Various pictures of our three grandchildren

The first 3 pictures come from our son's camera and I took them off his Facebook page so they are smaller but still visible to see. The others are pictures from our daughter and pictures I took. Thijs is 2 yrs. old now and Evelyn (Evie) is 4 mos. old. Madeleine turned two in August. They are all beautiful and thriving well. Of course, I'm prejudiced. If I sent you an email with a link to Snapfish then you will have seen some of these pictures. If you happen to be on Facebook you probably saw a lot of these pictures as well. However, I haven't updated my blog in a long time so I thought I'd do it now and share with you at the same time.

Madeleine playing in the leaves.

Visiting with beautiful Madeleine

Picnic lunch in Newburyport

On Wednesday this week Ray and I decided to pack a picnic lunch and wend our way to Newburyport, Ma. It was such a lovely day. We sat on a bench on the boardwalk and watched all the people with their children and dogs go by. There was plenty of water traffic as well. Alicia, Thijs and Evie joined us for lunch. The tall ship Alabama was docked at the boardwalk and invited people to visit. So Alicia, Thijs, Evie and I went on board to have a look. What a beautiful ship. The pictures below can attest to that. We had a great day.








Ray, admiring the ship.

This was the largest Great Dane I've ever seen.
A beautiful dog and friendly too. His name is Morgan.

The is the "Prince of Whales". It's a ship that
gives tours of Newburyport.

Papa and Mémère.

Alicia, Evie and Thijs.

Tall masts.

On board the ship.



View of living quarters.



Thijs manning the ship.



The "Black Dog" boutique in town owns this ship.