Boy, then the tears really began to flow.  It was so touching as 8 of us knelt and  Elder Van de Graff offered a beautiful prayer,asking for peace and comfort to be with not only Elder Moore, but his family, and us as Missionaries. This is something we thought and hoped we would never experience on this Mission, but it is amazing how the Spirit truly does comfort us in times like this. Please keep Elder Moore and his family in your prayers.

Last week when  I was writing the email, I mentioned that Holland was playing a Soccer game, how everything here was orange, people yelling......well, Holland lost 1-2 to Portugal.  3 games lost in a row so they are out of the 'running'. ALL the orange came down, people are not speaking kindly of the team....you would think the world was coming to an end.  We compared this to BYU losing to Utah.  Life DOES go on:)

As you have sent emails telling us about the dry conditions in Utah and all the fires......we are enjoying???? 13 degree Celsius weather with rain and wind.  That is 55 degrees Fahrenheit. We went onto KSL TV news and watched the stories of the fires over in Saratoga Springs. Wow, what a difference from Holland to Utah.  Wish we could share some of each others conditions.  The weather forecast for this coming week is rain most days.  Keeping those sweaters and umbrellas close by the door.

Last Tuesday, dad and I were asked to make an 'emergency' trip to Zaandam, a City about 25 minutes drive from here, to help a member of the ward. I had just had to cook 3 large meals, had to go to the grocery store every day, which you know how we both love to do...baked lots of cookies, my hand mixer had broken, so yes, I was doing some grumbling. When we met with this Sister I was so ashamed of my grumbling.  This woman, 64 years old, is in a 'scoot mobile', electric wheelchair.  Has a large tumor growing in her stomach that cannot be operated on, her son has Diabetes and has a hole in his lung that cannot be repaired.....she is divorced.  As she sat and told dad and I all these problems, tears running down her cheeks, telling us her son was dying and there was nothing that could be done......oh my.  On the way home I started to cry and told dad that whenever I start to grumble about 'my frustrations', the Lord puts someone in my path to give me a 'wake up call' of ALL the problems I DO NOT HAVE!  I, we, are SO thankful for a loving Heavenly Father, that in his own quiet way, reminds us to count our blessings.

Thursday was a whirlwind day.  At 12;30 we were with Elder Maughn and Elder Hansen......2:00 we went to Haarlem to joint teach with the Sisters there.  They are teaching a man, Raiz, who used to be Street Preacher.  His hair was long, beard, used drugs, and was in a 'Mental Hospital' for awhile because of the drug use.  His father is Muslim and his mother is Catholic. A couple of years ago he came in contact with the Missionaries, had a few lessons, but then lost interest.  The Sister Missionaries contacted him a few months ago and he was so happy.  His hair is short, no beard, he had stopped using drugs, and is trying to stop smoking.  He came to the Baptism of Jenny,and he and dad really hit it off.  He asked dad that day if dad could Baptize him when the time came.  When we went to Haarlem with the Sisters, he again asked dad if he would baptize him.  He put his arm around dad and called him "Father deLeeuw". Doop is the word for Baptism in Dutch, so we are calling dad 'Elder Dooper". Dad may baptize more people on this Mission than he ever thought of Baptizing on his first Mission here.  Maybe that is why we came back! Anyway, after the 2:00 teach, we hurried back to Amsterdam to meet with the Sisters here for a 4:00 appointment. This was a 'no show', so we were able to come home, grab a quick bite to eat then go again at 7:00 pm to visit Levi.  The spirit in her Apt. is so sweet.  She has two of her four daughters that are interested in the church now.  We watched the DVD on the Restoration.  Levi loves that DVD and said if the Missionaries would have shown her that the first visit, she would have been baptized the next day.  We keep busy, and LOVE being Missionaries.

We are starting to visit the Wards and Branches that our JoVo's come from again. Today we visited Almere.  That is the closest Ward to Amsterdam, and takes 30 minutes by car. When the JoVo's come to the Centrum it takes them over an hour by bus and tram.  Anyway, dad was asked to bear his Testimony.  He gave most of the Testimony in Dutch and I was so proud of him! I am really encouraging him to speak more Dutch...even just to me. One of the Elders sat in back of me and translated what the speakers were saying.  I AM beginning to know more of the 'church' Dutch words......anything helps!

