Weekendje Weg 27 & 28 December 2008

Last weekend Nicole and I went to Eindhoven and Tilburg. We stayed at Van der Valk Hotel Eindhoven, see pictures below. Saturday we first went shopping and in the evening we had diner at "De 4 Azen". Sunday we went to "De Nieuwe Thermen Tilburg" for the beauty arrangement "Yin & Yang". One word: RELAXED!!!

Second Christmas Day 2008

The second Christmas day we went to my parents. My brother was also free of work so the whole family was complete. In the afternoon we played "Rummikub" and in the evening we went "Gourmetten".

First Chirstmas Day 2008 & Birthday Trees

Thursday 25th of December 2008: as usual we celebrate the first Christmas day at Nicole her parents because it's here mothers birthday. At 05:00h in the morning we heard the local music band play Silent Night. We started the day we a Christmas breakfast and in the afternoon we did our yearly "sjoel" competition with the both grandma's. YES I finally won the game with a highscore of 109 points:). Of course we had to draw "lootjes" and as previous years I had Maurice (and mostly Eri). After that we enjoyed our Christmas dinner, see pictures below.

Christmas at home

After a very busy month we finally had some time to set up our Christmas tree on december 20th. As many other people we also have a "fake"tree but it looks really nice.
For the first time we bought each other some Christmas presents. I gave Nicole a new watch of "Fossil S+Ark" and I got a Nikons SB-600 external speelight for my digital SRL.

December 5th 2008 - Saint Nicholas

Firday 5th of December 2008, Saint Nicholas. Just like last year we celebrate Saint Nicholas with our neighbours. See pictures below of a very nice evening.

Max is waiting for the presents.

Chaos in the kitchen! DO NOT WARM chocolate milk in the waterboiler!!!! This will give a mess

Finally the laundry basket full of presents!

Of course "pepernoten" hmmm.

And hot chocolate with cream.

November 23rd 2008 - Snow in Swifterbant

Sunday November 23rd 2008, it was snowing in the Netherlands. The winter was coming early this year. Of course there were a lot of traffic jams that week but the landscape was very nice to see. Hopefully we get a white Christmas this year.