Christmas!!!

I love this time of the year......I guess it is the best time during the winter. The only great time during the winter!!!! And after Christmas I know it will be spring soon..... And we get to go home. just one more week and I will be in Holland for 10 days. I am so looking forward to that. To all of you Merry Christmas and a very happy new year!!!!

Love Todd & Anna

Planting flowers for the spring!!!

Today has been a great day, it is a wonderful fall day. So I planted all my flower bulbs for the spring. At least 80 of them all in pots because we hope to move before the spring and the bulbs have to go with us. This is one of those days you get a lot done I like that because during the week I just don't feel like it. My work is going great.... last week was my first full week and so far I am really liking it. I take care of recruiting of PT, OT and ST's.....(therapist) and staffing. For now only the nursing homes in Louisville. In a little bit also other cities, in total 21 facilities. It is a lot of problem solving work.....So still in health care but more the business site.

I need to go now hope all is well...

NEW JOB!!!!

Yes I got a Job!!!! with the same company I was working for. I am the new staffing manager for them. Natalie my boss gave me a call on Monday with a good offer. I took the job and I started working on Thursday. So far it has been great, I don't know way they think I can do this.....but hey I will give it a try. I love the people I work with so that is great....

There will be an update about this....a lot off them I think. About the things I did....ha ha ha.

Homesick for my beautiful country....

Sins I started to travel I realise I love where I come from. Never crossed my mind when I was younger.... I love the way we live in Holland. I know things are changing to, but it is still very nice. I love the beautiful flowers we have, some of the old houses, I love that we are very down to earth people. I love our bike system. Maybe I make it a lot nicer in my mind then it really is, that is ok with me because it is nice to dream of where I come from and miss it. And when I go home it is to short to realise the bad things about Holland....

Lieve foto (sweet picture)...

I think this picture is so sweet..... Just found it back so had to post it. This was last spring in Holland. I am at home..... I like to call myself a stay at home mom for Sam. It makes me feel good about the fact that I'm not working now, and have a hard time finding a job that is a good fit for me. But I am not giving up I love being a dog-mom and I will love to go back to work when I find that wonderful Job that is out there...(I hope)

And at least I have time to blog again......Yes.

On the farm.....early october.

It has been a couple of weeks ago but I still want to put it on my blog because we had a great day. Jeff and Rianna are friends from the ship. They came home for 3 weeks, Jeff is from Louisville and Rianna from England. They are back on the African mercy for one more year.....and then, I hope they will move back to Louisville. We will see!!!! Well we got to shoot some guns.....and I was really good believe it or not. Great time out there for us and Sam as you can see. He is a lot bigger, he looks like a dog not like a puppy. O yes we where shooting on a pumpkin and a can.

Well I hope all is going well.....o yes a Little update on the job thing. I had to turn a job down, I did not really feel good about it and they could not pay me what I wanted. So still at home having a good time.... Let you know if I got something.

Love Anna

My new hair cut!

Something new..... My hair got way to long. Could not do anything with it. So I cut it a lot shorter and I love it.

Love Anna

It's been toooooooo long!

Hey hey my sweet friends and Family, it has been a long time. We are doing very well here in KY.... Summer last for a long time. We had our first cooler day's this week. But this weekend has been wonderful so far. Just one more week to go and I am done working......I have not really been looking for a new job I will soon. Looking forward to some time off and then a new challenge. I will keep you up to date.....
Sam is becoming very big, this picture is from 4 weeks ago and he is a lot bigger now.

Love Anna

My babies...

Todd and Sam taking a nap.... We had a great weekend. Todd had class on Saturday but we got to go to Bloomington on Sunday to see Niki and Tony. They live 2 ours from us.....nothing in the US. And today I told my boss that I am leaving.... 4 more weeks at Oaklawn and then??? only God knows!

Sam and Me....

Sam and me...... he loves to be in the car. Stick his head out, or jump out (not good). We go to the park a lot. He has so much energy, I don't. Right now he is out site so I have a little time to post something. Time is over he is back...