Wednesday was Transfers.  Tuesday night the three Sisters that live here asked dad if he would give them a Priesthood Blessing.  Sister Stout was being transferred and made a Senior Companion. How sweet it was to have the Sisters tell dad what concerns they had, and the help they needed from the Lord. These Missionaries are amazing and really carry a heavy load. Again, tears were shed.  Today as we were reading, a scripture really jumped out at me.  Alma 7: 23, 24. Read this...."always returning thanks unto God."

Well, I could go on for another hour, but we are going with the Elders at 8:00 tonight, that is in one hour....for a joint teach. July and August is when most of Holland goes on Holiday, so we are told we may only have  one or two JoVo's, if that, at FHE and Institute. We are here to serve, so will be there for that one:) I think we told you that the people of the Netherlands get paid to go on vacation ......and they GO!

We love you. Thank you for your prayers.  We will be going to the Temple this Tuesday with our Stake leaders, so are looking forward to that. Keep us in your prayers, as we comfort Elder Moore these next few weeks, until he can return home with his 'Eternal companion'. 

One of the JoVo's gave me this quote: "When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life a 1000 reasons to smile." Keep Smiling:)

Love, 

Opa and Oma, Elder and Zuster deLeeuw

A few more pictures

                 Here is another picture of dad and the 4 Elders that live across the street.

We feed the birds each morning....here is Charlie waiting 'at the table' for his breakfast:)

 We feed the birds each morning....here is Charlie waiting 'at the table' for his breakfast:)
Mom and dad eating Pannekoken at Enter.....they were made while we waited!   YUM!!!!




We are off to Joint teach with the Elders.....I will keep sending pictures whenever I can:)

Love you all!!!!

Baptism Pictures

                            Dad, Jenny, and all the Missionaries that live in our District:)

We are going on a 'joint teach' today in Haarlem to teach the man on the Right of dad.  He was a street preacher at one time and is very interesting.  He wants dad to Baptize him. I will keep you posted on this. We are calling dad Elder "Dooper", as Doop is the word for Baptism:)

                                                    

Happy Fathers Day

Dear Family and Friends,

Happy Fathers Day to all you WONDERFUL fathers!   I am starting to email this Saturday night because tomorrow is another LONG Gouda day.  We go to our meetings from 10:00 til 1:00, run into the apt and grab a sandwich, then drive an hour to Gouda......meetings go from 3:00 to 6:00, drive and hour home and call it a day. SO, you get a head start with the ending Sunday evening.....and it is still light until after 11:00 pm, so it is hard to sleep anyway.

Our heart are so full of joy that I had to start writing while we still had the spirit.  You have read about our JoVo that is here from England.  She is 28 years old and is studying to be a lawyer.  SHE found some information on the Internet about the church and SHE looked up the Sister Missionaries.  The first time she came to our Institute class we thought she was a member because of her knowledge of the church. The sisters have been teaching her the lessons, many of which have been taught here in our apartment.  She is the one that drew the picture of the girl with the comforter,the glasses and the ear phones, expressing how the Gospel made her feel. She has been looking forward to her Baptism with much excitement.  Her Baptism date was set for today, Saturday June 16th.  Last Monday at FHE she asked Opa if he would Baptize her.  She said she never had a 'grand dad' and dad, opa, was what she wanted in a 'grand dad'.  Of course dad was thrilled.  Last night as the Sisters were teaching her the last lesson we read from Mosiah 18:8,9,10,11.  In verse 11 it states." And now when the people had heard these words, they clapped their hands for joy, and explained: this is the desire of our hearts." When she read this, she said ,"I am clapping my hands for joy!"  When she came into the house, her first words were: 'today is Friday, tomorrow I get Baptized." This IS THE JOY OF MISSIONARY WORK! Of course I took lots of pictures so will send them.....dad was radiant in his white.....and of course he was in tears:) When she came up out of the waters of Baptism, dad said she was just grinning from ear to ear.  She just beamed the whole evening and kept saying how happy she was to finally be a member of the church:)

