forrest gump

note: notice the last picture .... everyone in front of me has their right foot up in the air at the same time .....

sunday, june 26th - i ran in the Weesp Half-Marathon... i was the 4th woman to cross the finish line and placed 54th overall. my time... well it was not my best but an honest 1hour 48minutes. about 3 miles of the course was on dirt, grass, and other various unstable surfaces. brought back way to many memories (nightmares) of my cross-country track career in high school. i'm definitely a track and hard surface kind of girl :) it was a very hot and humid day in the netherlands and the course did not have much shade at all - but overall a good race. the best part of the race was having the kids (minus jillian who rode up in the stroller with ross) run with me to the finish line!

Jayden's C (swim) diploma

jayden swam for his C diploma on Saturday - the last level of swimming for him! He had to swim in a long sleeve shirt, raincoat, long pants, and shoes!

the last dance

today - helen received her dance diploma.... i'm beginning to think there is a diploma for everything here in Holland!

3 year old dance class

i'm afraid helen has inherited my inflexible legs

walking on their heels

on their toes!

hard loopen (running!)

smile!

helen had this photo taken at her swim lessons a few weeks ago! she's doing so great with her swimming :)

my silly jilly

fell down and needed a bandaid just like her brothers and sister

gotta love the constant drool that streams from her mouth and the cheesy toddler smile :) - the final molar finally broke through!

yea - the band aid lasted about 2 minutes on her knee

uh-oh!

the "you can't be mad at me 'cause i'm cute" look

wearing a hat bucket

i love watching her personality develop....

my artists

it's been raining a lot here the past couple weeks - one sunday afternoon we decided to make face masks using paper plates and some mixed media.

B Swim Diploma - Graham

jayden cheers graham on for his B diploma (Jayden swims for his C diploma on June 25)

helen can't wait to start swimming for her diplomas :)

jillian watches the swimmers

long pants and long sleeves are worn for the first part of the test

ready to swim for the B diploma!

to say i'm behind in my blogging is an understatement! Graham swam for his B swim diploma on Saturday, June 18.