Nate's Visit

Andy's brother, Nathan, came out for a visit! Rachel had been so excited for him to come. She'd been talking for weeks about her birthday, Nate, and riding a train with Nate. She wasn't too sure about him at the airport, but once we got home she was ready to be his friend. We had a great time with Nate. We enjoyed exploring more of our new home with him. Here are some of our adventures:

We went to Alkmaar to see a traditional Dutch cheese market. It probably would have been more interesting if they had spoken English instead of Dutch. Nonetheless, it was a beautiful day. We watched the cheese auctioning for awhile, walked around and tasted some Dutch cheese, and just enjoyed the little town of Alkmaar. After Alkmaar we headed out to Volendam. Along they way we stopped at some tulip fields. In Volendam we just walked around the little town. It was a beautiful day. We enjoyed walking around, having lunch, and hanging out in the warm weather. The next day we headed into Amsterdam. We went to the Anne Frank Huis, did a ton of walking through Amsterdam just checking everything out, and then eventually we ended up at Hard Rock for dinner. Here's Rachel giving her Uncle Nate a kiss on the train ride home: On Nate's last day here we headed down to Kinderdijk. Unfortunately we didn't have much time, but we did enjoy a walk along the canals as we saw all the windmills. In this small town there's 19 windmills that were all built around 1740.
We enjoyed Nate's visit and were glad he made the effort to come. Rachel certainly had a lot of fun with her uncle! We are looking forward to more family visits in the future! :)