Thursday we attended a Mission Conference for all 4 Zones.  President and Sister Brubaker will be leaving the 29th of this month, so this was their last Conference with the Missionaries. There were 102 in attendance.  It was hard for the Brubakers to express their feelings and to say their goodbyes. President Brubaker asked us to pray for president Robinson and his wife as they prepare to be our new Mission President and 'Mission Mom". Sister Brubaker had prepared a beautiful Slide show of many pictures they had taken over the last 3 years. As their gift to us, we all received a copy of this. A treasure for sure.  It is hard to say goodbye, but we will welcome our new President with open arms and hugs.  The Missionaries are wondering what changes will take place, but are so willing to make any changes if asked.  The Elders we have in our complex have made the comment that they are excited to welcome President Robinson. President Robinson comes from Fillmore, and Sister Robinson was born and raised in Salina, so dad knows they will be good:) Southern Utah folks. After the Conference, the Sisters from Haarlem asked if we would go on a joint teach with them at 8:00 pm. We met with a darling girl from Ukraine who is also 28, and JoVo age. What a joy to meet with those 'who are seeking'.  The Sisters had just met her on the street, and she said she was looking for a church. She was at the baptism tonight and told dad and I how happy she was that we were at the church the other night with the Sisters. She asked if we could come again to teach her. Fabiena Turteirate is her name. She is planning on coming to FHE this coming Monday, so we are SO hoping yet another YSA will be baptized........we are so blessed to be here doing the Lords work:)

We just returned from Gouda...it has been a long day. Holland plays Germany tonight in soccer, and if they lose they are out of the tournament.  The neighborhood is  noisy with people yelling and horns blowing.  Wednesday night Institute was cancelled because of the soccer game.  We asked the JoVo's if they wanted to come to our apartment and watch the game....so we would have contact with them that night.  We had purchased pizza, drinks, chips, cookies, all the 'good' stuff young people like to eat.  We had 18 here cheering for Holland.  Dad and I had purchased orange Holland shirts to wear, which the kids loved, so our house was one big party.  Holland lost to Germany 1-2.  There were two young ladies here that really were not all that interested in the game, so at half time we went for a walk around our neighborhood.  It was almost spooky because we only passed ONE person the whole time we were walking. Usually there are many out walking or riding their bikes.....but NOT when there is a game on. Holland was favored to win all the games and go into the finals, so with two losses, the fans are NOT happy. Being Sunday, just dad and I will watch the game for awhile. We wonder what the neighbors think of us.  We are either bringing food in from shopping.  Taking food out for FHE, Institute, or District Meeting.  Having the Elders and Sisters dropping in, or having the JoVo's here. We are a happy group, but can get a little loud at times. We are a "joyful people":) At least the Police have not come to quiet us down:) YET:)

Speaking of Police.  Wednesday, as I was preparing for the Soccer party, 3 Police cars drove up in front of the apartment across the road from us. Then, a policeman on a Motor Bike, then a fan, then a big truck.....police were going in and out of #20, talking on their radios.  We saw the man who lives there being escorted out of the apartment.  Dad asked one of the Policeman what was going on, but he was very vague.  After several hours of people going in and coming out of the apartment, dad asked another policeman what was going on.  We had noticed that the Police had been looking into a crawl space just inside of the front door, and that bags of something were being brought out and dumped into a large container. Can you guess what was going on?  A Marijuana bust!!! The people were growing the plants under their apartment.  We have NO idea how they could do this, but a couple of the neighbors told us that this is a very common thing around here. It is interesting that Marijuana is legal to smoke, but if you grow your own you are hauled off to jail. Needless to say, it was an exciting afternoon and evening.

The weather is just right for us.  It rains about every other day, but it is not hot and humid like a few weeks ago.  We love having the rain, as it reminds us of Seattle.  It rains really hard for a couple of hours, then the sun comes out, and it it beautiful. It is still cool enough that people wear scarves around their neck and jackets.  Scarves and boots are worn year round here.

This week is Transfer week so we will be saying goodbye to several Missionaries in our District. It is hard to see the Missionaries go that we have learned to love,but we are always excited to have new ones come....more love:) We stared a TRADITION.......(a deLeeuw thing for sure), that on Wednesday before the Missionaries leave for their new assignments, we have them here for breakfast. It is hard, because I can't hug the Elders, and dad can't hug the Sisters. We just have to give hand shakes.  The Missionaries tell us that when we come to their weddings, we can give them hugs then:) We have 3 Sisters and 4 Elders living in our complex.

Dad has enjoyed the "Fathers Day Greetings" from you all.  I gave him some 'aftershave' and chocolate covered raisins. His wish for today was, having a steak at TEXAS ROAD HOUSE! Instead he got an egg salad sandwich as we headed for Gouda.  Thank you for your emails, calls and cards.

