Gabriel's Birthday & Opa and Oma in Texas!

I can't believe my baby is 5 now! My parents flew over from Holland Gabriel's birthday and we also took a trip to Broken Bow, OK. Here are some pictures (click on the pictures for larger versions)...

Gabriel's dinosaur cake

 Dinosaur party snacks

 Decorating dinosaur cookies with colored icing and dinosaur sprinkles.

 He thought the singing was too loud! ;)

 Gabriel and his cake

 Dinner at our favorite restaurant, the Jalapeno Tree.

 The Christmas lights at Loy Lake Park.

 Drinking hot chocolate at the cabin in Broken Bow, Oklahoma (or 'Hokla Oma' as Gabriel calls it).

 December 5th: birthday boy!

 More presents!

 Mommy & Daddy's gift

 In the hot tub...

 Enjoying some of the views in Broken Bow.

 A birthday cake was delivered to the cabin!

 Yummy!

 On our way to Queen Wilhelmina State Park, Arkansas.

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 An old train and snow up in the mountains!

 Queen Wilhelmina was Queen of Holland from 1890-1948.

 Time to turn around...

 Hot tub at sunset!

 The cabin

 Somewhere in Oklahoma on our way home...

 Gabriel helped all of us back up the hill...

  Party grill

 

More pictures in December's Photo Album.

November Photo Album

Here are November's pictures, all in one album: November 2011.

 

Sorry for the lack of updates this month, we have been crazy busy painting the kitchen & living areas and getting ready for my parents, who are driving here from the airport right now!

October Photo Album

Here are October's pictures, all in one album: October 2011.

Jack the Shetland pony

Meet the newest addition to our farm family: Jack the Shetland pony!

New camera - first pictures

We bought a new camera last week since our old one had a scratched lens with dirt on the inside. After doing much research, I decided to go for a Canon PowerShot SX130 IS. I like that it is a little bigger than most compact cameras, so I have better grip. The flash is very powerful and it has 10x optical zoom. And I love that it can take pictures as close as 1cm (less than half an inch) to an object!

Here are some of the first pictures and videos...click on the picture to see it full size!

Gabriel wasn't too sure about the new camera and wouldn't let me take his picture!

Gotcha!

Handsome young man...

He found some treasures...

Little flower up close...

Chickens!

 My new favorite picture!

 

Silly faces...he was making cow licks (and horse licks, chicken licks, dog licks etc.) in his hair.