This is Sandy. She and Evert have bought a house just off Yonge St. near the 401. These are her twin boys, Garrett and Mitchell. You can see that their faces are a little different, but I am not sure which is which. (this Thanksgiving (2006) I showed the picture to Sandy and she said Garrett is on the left and Mitchell is on the right.)

We celebrated my mom's 80th birthday while we were in Grand Rapids for March Break. Her birthday is actually on April 5th, but we weren't able to come then, so the family got together while we were there. Mom blew out all her candles. Not 80, though. That would be cruel.

The party was held at Tom and Melanie's. Here are some of the adults around the table in the dining room.

I thought that we would start a blog, so I finally figured out how to do it. I thought I'd start with a picture of our new car - a 2005 Chrysler Sebring Touring. It has a V6 engine and is about a foot longer than our Mazda, so it is a BIG car for us! It has air and cruise control and power windows and locks (you have to have power windows and power locks and so forth to have cruise control and I really wanted cruise control for travelling!). We like it so far and are looking forward to travelling in it this summer. We are hoping to go to Utah this summer after Evita takes a week-long course.