We love you all so much!!!! I will send pictures in the next few days.  I am just TOOOO tired tonight. Our testimonies are being strengthen as we serve the Lord, and continue to hear the conversion stories of the people here in the Netherlands. We love these people...just wish we could speak their language!!!!! Keep your emails coming, as we look so forward to them.  We miss home, but know this is where we are to be.

Love, Opa and Oma deLeeuw

         Elder and Zuster deLeeuw

PS: Dad wanted me to mention that what we write is only a small portion of what we do each week.  It would take several hours to write all, and take you several days to read:)

Goede Middag

Goede Middag,      

Which means Good Midday:) As you are just starting your day, we have already been to Leiden to 'Ring Conference', had lunch, Sunday nap, and now typing this email. Cameron sent us a picture of Dayna Lee and Alexis at the Orem Fest Parade, and the way they were dressed it looked like it was cold. This past week we have had rain, STRONG winds and cold temps ourselves.  Friday it was only 13 degrees Celsius, which is 55 degrees Fahrenheit. We have asked several people if this is normal for mid Juni to still be this cool. Usually it is warmer, but with the few days that were so hot and humid....we will take this:)

Holland is in the madness of 'Voetbal', or as you know it, Soccer. I think we  mentioned all the orange that is everywhere......well, it has gotten worse. As we have driven, biked and walked around some of the neighborhoods here it is 'out of control'.  Orange flags are hanging from apartment house to apartment house. We saw a couple the other day and their dog had an orange lei around it's neck.  The mannequins in the store windows are dressed in orange clothes. If you think that 'Super Bowl' Sunday is bad, it is nothing to when the Voetbal team plays here.  No one goes anywhere but in front of a TV to watch the game.  The YSA's were suppose to sing last night at Ring Conference.  Elder Moore had been having practices at our Institute and at Den Haag to be ready.  The father of one of the JoVo's heard that they were suppose to sing and contacted a member of the Stake Presidency.  NOT the JoVo, but her father.  He told President van der Put that the JoVo's were planning a big party Saturday night to watch the Voetbal game, and none of them were planning to be at the Ring Conference to sing.  The game was played and Holland lost 1-0 to Denmark.  It was a game Holland thought they could easily win, so the headlines are; "Holland is shocked." Wednesday night Holland plays Germany, so we have cancelled Institute because all the kids want to watch the game. We are trying to see if we can get the game on the computer we have at the church, so at least we can get the JoVo's there for some activity.  The game does not start until 9:00 pm, so it could be a LONG night for us Seniors. If Holland loses this game, and Germany is a strong team, Holland is out of the competition.  All the orange comes down with ALL of the Netherlands very sad.  At least when the team loses the streets are quiet!

This past Friday we went to Alkmaar with two of our YSA's that live there.  Each Friday from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm there is a cheese market.  It is the biggest cheese market in the world.  Men are dressed as were the men many years ago when this all started. We were told how many Kilograms of cheese is weighed in a day, but we can't remember the number. It is a LOT though.  They carry the cheese into the public square on slats hung from the men's shoulders. There are 2 men that empty the cheese from these slats, then off the two 'carriers' go for another load.  The cheese is weighed, then taken, or shipped all over the world.  There is cheese made with everything you can imagine.....with every taste you can't imagine.  Cheese made from carrotts, herbs, seeds, orange, yellow, white, some so strong you can't eat it, you name it, it is made into cheese. This is a big Tourist attraction as you can imagine.  Tessa and Christina took us on a tour of Alkmaar and told us some of the History.  There were 4 of us Senior Missionary couples, and the girls were so cute with us.  Any time we can be with our JoVo's we take advantage of the opportunity.  After the 'town tour' we drove to the beach that is about a 20 minute drive from Alkmaar.  The wind was blowing so hard we could hardly walk.  We all came away with sand in our hair and teeth. There are SO many things to do and see in the Netherlands, there is no way, even in 18 months that we could enjoy them all.  Both of these young women are the only members in their families that are members of the church.  Tessa was an exchange student in Spanish Fork, with an LDS family.  She told us about her first day of school and going to Seminary.  She didn't know what Scriptures were, and had NO idea how to spell the word, so her host family did not know what books she was to take to class the next day.  She spoke no English, so did not know how to communicate.....wow.  She now speaks beautiful English and knows what the Scriptures are :)  Her parents were VERY much against her being Baptized, but when they did give their permission, the host family from Utah came and the 'dad' from Utah baptized her. Maybe I already told you that story?  Christina has only seen her dad 3 times in her life, once when he tried to kidnap her when she was just a child.  She is 21 now.  Her dad, sister, a couple of her uncles have been in prison, her mother smokes, so Christina always had that stale smell on her clothes. She is SO positive and wants to serve a Mission.  She comes to all the Zone training meetings we have and just looks like a Missionary already.  Most of the YSA's we love, have stories that would make you cry.  They are all so happy having the Gospel in their lives, and they ALL hope some day that their families will join the church as well.

