Sunday, December 28, 2008

More Family Visit Photos (Nov 08)



Friday, December 26, 2008

Christmas 
2008


Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Renee's Trip to the States, Visitors to Germany, and Fun in the Snow

Koen's B-Day Videos



From Koen 1st B-Day



From Koen 1st B-Day


From Koen 1st B-Day

Monday, December 22, 2008

Koen's B-Day  

Here are some phots from Koen's 1st B-Day

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Chamonix, France



We just got back from a quick trip to the French Alps where Eliot tried out skiing for the 1st time. He really seemed to enjoy it.


Thursday, November 06, 2008

Halloween 2008
 
Our frog seems somewhat concerned to be surrounded by ferrocious sharks and bumblebees
 
This is before we explained that bees sting with their butts and not their mouths


 

 
Eliot, Koen, Michael, and Spencer ready to go.
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Saturday, October 25, 2008

He Rides


Michael left his peddle bike at our place when he went home for a nap.  Couldn't hurt to give it a try. Click each picture to see the video.
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Monday, October 13, 2008

Strasbourg, France
Eliot seems to be somewhat unimpressed by another European Cathedral

Spencer, Eliot, Koen, and Renee
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Friday, October 10, 2008

Garage Work Resumes
After having to take a bit of a break on the work on our garage due to the road work out front, Arno has resumed in full force. How is he going to make up for all of that lost time? Extra help of course. Who do you think is driving the small red wheelbarrow at the bottom of the picture.



Eliot was in heaven the whole time. I wonder where he got his love of digging from?

Friday, October 03, 2008

Sorry it took us so long to post, but here are highlights of our fabulous vacation (with 3 generations of Beavers) to Greece.

Note. If the embedded slideshow is causing troubles, you can click the "Greece 2008" label above to view it in a separate window. The pictures should be a little higher quality there as well.

Thursday, September 04, 2008

Venice, Italy.

In hindsight, I remember hearing the splash...



The fact that I didn't even look up from whatever vendor's wares I was perusing tells you how unlikely I thought it was that Renee or anyone else for that matter would fall into the canals of Venice. It's a shame that I didn't look up earlier, because I would have gotten better photos. In this photo, you can see the scene of the crime. You can just make out the wet footprints leading away from the stairs to the left. That would be from Renee.


More evidence of the mishap in the soaking wet jeans. No injuries, just a badly bruised ego as she had quite the audience of onlookers.


We went back the next day for another look. Renee says that 3rd step is slippier than it looks.
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Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Another Illini Fan on the Way!

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Gramma and Grampa's visit










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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Happy 3rd Eliot!


Look at that awesome cement truck cake. Toni rocks!




The artist at work.





The Bouncy Castle

More Bouncy Castle














He who controls the M&Ms......



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Saturday, August 02, 2008

Ice cream trip. Eliot had been looking forward to this promised trip to the ice cream shop all day. At some points, he was out of control. In the end, he got his ice cream, but really didn't enjoy as much as expected.











 

Hey, what is this..... a hand me down? it's got like 20 km on it already.
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Cruising Mode
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Funky basket swing at the K-Town Dinosaur Park
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Hey, I've got teeth too.
Koen - Showing off his two front teeth. They're brand new.


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Monday, June 30, 2008

In Training Already
Eliot has been telling Koen about his legendary "Fast Lap".