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| This girl just loves the water.. she is so excited to go canoeing |
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| Love this photo. It shows these twos relationship .. relaxed, supportive and loving .. |
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| The three Johnsons |
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| On our way back from holland we stayed at my friend's barb's house . With a jetlag we were up at 4 am.. barb knew lilja loves flutes so she let her try her picolo..very early in the morning |
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| Meet leon, the new dog of caroline and jeff ( the family I take care of ). He is a 105 pound one year old lab.. reminds me of their old dog Amos and a little bit of jack.. bitter sweet :( |
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| A dress up party for baby kate turning 3. Lilja is not a big girlie dress up girl.. but today she had a blast . |
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| 3 years old, the litter baby kate, not so little any more, especially with all that make-up |
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| There were a lot of kids, so lilja found her sanctuary.. the swing |
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| Violet and lilja going down the river park on the big tube . Lilja loves the water |
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| All by herself.. |
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| And going down the floaty way . |
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| She lived this rocket ship she borrowed from melissa.can't find one similar .. oh well. |
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| Best way going diwn the river, but it was cold !! |
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| We had cousins day !! Every year we try to get together . This time we met on the beach, had lunch and the kids just played and played. Fun, fun, fun !! |
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| Yes, that is lilja laying in the aater, it was freezing!! She does not care ! |
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| Opa and oma took us to sprookjesland .. a little fun park with rides, animals and the fun park was it was very child directed . |
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| Yep, that is lilja driving the car !! |
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| And ride her own horse by herself |
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| And drive her own boat. What experiences ! |
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| But my highlight was watching lilja play in the sea for the first time when it was warm.. she did not stop jumping !! Pure joy !! |
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| My favorite picture .. just anticipating the water . She actually got kind of freaked out when a wave came and receded... "momma, the ground is moving !" |
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| Oh the de ruiter humor.. lilja planted a watermelon seed with opa before we went to germany.. guess what was waiting for her when she came back .. |
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| Lilja's favorite day ? She Still Talks About Brigitte Taking US To THE "BOARDWALk". Scheveningen and their trampolines !! 2 dollars for 10 minutes , well worth the money |
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| Opa and lilja .. just enjoying the wind and water |
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| We all did gourmet with lilja this year . You cook your own food on the grill. Lilja was a little cook, putting chicken piled up with spinach and 4 corn kernels. Delicious :) |
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| Lilja , tae, Christy and martin. |
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| Tae and lilja would just gave endless conversations .. would love to have been a fly in that swing .. |
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| Strawberry picking !! Pick one, eat one !! |
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| Chiemsee lake was one of lilja's highlights, swimming and playing with the boys |
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| This is lilja's face shooting a water gun in the air |
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| One of the highlights was this skilift up to the mountain, a hike around the mountain and then wine, beer and some amazing meats and cheeses fir dinner.. then a very wet but worth it hike back down |
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| Spectacular! ! |
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| Happy birthday !! |
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| Grandma with the kiddos !! |
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| First night out listening to some German music.. again those two just went off on their own .. real buddies |
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| Grandpa helping lilja with a water feature at the park .. so cool , no pun intended |
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| Ok, these two definitely had some competitive edge going |
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| Lilja and I had kind of a long trip .. a flight, two trains , a bus and a mile walk to the park.. but lilja was a trooper.. and we can't complain, as aran was almost a day delayed :(( |
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| This ball pit was their favorite.. they would be in there for hours |
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| This alpine slide was very cool. From a steep climb up to a fast ride down.. very cool.. lilja and I went diwn together too and I tried to slowdown but it did not slow down.. I looked down and lilja is pushing the break forward to go faster .. she is a daredevil !! |
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| And another daredevil !! |
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| But who went the fastest ?? |