We went on 'joint teach' with the Assistants this week to visit Daniel and Zsanett. Their baby is beautiful and I wanted to take her picture, but she was sleeping.  They hope to get their legal papers from Hungary in the next week and a half, then they can be married, then Baptized.  They have asked the Elders to be the witnesses at their wedding.  The Elders are so excited and told us, "We get to be witnesses first at their wedding then again at their Baptism." The day they are married we will host a dinner here for them and try and make the day a special one for them.  All of their family live in Hungary, so we ARE their family. The Elders are teaching them how to speak Dutch, so I learned a few words as well:) We LOVE to go with the Missionaries as they teach.

We went to the Mission Home Thursday evening for a 'good bye' dinner for Elder and Sister Bush.  They are the first couple to leave and there are 2 more 'in the wings'.  It was hard for them to say goodbye, as they have learned to love these YSA's. One new couple came last week and another is coming the first of August. Serving the Lord on a Mission  is THE WAY TO GO AFTER RETIREMENT! Some days are long and hard, but when you say your prayers and give thanks for all that has happened, and for the opportunity to serve, you gain new strength to tackle another day:)

I will close with a few thoughts we heard today in 'Ring Conference' .  The Conference was broadcast from SLC to Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, France and Switzerland. Modern technology is amazing.  Two wards in our Stake had Dutch translation, we went to Leiden where we heard the talks in English:) Elder Russell M Nelson gave a beautiful talk on "Teaching The Children". Here are just a few things I wrote down.  Teach your children to Love the Prophet. Love the Scriptures, and read them each day. Live Worthy to be able to enter the Temple, and stay worthy to always carry a temple Recommend.  Young men, it is their duty to serve a Mission.  Young Women can serve Missions, but that is their choice. Heed the Law of Tithing. Obey the Word of Wisdom. Be Obedient.  Get an Education. Learn a Foreign Language. SHUN PORNOGRAPHY!!!!! Be a good Citizen. Prepare to Meet God. Let your children know that you LOVE them. Teach them who they really are.  Read the 138 section of D&C. Elder Nelson made a comment about us 'older' folks as well, that I love. He spoke about what we do with our lives and how we will be remembered.  "Who you are is more important than what you did." Great  counsel!  President Henry B. Eyring also spoke, but I will write that another time.

We love you all.  We LOVE serving the Lord.  Thank you for you prayers.  They ARE felt!  KEEP praying! We have a Mission Conference this week to say goodbye to President and Sister Brubaker.  There should be about 120 at the Conference.  It will be fun to see the Elders and Sisters that have Transferred from Amsterdam....transfers are again next week, so we will say goodbye to several more.  That IS Missionary work.

Love, Opa and Oma, Vader and Moeder

Elder and Zuster deLeeuw

Pictures!

The "rat Lady".  She kissed them, hugged them, then made Deviled eggs without washing her hands!
The man who makes fresh Stroopwafels each week at the open market in Diemen.  I am going to give him a Book Of Mormon.  I told him he needs to come to America and make the Stroopwafles for us:)
This is Tara....she reminds us of Lauren.  Each Sunday I give her a hug.
This is Trees....the Catholic lady who we visit.  She just got a 'jazzy motor schooter', so wants to take us to the park.  If we can keep up with her.

I am having a hard time attaching another file.....have had troubles and don't know what to do?  Any suggestions.  I have LOTS more pictures but it is taking forever to download.

Ok, one more.  They held a Festival in Diemen last weekend. This is what the kids were doing in the canal by our apartment.  Looks fun Huh.  They paid 5 euro and had 5 minutes in this bubble.

Will send this bunch and see if I can download more later.

Love you!