Tulip Time 2010

The first week in May is always such a fun time in Holland. Tulip Time is held annually the first week in May. It is a beautiful time of the year, with thousands of tulips in bloom Holland is alive with springtime!! Not only do we have thousands of tulips but also hundreds of Dutch Dancers dressed in Dutch costumes and wooden shoes, three parades, and many community activities.
This year we were blessed to have wonderful spring weather the beginning of the week. We ventured downtown twice with the boys for junk food from the food booths and Dutch Dance. Tuesday we went with Tom and Sharon, Thursday we went with our good friends Hossinks and Borgmans. One of the best things about going downtown during Tulip Time, not just the food, is the sense of community. It is always amazing to me to see people that we have not seen since last Tulip Time.
Here are some pictures of our cutie little Dutch boys in their Dutch Costumes.

Easter

We were blessed to have an awesome Easter celebrating the resurrection of our Lord! We began our Easter celebration with going to church on Saturday night.
We woke Sunday moring to a lovely, but cool morning. Perfect for Simon's first ever Easter egg hunt in our yard. Chris did a great job of hiding the eggs so that Simon had to hunt for them, but not too hard to find that he got frustrated. It was a blast!! I'm not sure who had more fun Simon or us.




Later that we were able to have a wonderful Easter dinner with Chris family. It was a great time of being together with loved ones.

Spring Break

Spring Break was at the beginning of April and unlike many years the weather for the beginning of the week was fantastic! Now that I am not teaching anymore school vacations are when I get a chance to catch up with my teacher friends. One of the really fun things we did was plan a trip to John Ball Park Zoo with a couple of my friends and their kids. We went with my friend Tammi, who is a second grade teacher, and her two girls (Summer and Aubrey). Simon has a major crush on the girls (he says they have beautiful hair). Too cute! The other friend we went with was Tonya and her kids Kassidy and Porter. Porter and Simon are good buds!
We had such a great time. The weather was sunny and warm. The animals were very active and all out. Simon had a blast seeing all the different animals! After a few hours in the zoo we wrapped up our visit with a picnic. It was such an awesome day! We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends- both big and little!



Aubrey and Simom having a little pow wow.


Aubrey and Simon. We think this could be a little love match. We are considering an arranged marriage :)


Simon and a bear. Notice the bear checking Simon out.


Simon petting a goat. He kept saying "Hi, Goatie"