Fun with my Sister

My sister Kara, her husband, Sam and her friend, Shelli, came to visit for a week. They arrived the night before Jessica and Tina left so it was fun to have so much family here at once.

Kara, Sam, Shelli and I spent the next couple of days seeing various sites and just enjoying being together. We went to the Wine Museum where Kara shared her knowledge of how wine is made and some of the important things to know about wine - from the type of soil and climate to the pros and cons of cork vs. plastic stoppers. A lot of the things she told us about went over my head but I learned a lot anyway.
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The next day we went into Amsterdam. The tabloid headlines were all about the death of Michael Jackson. It was pretty entertaining to see all the different pictures that each paper chose to print.
We had a nice day in Amsterdam. Each time we go, I see lots more places than I've seen before. This time we did the hop-on, hop-off, canal boat tour and that was a very relaxing way to get from place to place - although not very time efficient. We did the normal - Rijks Museum and the Anne Frank House but we also saw the red light district on a Friday night. We just forgot to take a picture of Sam there. Sorry Sam.

We ate at some great resturaunts and tried many new and different things. It was always so much easier when Dennis was with us because he had a clue what some of the local things were and could also translate for us. I sat down to eat at more sidewalk cafes this week than any other time I've been here - thanks in part to the weather and thanks in part to Kara and Sam who believe in refilling the body's fuel tanks on a regulat basis. It was really nice to sit and relax for a bit in the middle of all the sight seeing and traveling.

They took off for a couple of days so that Elder Allred (who spent Halloween and Thanksgiving with us while serving in the Arnhem ward) and his mother could come and visit the area. We were also able to have Elders Chlarson (from Millville) and Ramussen (from Fillmore) come to dinner on Monday night. They had just moved in with our ward missionaries from Nijmegen which is getting closed out.) I came down with a pretty nasty cold, but thanks to Dennis who did all the cooking and entertaining on Sunday, all went well and we were able to enjoy all our visitors.


Thanks Kara for being a wonderful sister. You are such a sweetheart! It was fun to be able to share a little taste of our experience here with you and to just be able to spend time together.