Monday, Niklas and I met up with a couple of kids and their mommies and went to the animal park. It was lots of fun even if we didn't get very far down the path with our toddlers running off and exploring everything!
On Thursday I did my first newborn photo shoot. One of the ladies in our playgroup had a little girl about 10 days ago (she was a week old for the shoot). If you want to see this sweet little girl, just take a peek at my project blog or go to the flickr album I have for her shoot: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fantasiaphotos/sets/72157622563850453/
On Friday, Al and Connie with their kids and with Connie's parents stopped by on their way back home from Europa Park. We really enjoyed having them down and getting to meet Connie's parents. After lunch we went to Frieda and Sam's for coffee and cake and had a tour of all the fun and interesting stuff they have going on their place. Even though I live here, it's nice when guests come and be able to get the tour and information about their pottery/the bread baking/farm. It's always so interesting!
And in between these things, the kids and I have all had dentist appointments and few other things going on that made this week particularly busy for me (more than usual!). Right now I'm busy with editing the newborn shoot pictures.
This coming Thursday is "driver's license day" for Brianna. She is taking her driver's test and we are hoping and expecting that she will pass! We are so happy that she is able to get her license. With her being almost blind in her right eye, we weren't sure whether she'd be able to or not. But the eye doctor checked out how exactly she is affected by this and said it was close, but she passed all the tests required for seeing enough to get the license. I think she started driver's lessons a bit unsure of how it would be and a bit worried whether she really did see enough, but she has lots of fun driving and has no problems!
Mirko is back to work and is having no problems. He'll just be happy when he finally gets his braces off, especially since he also has rubber bands to take off and on each time he eats! We're hoping that this will take place before Christmas!
Joshua and Brianna are back to school and their normal routine. Chris has a part time job as youth leader in our church and is on the look out for another part time job to tie him over until next year when he hopes to start studying psychology in Holland (he also needs to learn Dutch!)
And here is the link to the Picasa Album with pictures of the week:
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