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Our year in Pictoral Review

Below is a recap of 2010. I've linked different albums to each photo. So if you like, you can visit any respective album to see more.

2010!

Our year started with a blizzard


Having just moved into a new flat we were often busy with making it "home"


Friends came over to help (David here)


Lanae stained new furniture


And an empty flat became home.


We had friends over and played lots of games


We had dinner parties too!


We walked on frozen lakes (Lanae, Alie [Jelmer's sister], Jelmer, & David)


Soon spring came and along with spring... Lanae's parents (Linda & Lynn)


We went to the beach (North Sea! Jelmer & Lanae)


Visited the tulip fields! (Linda)


Went on walks through our neighborhood (Jelmer & Lanae)


Then, Lanae graduated from Webster U. (Can you spot her?)


How about now? (Second row, far left)


Linda, Lynn, & Lanae


Celebrating with a glass of wine (Alie, David, Jelmer, & Lanae)



We moved from our flat in the north to one more central!


We made a trip to Antwerp


With Eric and Sandra (Jelmer, Eric, & Sandra)


We were the ceremony master's for Wijnand and Josja's wedding
(Lanae, Josja, Wijnand, & Jelmer)


We watched all the last three World Cup games on museumplein
(along with hundreds of thousands of others -- what a rush!)


We took a summer trip to beautiful, historical Munster.


Lanae went to London...


...to visit these lovely ladies (among others!)


SAIL Amsterdam came and we went to watch some of the gorgeous boats


We took a wee day trip to Cologne


walked around and sat in cafes.


We went with David who had the company car for the weekend ;)


Winter reappeared in the land of Nethers


Amsterdam turned into a beautiful wonderland


we took lovely evening walks among the canals


As the year neared an end, we walked on the frozen Ijsselmeer (lake) to look at the drifting ice.


The views were spectacular!


We ended the year on a rooftop in the Jordaan(a neighborhood of Amsterdam).
The fireworks display was one of 360 degrees from such a spot. Nothing like it!

A very happy new year to you all!


Album Links:

Winter 2010
May 2010
Graduation
June 2010
July 2010
Munster
August 2010
London
Cologne
November/December 2010


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2009!

The year began with a cold and frosty start.


Lanae on the ice. The rowing course in the Amsterdam Forest


With all the cold... one needs some hot chocolate and apple pie! ;)


Visiting Robert & Corrie



Lanae visited Roayanne and Belfast


Royanne (on a day trip to Dublin)


Lanae hugging those lovable Dublin trees.


Kelli came to visit!


We went to the Keukenhof (to see TULIPS!)


And we went to Kinderdijk (to see windmills!)


Geert & Gert at Kinderdijk (Jel's Dad and brother)


We went to Scheveningen to visit the Logos Hope


Scheveningen beach with Eric and Jelmer


On to Stavoren to find the lady in the lake (Old Dutch Tale)
(Jelmer!)


We went with Jelmer's parents (Tjimkje & Geert)


Later on we had to go find a bike that we left parked in the wrong spot (opps!)
It looks like lots of people have done the same or similar! ;)


We went on a cycle through the Frisian countryside and found a lovely swan on her nest.


Ina and Alie taking a break from the cycle. ;) (Jelmer's sisters)


Queens Day!!! Lots of good buys! ;) (Jelmer & Lanae)


More Queens Day


Lanae's birthday in the Amsterdam Forest. Cookout!


Guys surrounding the meat... what else is new? (Bas, Geert, David, & Paul)


Michelle, Bas, & Alie


We took a trip to Austria!


Lanae & Jelmer at the highest waterfall in Europe!


On the Grossglocknerstrasse. A high road through the Alps


It was SO beautiful!


On our way to The Hague for a day trip!


The tower is the Minister President's office! (The Hague)


The wedding of one of Jelmer's cousins.


The bride & groom. Anne & Stefanie. Along with the minister.
Anne's father, Henk and Jelmer's uncle.


It has been a good year!