No matter where you may travel,
No matter where you may roam,
The truth of the matter is,
There is no place like Home!
Roy and I got home from our Holland trip yesterday, Sunday afternoon.  My parents did a great job looking after  our little doggies.  They were all in good shape… and so were my parents!  My [...]

When you think of The Netherlands, how can you not think about windmills?  Until you come over here, you do not realize how many windmills there are, and that they are still in use.
This is an interesting site.  I learned that there are 1150 windmills…. they only count working windmills!  They are currently renovating many [...]

It is astounding the number of cheeses you can find in Holland!  I have not found American or Cheddar yet… but plenty of variety for sure!
On Friday we went to the famous cheese market in Alkmaar (check it out here)  It is unbelievable!  It is a reinactment of how the cheese was brought to market, [...]

Well, if we haven’t bored you too much yet with our trip, we’ll tell you about our Thursday.
Thursday we left Giethorn and visited our friend Petra, on our way to Hengelo.  At Hengelo we met Harry “Sundae” Potter’s family and turned hime over to them. It was hard to say good bye to the little [...]

You may not know it, because we didn’t, but a lot of the cut flowers we enjoy in the U.S. come through Holland.  Our friend Rob took us to Allsmere where there is the largest flower auction.  He is in the business of cut flowers.  He showed us the whole business from receiving flowers from [...]

We are still enjoying our stay in Holland.   Tuesday was very busy, trying to squeeze everything in!
Today we started our day by going Here:
This is the temple in Zoetemeer for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons.) While there we also saw this:
and this:
…a very sweet sight I have not seen at [...]

Roy and I brought some puppies over to Amsterdam yesterday, Monday April 5th.  It is always such a thrill to mee the puppies forever families, after raising their puppy and only communicating via e-mails and an occasional phone call.  It is very easy to spot a new puppy family at a large airport like Amsterdam.  [...]

Keira’s little sister is having her tonsils out tomorrow, so Keira came to Nana and Papa’s to stay and to help take care of the doodles.   It’s hard work, but someone has to do it…
Earlier in the day Keira’s great-grandmother had planned an Easter Egg Hunt.  It was cousin Maddeline’s birthday, and Yaya thought an [...]

Annie’s puppies, Zeus, Athena and Sophie, were invited to a tea party today in the garden.  The weather was unusually warm and sunny, so Keira decided it was the perfect opportunity to hold a party.  This is the puppies first party…
so of course they were very curious.  They were happy to come.
Of course, they weren’t [...]

At this time of year, I often reflect on my life and the past year.  I was doing that and counting my many blessings.  I wanted to share with you 5 wonderful blessings I have and I am so thankful for!
A guardian family is a special family that a breeder very, very carefully chooses to [...]