1 September 2010
One of the huge perks of being in California now… living only a few hours away from Campus by the...
Eric = 27
26 August 2010
Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband and the girls’ amazing papa!
We celebrated Eric’s 27th birthday a day early with decorations,...
Where has the summer gone?
23 August 2010
Ah, now, here it is nearing the end of August, and I am happily sorting through and uploading our many...
A happy day
5 July 2010
Father’s Day was spent looking through binoculars and driving the trails in our truck.
What Papa wants, Papa gets....
Slideshow
19 June 2010
Quick, follow along as we show you what has gone down lately…
We sent another package to Uncle Rob in Afghanistan.
Lots...
May
24 May 2010
There’s several new photo galleries up, including our fun May Day picnic at the Lake Arrowhead Airport.
My friend...
My girl Roma
14 May 2010
With sunburned cheeks in her birthday dress from the Bom sisters, wearing new dress-up shoes from Oma and Grandpa.
She’s a...
That's right, she's two.
12 May 2010
Quincy figured out how to say “two” and hold up her first two fingers on her birthday. Today, when...
SPF 50
11 May 2010
We started off the weekend of the big girls’ birthday celebration (at San Onofre – more about that later) with...
Regroup
27 April 2010
We had a delightful weekend at the beach with family and friends, living it up and having a party for...
You live in a zoo
21 April 2010
My mom used to make my birthday cakes, and my way of giving back is to have my kids make...
Good Friday Parade
20 April 2010
I wasn’t kidding when I said we’ve been hanging out with the sibs a lot.
On Good Friday, several of the...
Charlotte's legs
7 April 2010
It was late in the evening on Easter and my adorable niece Charlotte was overly tired, but she gave everyone...
The great egg hunt
7 April 2010
We headed out to the Lake Arrowhead Airport on Sunday to have lunch and commence the annual egg hunt. ...
Wrangling
7 April 2010
It was chilly and windy on Sunday, so we weren’t able to take photos of the girls in their dresses...
Valentine messages
24 March 2010
For St. Valentine’s Day, the girls opened a big package from Oma and Grandpa, who were watching via Skype. ...
A romantic Craftsman binge
23 March 2010
February marked the 5th anniversary of this lovely day, so Eric and I celebrated it with a weekend in San...
Wind and waves
9 March 2010
This is how we hang in Mexico.
Quincy’s only allowed to have her pacifier in bed, so she tends to choose...
in color
25 February 2010
This is Nora.
This is Nora with a big camera in her face.
When we went to Colorado for our third and...
A Colorado Christmas
13 January 2010
This is for Aunt Lori Jonker, who admittedly doesn’t read all my posts, but “looks at pictures”.
First up, the gallery...
Versluys County Hospital Stats
4 January 2010
What started off as a necessary yet not unpleasant drive to bring our new Yukon home became the trip I...
Click. Print. Ship.
14 December 2009
Every year, I give books to my parents. And Eric’s parents. Books that cost a whole lot more than...
Need. A. Housekeeper.
30 November 2009
My kitchen is a disaster.
My children are so tired; I let them fall where they will.
After a Thanksgiving weekend...
Photo Overload
2 November 2009
A raft of photos are now posted in the galleries!
I separated out more of the photos than normal, because there...
three kids on a plane
15 October 2009
Ah, Colorado winters.
The couple inches of snow that fell in Loveland while Boulder or Fort Collins got a...
Happy Birthday Nora!
27 September 2009
From the video page you can download the original file (right side, scroll down) and burn it to DVD. ...
Still no baby
19 September 2009
Sorry, this isn’t THE post.
The one with pictures of a red squalling bundle and two exhausted parents.
No, this...
Little Green Men and Cookie Cows
16 September 2009
Our Labor Day was spent with the White family, looking for leprechaun poop.
Okay, so the story actually told is that...
The Lost Ranch
16 September 2009
With such charming children, it’s easy to get carried away.
Thus, there are multitudinous photos of aforementioned adorable girls in...
Happy Birthday, E!
3 September 2009
Quite appropriately, I posted about Eric’s birthday today, on his sister Annette’s 23rd birthday. Eric and Nettie have birthdays...
26 Candles
3 September 2009
As I neared the end of last weekend’s spate of fresh posts, I was unable to devote a proper amount...
August
30 August 2009
There is a catch-all gallery for August, and it includes such photos as the cute one above where Roma is...
Floaties
30 August 2009
I told her to stay away from the brownies.
Sun Chips are safer.
Between the relaxing afternoons by the pool...
Notice
12 August 2009
Since I don’t want to overshadow the important anniversary (translation: the house is still a disaster and I haven’t sorted...
Another milestone
12 August 2009
4 years later, and we still feel the same way about each other.
And I’m still really in love with my...
On the beach
27 July 2009
Pictures from our delightful trip to Mexico with Nonna and the kids are now posted.
There are two galleries from Mexico...
Papa's Day #4
8 July 2009
Note: Sorry about the oversized photos. I guess I didn’t rescale them enough, and I’m too lazy to fix...
May photos up
8 July 2009
New photo galleries from Roma and Eric’s trip to Michigan in May, and my birthday!
