Friday, July 17, 2009

We love visitors!

Amy and Ken visited us this week and it was so much fun to see them. They were only here for a little over 24 hours, so we made the most of our time with them. We hope they enjoyed their little tour of Amsterdam and a few other things around Holland. We were pretty lazy when it came to taking pictures, so I'm stealing all of these from Ken. :) Amsterdam definitely deserves a thumbs-up, especially since we're here! :) Rachel enjoying a ring pop she got from Amy. When we told Rachel weeks ago that Amy was coming out to visit and asked her what she'd like Amy to bring her, she was pretty quick to request a ring pop. She even talked to Amy on the phone to ask for one and Rachel's not that willing to talk on the phone that often.
We took a canal boat cruise and as we were cruising along we came across this musical act. I've been on 4 canal boat cruises in Amsterdam and have never seen this guy before. Audrey on her first canal boat cruise in Amsterdam.
Rachel ready to run through the pigeons at Dam Square.
Audrey just being absolutely adorable in her stroller. She really is a pretty good trooper to be dragged around all day without a crib to nap in.
Rachel fascinated with a ladybug. Amy was kind enough to let Rachel carry this little camera around Amsterdam and take pictures. She was pretty cute following Ken around and snapping pictures. She definitely got people's attention. We all held our breath when Rachel was running down the sidewalk and went for a tumble. Luckily she thought of the camera and it came out of the fall undamaged. Rachel just added to her collection of scrapes and bruises. We chilled for a little bit in Vondelpark and some cute pictures were taken.
We spent a good amount of time exploring Amsterdam Tuesday afternoon. Wednesday morning we headed out to Zaanse Schans to see some windmills and then to Muiden to see a castle. Both stops were fairly quick. And of course, once again Amy and Ken took all the pictures. So, hopefully they'll post some on their blog when they get a chance. We're glad they fit us in to their Europe tour. It's always fun to spend time with family! :)

2 comments:

Amy said...

It was so fun to see you guys and see your part of the world. Wish we could have stayed longer! We'll blog soon :)

Ken Hoglund said...

Love the pictures, they're fun to see on the blog. It was great being there and I wish we could have spent a little more time. thanks for letting us visit!