Electrics episode 4?? and Grandpa Struyk birthday party

Saturday we went to see Maaike, Jaap, Maartje and Guusje to "finish" the electrics in Guusje's new room. The LED lighting was still not fifnished and so Saturday was spent installing the wiring for the LED lights and connecting the special power supply. LED lighting is still different from Halogen lights but you get used to it quickly. The LED lights we used are also warm white and the best quality you can get at this moment. Now there is still a electric problem to be solved to get some light in the stairway but that is posponed to another time.. Sunday, first we had our traditional breakfast, croissants and buns and after that we had to get ready for a brunch in Nootdorp. Lisette's dad celebrated his 64th birthday at a very nice hotel / restaurant in Nootdorp. Together with lots of family we had a great time. Nils and Wende especially, they were allowed to make their own cookies and there was a chocolate fountain!!!

Grand day out with Danne, Leonie and Marc

Saturday we went to Hedel (again..) to meet up with Leonie, Marc and Danne. Nils was shy in the beginning but that changed when they saw all the things to play with. Nils Danne and Wende did not even had time to hang up their jackets properly so we picked them up from the floor and searched for a spot to sit, relax and have a chat. It was a pleasent but noisy afternoon and the kids had a great time. We had the chance to pick up where we left last time we saw Marc and Leonie. Danne had changed since last time we saw her and she definitly growing up.. Like we noticed with Nils, he is also asking us all these smart questions. Time flies.. At the end of the afternoon, Marc Danne and Leonie went to see a friend in Hedel and we wnet home. Dad did not feel like cooking that night so we baked pancakes and concluded a busy but great saturday. Sunday we should have met up with Peter and Mellanie and Duncan and Jason but Jason had a fever and Peter was not feeling too well either so instead dad went to the swimming pool with Wende and Nils while mom stayed at home with Ingmar. In the afternoon Nils and Wende played with their toys and mom cleaned up the garden.

jazz workshop end concert Horace Silver

Yesterday we (the jazz workshop members) performed at De Toonzaal in Den Bosch. The last 2 months we learned how to improvise on music of Horace Silver. We had a great time and there even was an audience listening to us.. It sounded great although the recording does not show it. Many thanks to Jeroen Doomernik for the great time we had. I hope there will be a follow up on this jazz workshop soon.

looking for a garage

Since the extension was built, we have a garage with chunk bitten off.. and now we're looking for a new one together with our neighbours Cor and Sandra. So we went to a couple of businesses around Eindhoven to see what they had in store. Nils and Wende made it their playground although it was bitterly cold..These garages and sheds are nowadays build in a few days but the quality seems to be different at each supplier. Luckily Cor is a very precise carpenter so he fired a number of detailed questions and we had our answers. Now we wait for new offers from the suppliers to see what we can do ourselves and decide which supplier it is going to be.. The new garage should be ready this year. After that we went to Ikea Eindhoven to have a bite to eat (not knowing it was crowded) That was saturday, sunday we went to see Monique and her kids because Niall was celebrating his 12th birthday! Afther that we went to Vlaardingen to see Lisette's brother and his family. Martin celebrated his birthday and Davina had her birthday as well. Turned out that maybe Thymen had Chicken pox so we have to wait and see if Wende gets them as well..