Mr. and Mrs. White, College Grads
29 June 2009
In May, my little brother and his wife graduated from Chapman University. They really rubbed it in to those...
Mountain Mother's Day
29 June 2009
This is how I spent my Mother’s Day.
Hiking along the Pacific Crest Trail in the Angeles National Forest, practically in...
"I'm three!"
29 June 2009
That’s been Roma’s consistent conversation opener since her birthday on May 9.
Her birthday was kicked off by blowing out candles...
Two for One
23 June 2009
Roma and Quincy celebrated their birthdays together with a big shindig featuring a Thomas cake for Roma and many friends...
Easter - the official report 2 months later
19 June 2009
Amidst blooming flowers and chirping birds, the Easter baskets emerge for their annual show.
Once again, Aunt Jannie (aided by...
April Action
14 June 2009
That’s my girl.
Fashion forward, that one.
Following the Australia and Easter hoopla, we enjoyed celebrating Ashley’s graduation from Pepperdine with an...
Where the koalas roam...
18 March 2009
Have I mentioned here that we are going to Australia tomorrow?
If not, so sorry.
I was roped into...
It wasn't a Friday, but it was the Thirteenth.
13 March 2009
Today is the day I met Eric four years ago, and to continue the story started in this post, I...
Sí Señor...
3 March 2009
We spent the last few February days in Mexico with my family, wherein Roma indulged in sand play and s’mores...
Sledding
18 February 2009
Our St. Valentine’s day at the sled hill, as promised.
Happy Wow-You're-Hot-So-I'll-Take-A-Picture Day!
12 February 2009
While all you die-hard romantics are celebrating (or if a single romantic, sobbing through) Saint Valentine’s Day, Eric and I...
a New Year's Eve well spent
28 January 2009
If you weren’t living it up on New Year’s Eve 2008 with a glass of champagne in one hand and...
Christmas: the white album
26 January 2009
Christmas was another all-out affair again in 2008.
I honestly think that even if someone died right before Christmas, the...
Pint sized presents
26 January 2009
Would you believe this is a scene not from Denver, but from sunny California?
Soon after this photo was taken we...
Eric's gonna flip his lid.
4 January 2009
Or he would if he ever flipped his lid. I think I can count on oh, one finger, the...
Linus has a rival
24 December 2008
That’s what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown.
Adios
7 November 2008
In the moving mayhem, I misplaced our camera cord somewhere in the multitude of boxes. I had already misplaced...
Snowbird Pioneers
25 October 2008
I erred and didn’t really elaborate last time about our trip to Wrightwood, as I went off on that tangent....
Orange juice, sticky rice, and grace
25 September 2008
I need my photos! The standard protocol for family trip photos involves everyone with a camera copying their snaps...
Standoffs in Seattle
23 September 2008
In lieu of photos from Canada, all of which are conveniently located 1000 miles away on my dad’s computer until...
Happy Birthday!
20 September 2008
My little sister’s not so little anymore – Katie is now 19!
I wonder how my parents feel now...
We survived the inferno.
31 July 2008
On Sunday, our little troupe arrived home worn out from the previous week’s activities in Redding. The week-long waterfest...
Cleaning up the photo folders
27 June 2008
There is another new photo gallery that should have been up a while ago. It contains pictures from Father’s...
Papa's Day!
15 June 2008
Happy Father’s Day to Roma and Quincy’s fun, loving, cheerfully diaper-changing, incredibly talented Papa!
On your third (can you believe it?)...
Two Years Old
21 May 2008
Being the devoted mother I am, I spent several months in preparation for the celebration of my eldest daughter’s 2nd...
The Week That Was Supposed To...
23 April 2008
... be the week Quincy was born. We weren’t counting on it, but very hopeful since the Whites and...
Easter and assorted musings
24 March 2008
We have certainly been busy around here.
As you can see, Eric and Roma have no problem amusing themselves while I...
A Headless Flower for Valentine's
14 February 2008
Happy Valentine’s Day to all!
And a very special Happy Birthday to a talented and handsome 12-year-old… Roma’s guitar-playing Uncle Ben!...
Christmas gifts and broken legs
9 January 2008
I don’t even know where to begin.
Summary: 20-hour drive through the snow, Christmas in Bakersfield, ER visit on...
Christmas starts NOW.
19 December 2007
I’m tired of doing laundry, washing dishes, and running errands. Especially with the lit Christmas tree in the living...
old lady aunt and a fake tree
2 December 2007
Happy birthday to Alison!
My big sister is 26, and celebrated her birthday today by shopping for a new...
Twenty-two and twenty-four
27 August 2007
Happy Birthday (August 24) to my “little” brother Nick – I hope it was a good one, way over there...
A Big Splash
9 August 2007
Yet again, the Versluys family took to the road – this time to Redding, California. Our pilgrimage was made...
Shipping Out
16 June 2007
The Versluys family is scattering across the country tomorrow. Eric heads to Chicago early Sunday morning, while Roma and...
Enter Spring
17 April 2007
We’ve been back in Colorado for a week, and thankfully the weather is being nice. It got a little...