My feet on the ground

I hope to be back with my feet on the ground. I feel like I have been crazy busy..... I work non stop in a Job I feel I need to get out. So that's what I'm working on. Looking for a job! what would I like to do??? No clue!!! work less sounds good. Todd started a teaching job 2 weeks ago he is liking it, not loving it. I pray that this will come. I tell him it needs time, just like I tell myself. Sam is doing great!!! He kept our floors dry for 4 days.... I am a very happy and proud mother.

Cat attacking my camera!

This is a cat at a friends hous who did not like my camera. He got it as you can see... The pictures are creepy but so funny! it was a few weeks ago but still wanted to show you.

I AM SAM.....

Hey Hello,

I am Sam Sorrell (9 weeks old)....I am adopted by Todd and Anna last Monday. They have a great home with a great floor for me to pee on. But I also do that in the garden. Beer does not really like me she does follow us when we go for a walk...... (my mom thinks it is freaky) it is to hot for me. So I drink a lot of water and stand in my bowl. I love to play and bite all kind of things.....O yes and I do not cry anymore at night.

See you, Sam.

David Wiley

Dave was a family friend of us for a long time. He died Saturday flying his seaplane, a wing broke off and the plane crashed in the river. Dave and Jody (his wife) where living in Portland, OR. the way it looks now is that I will be going to the funeral. It is so sad I guess this is life so I am writing about it on our blog. I have not been in Portland for a long time and have not seen Jody for some years. It is so sad that this has to bring me back to a place that I love so much. A place with such wonderful people and a great city.

Our Little patio....

I love to hang out on our patio en take care of my flowers. I think I am almost obsessed with them I become sad when they don't do very well. Todd makes fun of me... I Still have to water them I guess I'll go ahead with that now...

Ship Friends...

Lani and Me.... Follow up on our weekend in North Carolina. It was so good to see our friends again. I had not seen most of them for more then a year. But it was so good to spend time and have fun. And it makes me want to make more trips to see our friends. So I hope to blog more about my trips...... We got our flight tickets to go home for Christmas today so that is step one. We will be in the Netherlands for 2 weeks.

Craig.....no clue how to spell his name, and Todd

Scott...... Still single!

THE GIRLS.....

Lauren and Lafe......

Sarah and Josh..... They are getting married in 4 weeks!

THE WEDDING....

LANI....

Beautiful................

THE HAPPY COUPLE....

Leave the cake up to me...

Me and My MAN.....

We had the most awesome weekend in a long time. I don't know where to start but I am starting with the wedding from Tony & Niki. And later this week I will talk about the rest. The wedding was BEAUTIFUL ..... It was great to be there. Todd was in the wedding and I got to spend a lot of time with Lani and Tarme (friends from the ship), We got to see about 15 friend from the ship That was so cool.

Going to a Wedding...

It is Summer....Wedding time. This weekend we are going to North Carolina to a wedding from Tony & Niki. I took 2 day's off from work because we will be going for 3 nights. A long weekend spending time with Todd and a lot of close friends from the ship. I cant wait to make a lot of pictures and share them with you. O Sienna I get to see Tarme.....(she was our cabin mate).

This picture is from friends at home we got to go to there wedding when we where at home.

Bikes.....

Our life at home is all about the bike (for a lot of people at least)....it seems to me now. Sins I can't bike here without getting killed. Not that I biked a lot at home, I did not really like it. But now I would love to jump on a bike and go to the store. Good news we are starting to look at a house just for us in a great area in town. We can bike there without getting killed and jump on a bike and go to the store. I will let you know if I still feel like biking at that time.....or is it just something that makes me feel more at home.

Have you ever...???

Seen a Cat eat CORN OF THE COP??? No butter on it just plain corn. Well this will be your first time. Bear loves sweet corn it is so funny. This is her new thing.... I guess I talk like a mam about her baby, Sorry! Just want you to see this.....

Weekend!!!

We had a great weekend! Tim Hughes did worship in our church that was really cool. And it was Jana's birthday so we went out for breakfast and had our nails dun...very girly! I got some pictures but I need to find a way to get them on my blog. So later this week.....

Tomorrow I have to work half a day because it is 4 July and will be off the rest. Looking forward to that.... O yes it stopt raining!