Animals of the villa....

At the villa there was a bunch of cats and a super hyper active puppy. 

Blizzard, Lizard and Smudge - my fav kitten that died......boohoo......poor Smudge

Kim - the kitten's mother

Crookshanks - Twin of Hermione's evil cat

Spirit - the strong

Bugsy - the funny

Mia - the only one that was named when we got there (we named the rest)

Blizzard - triplet of Smudge and Lizard

Bugsy, Crokshanks, Mia, and Spirit 

Suzie. Very hyperactive doggie that Ashlynn and Max were trying to train.

Welcome to Greece.....

Last day of the first half term we got on a plane and headed to Greece.

To the land of sunshine and warmth - leaving behind the land of the cold and the wet (Holland)

Our little jeep - open top to enjoy the sunshine......

View from our little villa that we rented. Situated at the top of the hill there was an infinitey pool looking out over the bay.

2nd place......again!?

2nd place for the 5th time running.....seems like we have a curse.......:)

Oh well. You know what? For the first time EVER - we were mentioned at school! Isn't that pretty awesome?

Well, next year David and Dominik and some of the other Y10's will be too old to be playing in the under 14's - wonder what we'll do now?

Well, let's think about that when we need to. 

Finals - BSN Lions v.s Weird German people who look like they just broke out of jail because of their stripy shirts

Although we won every one of our previous games, we just couldn't beat those stripy shirt's german kids. They were faster at us and had very good strategy. 

We played our very best, but I guess it wasn't good enough. Well, I guess it does help if you have at least a whole two teams on one team. (This means that they are always fresh when they sub).

Oh well, the day was fun and that's what it's all about.

Circle at the end of the game where we tried to speak german and they tried to speak english. It didn't work very well

BSN Lions : From L-R Top row: David, Lizzy, Me, Dominic, Mr. Lowe
Bottom Row: Andrew, Adelina

BSN Grey Lions

And the final team - the BSN Grey Lions.

Let the games begin....

From L-R: David, Dominic, Me!
Beginging of the game always starts with a pull to the other team....

Jump Andrew!

Good Defense and Attack.....

Catch and pivot and pass..... 

Run LIzzy! Get the pass from David!

Throw it Adelina!

Awesome catch in the N-Zone David....

CATCH! 

JUMP!

DIVE!

BSN Red's hit the spotlight...

The second BSN team was the BSN red's. Two of my friends from my class were in this class. 

Overall they came 6th or 8, we can't remember.....:)

Nice catch!

Frisbee tournament 2010 - BSN Blue

10th of the 10th of the 10th.

We set off to Utrecht for the 3rd time to compete in the Under 15 Ultimate Frisbee Nationals. This year schools from Germany and Belgium also competed.

Here's Ashlynn's team....

The BSN Blues!

From left to right - Michael, Oliver, Thomas, Ashlynn, & Masha

BSN Blue's were the youngest team playing, they had the least amount of players and they played more games than the rest of the BSN teams!

GO BSN BLUE!

They came 16th out of 17 teams.

Googley Eyes

Ashlynn got glasses!!!!!!

For reading and close stuff. 

She got 2 pairs - one for home and one for school.

!!!!

First day of school

September 6th - First day of school

For Ashlynn first day of Y6 (5th Grade)

For me first day of Y9 (8th Grade) and a whole new system - 1 hour periods instead of 29 minutes, longer days and weirdest of all - A 2 Week Time Table!!!

AHHHH - attack of the killer Sunflowers!

Bean Bag on Bike

Before school started up we went to the flea market at Leidschenhage. When Ashlynn and I saw a green bean bag for only 5euros we decided we wanted it. The only problem was how we were going to get it home. We were on bikes- like always. I decided that I would find a way to get it home. 

So we got it and I managed to put it on the back of my bike.  

Daddy told us that we had to clean it before we could use it, so Ashlynn and I spent the rest of the afternoon taking the stuffing out- which is a lot harder than it looks. 

Homeward bound

When it was time to go home, Ashlynn and I were sad to leave, but happy to see Mommy and Daddy again. 

Cute stuffie that Grandpa and Grandma gave us

Coast of Holland.....from the airplane

The sunflowers greeting us when we got home

Around the house

 Here are some pictures of fun times around Grandpa and Grandma's house.....

Photo time....

Bubble Bath!!!

Ashlynn tried  out a trumpet....

San Francisco Science Museum

We went to the newish science museum of San Francisco. It was really fun. 

There was an aquarium and there was a jungle section. 

We saw a white alligator! 

That's one big butt!

To the real boardwalk

We went with Grandpa and Grandma to the real boardwalk, and saw some sea lions, really close!

More at the boardwalk

Mere fotos van het boardwalk......

Board Walk!

Ashlynn had been scheming with Auntie LeighLeigh and Uncle Mike about going to an amusement park while we were in California. So we decided to go to the Boardwalk. 

The main ride

Awesome ride that simulated as if you were flying. Ashlynn thought she was going to fall out because the restraint was a 'one size fits all'

Big Birthday Bash

 Birthday Cakes - mine was chocolate and Ashlynn's was lemon

We got to see one of my friends that had moved from Holland at the party. Hannah (she was in my class for Y4 and Y5 then she moved) and her sister Tenniya came over to swim and eat Mexican food as well as Monique and her sister Sarah.
Fun Fun Fun!

Birthday Presents

Unwrapped birthday bags...... 

Reading the cards.......

Opened birthday presents....

p.s. Happy Halloween!!