Eric Reaction to News of Turner Baby #3

CRUISIN' (Feb.17-24)

We went on a "Texaribbean" cruise a few weeks ago---a last getaway before Baby#4 makes his (or her) appearance! We had a great time! It was sooooo relaxing and surprisingly fun! (Molly was not too excited about the idea of a cruise, but liked it.)
We left from Houston on Sat., were at sea for a day, then Progresso, Mexico on Monday.(What a DUMP! We looked around, then got back to the ship---the name "Regresso" was already taken, we guess!!!) On Tuesday we visited Cozumel. That was beautiful---such clear, blue water! On Wed. we stopped in Belize. We stayed on the ship and enjoyed the peace and quiet. Thurs. and Fri. we were at sea and we arrived at the port in Houston Sat. morning.
Our ship was the Norwegian Dream, and we would recommend Norwegian Cruises to anyone---the service was GREAT and the food was DELICIOUS! (We had been warned that cruise food was not that great, we loved it---too much!!!:-)
Thanks to Mom and Dad, Wendy and Sara for helping out with the kids. They had so much fun while we were gone, I don't even think they missed us!!!

Olivia and Ava...Winter 2007

Time for school!!!

This is a photo of Bear, Bronwen and Mac doing their "Dutch School" on the computer. The Dutch language school they had been attending the last few years has closed (temporarily, while waiting for more funding from the Dutch government---it may take awhile because we all know how tight-fisted those Dutch are!:-)so, in the meantime, Bert has been doing the "Rosetta Stone" Dutch program with the kids. It is for adults, so they can't do everything, but they do amazingly well---even Mac! To them it is just a fun computer game.
If you ever have an interest in learning another language, the "Rosetta Stone" software is great! It is surprisingly easy. Since Bert already speaks Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish and English, he has decided to tackle Italian!!! I think the kids and I will stick with English and Dutch!!!:-)

Mr. Chatty

Thought I'd try the video thing again.
Not sure if this will work. Click on the
link to watch a funny video of Kenny
talking on the phone.


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=623942824692928214&pr=goog-sl

Harry & Kenny

Harry at 6 months
Kenny at 2 years

Het Kerstfeest van het familie Bouwman (The Bouwman Family Christmas)

As you can see from the "mooi" photo's, we had a very nice "Kerst": Our "kleinste jongen" Maclaren enjoyed our "kerstboom" a lot. Papa shares a "knuffel" with his favoite "meisje". The "twee Bouwman jongens" pose by Grandma and Grandpa's "kerstboom", and the "drie Bouwman kinderen" get ready to open gifts on "Kerstavond".
(Can you tell we've been working hard on speaking "Nederlands" at our house?:-)