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Our First College Graduate

by Toiny 12 May 2012
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Twenty-two years ago I missed my own college graduation, and instead had a beautiful, amazing, perfect little boy.  He changed my life forever.  Last Saturday my little boy graduated college.  The first in our family to do so.  I cannot describe the enormous pride, love, emotion pouring out of my body.  I have tears just [...]

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Puntbroodjes are for Ducks

by Toiny 19 April 2012
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I have lots of beautiful photo’s of my kids.  I love them!  But I also have some awesome shots of the wildlife at Beekse Bergen over Easter Break.  My favorite, of course, are the giraffes, I still get giggly like a schoolgirl when I look at those images.  I also have a beautiful one of [...]

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Met Oma

by Toiny 14 April 2012
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Last weekend wasn’t all about giraffes, it was about family and seeing the ones we love (though I really, really love giraffes too).  We saw cousins, aunts & uncles but most importantly I got to see my Oma!  In case you are new to our site, new to my babbling, my Oma is 97 and [...]

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Me & the Giraffe

by Toiny 12 April 2012
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I’d been hoping for weeks that we could make a trip up to Holland and see my Oma. There are so many things that must fall exactly right for us to go. Most important, the van must drive. Dave’s back has to be up to the long drive. Dave needs to be home, and not [...]

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Roadtrip to America

by Toiny 31 March 2012

Dave & I took a little roadtrip up to Ramstein this week. He had a second MRI for his back very early Friday morning, rather than try to drive at 4:00 a.m. (eeeeeeeeeeek!), we decided to stay in AirForce Lodging the night before. AirForce Lodging rocks! Completely affordable, nice, spacious rooms and American tv. Wooooooooohoooooooo! [...]

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Below Zero with a Cold

by Toiny 11 February 2012
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I have been fighting a wicked cold all week. Yesterday my body finally got the best of me, burst out into a fever and laid me flat. I’m soooooo embarrassed that a fever of 101F laid me flat. My kids still bounce around at 103F. I couldn’t have bounced if you had offered me a [...]

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Schleprock

by Toiny 5 October 2011

I’ve now told enough people that I might as well babble about in the newsletter.  I dropped a knife, a sharp knife, on my toe and had to get stitched back together.  Now you know, I’m clumsy.  I’m so clumsy that Dave calls me ‘schleprock’, the accident-prone guy from the Flintstones.  We are a very [...]

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It’s my Birthday!

by Toiny 15 September 2011
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It’s my birthday! Somehow I got to be 44 years old, I’m not sure how. In my mind I’m still 20, just don’t tell my hips, they think they are 60. There are mornings when I look in the mirror and what I think my eyes should be seeing, isn’t there. It’s weird to be [...]

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Strawberry Picking

by Toiny 21 May 2011
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A quick little note today, poor Dane has another tummy bug.  Kindy is not treating him kindly.  In happier news, yesterday I had a girls morning out.  Together with two friends, I went strawberry picking!  This is something I’ve done many, many times before.  Always with my kids.  Mostly in California.  It’s what I consider a [...]

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Family Photo

by Toiny 6 April 2011

As the official memory keeper of our family, I not only do all the scrapping (despite Tess & Dane’s mess-making) but also 99% of the photography.  That means I’m rarely actually in the picture.  This week I needed a family photo as part of our big blog redesign.    So for the very first time I pushed the [...]

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