Making a splash

"The water is your friend. You don't have to fight with water, just share the same spirit as the water, and it will help you move."
- Aleksandr Popov

Snapshots of a visit

We had a blast with Sasja before she got back on the plane last Friday. During the week, we played laser tag (where Geert sweated like a pig in the heat), took a nice stroll through most of downtown Nashville and went to a rockin' Sounds baseball game.

In between that, the fam checked out the Rainforest Café, played glow-in-the-dark minigolf and chilled out at the pool. Cindy even got a hold of her for a few minutes to do a photo shoot. Good stuff all around and we can't wait until the next time she visits...

Grab bag o' thoughts

Geert's cousin Sasja is visiting from Belgium. She was nicely jetlagged after an 18-hour trip that included having to turn back to Detroit due to an undisclosed mechanical error. Gulp. She joined the neighborhood for a cookout on the Fourth and we've been out and about to the movies and downtown Franklin since then. Today is a shopping day with Cindy.

After each spending some time with granda Eileen in Kentucky since the end of the school, all the kids are at home. We've signed up Natasja and Sebastian for the local fall soccer league.

Just six days until Geert and Jon from up the street head the speedway for the local IndyCar race. Then he'll head to the Kentucky race in August with some other friends. Before then, the whole crew will head to San Diego.

That crew will include oma and opa, who recently told us they'll be moving to El Paso this fall. Won't that be a nice change from the 14-hour time difference to Singapore? We are going to be good friends with the folks at Continental Airlines...

Told ya they'd be random thoughts. Why not throw in a random photo? (Well, not that random - it kinda follows the post below.) If you can tell us what year this photo was taken, you'll get an amazing prize in 2028.