Happy Christmas to everyone! You did do well on the bike ride,especially Braden! so glad you enjoyed Alex (I went there with Helen & Graeme)
I'm sure we'll skype for Reuben's B'day and probably Ch day too! Snow didn't last!!
Busy with shopping and cooking etc... lots of love Mum
pictures On a rainy and windy day in The Hague it is a real pleasure to look through your lovely and sunny pictures. I especially liked the ones of the kids with the pinguins. Great you are having such an interesting time and that the kids enjoy going to an Australian school. Must be weird to celebrate Christmas on the beach or in a swimming pool! Look forward to the next pictures.
Have a great time. Lots of love, Caroline
on the farm Dear family, Found the farm-message. 4 minutes to catch a train, hell of a nerve. Take a restnow on the farm and after school the children can jump in the pool. Do they learn something there? The whole journey is a learning-traject, I suppose. Is the business going well? Do Ian and Maarten hold the fort well? I will open my atlas now and see where you are. Kisses Carine.
Sydney Life Church Hi the Spruit's,Glad to hear you made it to Sydney Life Church. Tom's a great teacher of the Word - I think I forget to mention he's Scottish - the accent gives it away! Community group was great on Friday at Martin and Lisa's - you missed out on pizza! ;)
sidney Hello Spruit family, I received your photo''s and now I found your Sidney story. A busy program. You are asleep now. It is nearly monday for you. Do Johan and Freia their homework? Bye love Carine.
cabin reminds me of the cabin/lodges we stayed in in New Zealand. Basic but adequate and you even can do your own cooking to save money. Good kids learn the difference between luxury and "normal" for later when they will be backpacking on their own. Love Daan
Last day in Tokyo Wonderful photos! - so good to see you at last. You certainly packed alot into your time in Tokyo! Hope your fligth to Sydney went well - look forward to hering about THE apartment in Manley??
We're just back from Cambridge, seeing Peter and Francette - P has bought a brand new Audi car! very smart.
lots of love from us all & safe travelling. Mum
great to hear that you made it all ok - i have had everybody ask me - my parents were particularly worried about the fog, delays and the children getting fed up waiting! i hear the car was a bit bigger than anticipated but Eddie did a marvolous job of getting it into the garage - you must ring them when you get back and let them pick you up from the airport - that is an order from my Dad! well everythings same as usual here no major adventures to report on but looking forward to hearing yours over the coming weeks, lots of hugs, Renee xxx
To Renee Thanks your Dad was great letting us leave the car. Reuben fell asleep of supper tonight not quite used to the time difference yet and they all woke up at 4am today wide awake but thankfuly managed to persuade them to go back to sleep... Tokyo tower today with lovely Japanese family and had a really fun time trying to speak and write in Japanese...
subscribed Hello everybody, thanks to Carine i received your first message (she didn't know how to open it!) and i immediately subscribed. Good luck in Tokio must be hectic there but beautiful temples. Nath. was there too. Much love for all of you, Daan
We were excited to hear your news. The children want to know if Reuben ate sushi.What was it like eating raw fish? Can Reuben let us know a bit more about what its like in Japan? Is it hot there? We hope you're all having a lovely time - we miss Reuben.
Love from everyone in 1R
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Happy Christmas to everyone!
You did do well on the bike ride,especially Braden! so glad you enjoyed Alex (I went there with Helen & Graeme) I'm sure we'll skype for Reuben's B'day and probably Ch day too! Snow didn't last!! Busy with shopping and cooking etc... lots of love Mum