Tuesday, October 25, 2011

8 is GREAT!

graham begins his birthday celebration with a breakfast bar and candle (our family tradition)


can you tell graham is excited about his birthday?




graham and jayden playing with Beyblades (one of Graham's birthday presents)


graham on his way to a surprise location


can you guess where?


Chuck E Cheese!!!



can't believe my baby boy is 8!


getting the tokens :)







jillian spent all her tokens on this bus




yummy buttercream goodness!










Graham's C diploma

Graham is ready to swim for his C diploma!



















he is so proud! .... and so is his mama :)

Sunday, October 16, 2011

running tour of amsterdam

on saturday morning, i did a runing tour of amsterdam as part of the activities during the amsterdam marathon weekend. the tour started at the museumplein area in amsterdam


the back of the rijksmuseum


my tour group

the flower market... i remember walking through this area when ross and i came over in november 2009 to look for a house!


the only wooden church remaining in amsterdam


a view of the area next to the church




dam square

dam square

a men's bathroom :)







corridor at the university of amsterdam


picture of a canal


city hall and opera in the same building - the tour guide said it was called the Shopera



famous bride that was built over a canal - story behind the bridge is that 2 wealthy sisters lived on either side of the canal but were too lazy to walk down the side of the canal to cross the bridge that was near their houses so they had the bridge built so they could meet each day.


guy dressed up during the tour


finish of the amsterdam tour run




olympic stadium in amsterdam... finish of the half-marathon - my finish time - 1 hour 38 minutes ... beat my time last year by 8 minutes!