Hit the big 40 this year and decided to prove that I was still in ok shape... why not run a marathon?
Although I went into it looking forward to getting it over with and checking it off my list of things to do before I die, it sure was fun... NYC next year perhaps?!

The best way of celebrating thereafter was heading to Wisco on a girls' only trip (Em and I) for the autumn vacation and Halloween. Had a super time hanging out and attending UW football game, hockey game, shopping, seeing friends & best of all family.

Dutch dream house renovation

Time to get some of these renovation stories documented here... how do you take a 70's style dutch house and turn it into a place you love to be in? Make sure you have dreams, advice, trustworthy & good worker dudes (with their own advice), set a budget .... and....enjoy!!!!!:

Now for some house & garden updates... renovations are complete on the dream house. Garden guy said the work would be done in 8 days. Unfortunately, he didn't say which 8 days... some of those 8 days may just happen in 2007 at the rate things are going now. But the big stuff is done - most importantly: the trampoline! yeppers, we're havin' some fun here.

Field trip to Efteling

Emily & Timothy had their school field trip to the Efteling on Thursday. Eight buses hauled kids & accompanying parents to the attraction park. With the exception of a few cases of motion sickness on the bus and in the park, the event ended with all children and adults present and accounted for (and exhausted).

Starting the blog

Starting a blog today after having been inspired by friends the van Meekerens in Canada, who, although they have 5 kids, jobs, busy social life, keep a blog updated. It was great to be able to see updated photos of their kids and feel a bit in touch with them through what they posted.

I can only aspire to the same - perhaps this is the way I can get photos and updates a bit more timely to family and friends? Everyone knows how good I am at that snail mail (NOT!)