5.Versluys'.us

California is in the middle of a storm described as “epic” and of “biblical proportions”. Right now all of the greater Los Angeles area is being rocked with rain, and we already have about a foot of snow here in Wrightwood. We’re at the red pin.

Memo to me: when planning a surprise, it’s not the “keeping the secret” part that you have to worry about, it’s letting details slip out when researching it online. DO NOT research a surprise getaway with your husband in the room and expect the secret to remain a secret. I have been teasing Eric with plans for a surprise getaway weekend, refusing to tell him where we will go – only saying it will be...

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Two weeks ago, we packed up the girls and headed south to Camp Pendleton to attend Robert Christian’s promotion to First Lieutenant. Eric was invited to join Robert’s brother Forrest in pinning Robert, and Robert was scheduled to leave for Afghanistan the next week, so we couldn’t miss this for anything. Becoming First Lieutenant Robert E. Christian Rob is an old high school buddy of Eric’s and it’s been fun having him out on the...

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This is for Aunt Lori Jonker, who admittedly doesn’t read all my posts, but “looks at pictures”. First up, the gallery of our first morning at the Versluys house, wherein Nora got a bath from Oma, we ate cinnamon rolls and opened stockings, and plundered the tree. Yummy breakfast! Dutch letters for everyone! Quincy the Christmas elf. Probably the best gift (If I do say so myself) was a book that Eric and I gave Marty with photos of Annette...

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What started off as a necessary yet not unpleasant drive to bring our new Yukon home became the trip I would never have taken if I had known what would happen. We headed out of Colorado with a Royal Kitchen, princess dresses, ornaments, and duffels of dirty laundry stacked in the cargo space. The big girls took some time to wind down from the excitement of New Year’s Day, but they eventually drifted off to...

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