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June 01, 2009
Its show night! Max watches as Ethan plays at the little gym.
How low can you go!
Max wants to join in
The practice run
Down by the station ...
On to the beam
They are all winners!
June 02, 2009
Max's Show Day at the little gym
The medal ceremony
June 06, 2009
Off to NY for Susie's Baby Shower
She got lots of gifts
But this was my favorite
We all had fun
Meanwhile, back home, Luigi and Kirsten checked out the location for their wedding in September: Allerton Park
The "aisle"
Snack time
Checking out the site
I wonder what is in here?
Come check it out Kirsten
June 14, 2009
Daddy got a new office chair and had help from two little elves to put it together
June 16, 2009
Dinner and play time with Kirsten and Luigi
June 18, 2009
After a long trip, we arrived at Oma and Opa's house in Holland
Bar, Eddie and Kiran came to welcome us back
The "airport" was a big hit all week
And everyone loved playing on oma's garden
I wonder what is over there ... besides Kiran's socks!
Ice cream for all
Nice hat, opa!
How sweet
June 19, 2009
Hey, let's check out the tadpoles!
Eddie got to borrow a really cool car!
And everyone got to check it out
Off to the playground for the first of many visits
Movies
Time to take a snack break
Back at the house, the play moved out to the garden
And everyone got ice cream again!
June 20, 2009
Good morning daddy!
Let's play in the garden!
Everyone inside!
And off to the playground!
Dinner at Kraantje Lek with the whole family. Up the hill ...
And roll down!
Movies:
Then back up again!
Wake up max ...
This is a cool tree. Let's climb it!
A little help from opa
Whew, I'm tired!
They have a great playground too!
Help!
A makeshift balance beam
Coffee and tea break
And one more run up the sand hill before dinner!
Remembering Oma van der Lee
June 21, 2009
Camping in the backyard
Better clean the tent!
And the floor too!
The Aviation Museum
Past, present and future pilots!
Inside there were lots more planes to see
A flight simulator
The old Schipol Airport
And of course a few rides at the end
Back home and back in the garden. Hey, who's in the tent now?
Dinner with my cousin
June 22, 2009
Having fun in Utrecht
That's on big pizza!
June 23, 2009
Just call me shades
Off to the petting zoo with Kiran. The most favorite thing was the little bike/carts.
Stopping for a cow sighting
Take us home, Ethan
Checking out the bunnies
The goats were a little load and scary
Outside there were more animals to see
What a cool see-saw
Kings of the hill!
Off to the next playground
Bubbles from up high
Learning to climb
Hey, I can do it all by myself
Down the pole
Tired onlookers
Outback at Bar and Eddie's
And ice cream for dessert
Say freeze!
June 24, 2009
Mini Golf. Ethan and Kiran started off while Max took a nap in the car.
Follow through!
Who's turn is it now?
Max woke up for the final hole
Giant Checcker!
All aboard!
And of couse some ice cream after all of the hard work
The rock climbing club
Finally we met Bar and Eddie and the pancake place for dinner
Is this how you eat it?
Followed by a good book from oma
June 25, 2009
We love the Zoo!
The bears got so close
What's in there?
That's a cool mural
Now I can see the owls
Let's check out the elephants
A quick break
Lots of monkeys!
What a cool jungle playground
Check out my ride!
We got sooo close to the giraffes
Cool .. when I turn this, it makes music!
The dinosaur jungle!
Watch out!
Nice dino ...
Yumm!
Just my size
Checking out the penguins
Choo-choo!
Slowly heading home
Ethan's zoo pics
Dinner on our last night in Holland
Bath time
Frere Jacques? (movie)
Oma, read to us one more time
June 27, 2009
Our vacation in Grece started in Nafplio, the first capital of modern Greece, from 1829 to 1834.
Lunch on the harbor with Eyal
On the edge ...
Window shopping
The first of many coffee breaks
And the first of many chocolate milk shakes!
The only thin to do in the afternoon is jump in the pool!
The pre-wedding dinner
June 28, 2009
Off to Karathona beach
Movies
Snack break
Back into town for lunch and coffee
"The reader", on loan from Tel Aviv via Urbana-Champaign
Run, run, run!
Hat models
Family photos
And time for ice cream (definitely a recurring theme this trip)!
Self portraits
Karrie and Paris's Wedding
Here comes the groom
Sunset over Nafplio
Karrie and Tasso and their mom, Maria
The blushing bride
And the hand-off to Paris
The cermony
Sneaky pictures
Max and Ethan found the "aisle"
Checking out the view
All of the photographer got a c chance to get pics of the "new" couple
The proud mom
Friends from Urbana-Champaig
Congratulations!
The Castle at night
Our silly gift
Finally way after all of our bedtimes (~1AM), the first dance
Everyone had fun on the dance floor
And we had one sleepy baby
June 29, 2009
The Palamidi Castle. Looking down on Old Town Nafplio
The Church where Karrie and Paris got married
One crzy intersection!
Exploring the castle
Hiding in the shade
Lots of little windows to peek through
Pictuer time!
Although some of the castle was in ruins, there was still much to see
Nafplio
Checking out the catacombs
A few picture from Ethan
Edpidarus Amphitheater. If you stand on the center stone, they can hear you wisper up at the top!
If you clap, you can hear a great echo
All of the kids took a turn at singing in the middle
Movies:
What a great day
June 30, 2009
Our last day in Nafplio. We took a boat ride out to the fortress in the harbor
Let us out!
The fortress
Windy!
Big guns
One giant step
Break
Ethan's pictures from the fortress
Back to the boat
Who needs ice cream? I do!
And finally, Ethan got to ride on the train around the old town
