Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Happy 2009!



We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a great New Year!  Ours was so much fun.  Make sure you check out our Christmas photo album!  Isaac's first Christmas was a blast.  He was super spoiled though.  We are grateful for all the presents and warm wishes that were sent our way.  We did wish that we could have been closer to the rest of the family, but we have a military family over here and had some of them over for a yummy Christmas dinner and then again on New Years Eve.



With the holidays behind us now, Joe and I are focusing on our trip to London in April.  He is running the Flora London Marathon!  He already has 3 marathons under his belt and he's always wanted to do London.  The thing about London Marathon is that it is extremely hard to get into.  Joe decided to raise money for a charity to get a spot.  It's a win-win situation!  The charity is the Parkinson's Disease Society.  We chose this organization because it gives support to people who suffer from Parkinsons as well as their caregivers and does a great deal of research on the disease.  My grandpa has Parkinsons so we have seen what it does.  What we need now is your help.  Joe needs to raise 1700 pounds.  We are so thankful for the donations we have gotten so far, but the amount we still need to raise is great.  There is a link to his website as well as our progress so far right here on our blog or you can go to  http://www.justgiving.com/joedillabaugh   We hope that you will consider giving to this great cause and helping Joe do what he is gifted at and loves to do...Run!  Thank you in advance for your support! 

Sunday, November 30, 2008






These pictures are just a brief summary of Isaac's first trip to America. We flew over on a military flight...not many people can say their first airplane ride was on a C-17. We got to show Isaac the great city of Chicago where he visited the Shed Aquarium. He LOVED watching the fish. Isaac got to meet his 7 cousins who he now realizes have much to teach him. :) He met great-grandmas and great-great grandmas, and visited with lots of other family and friends! Needless to say, we were pretty beat by the end of our trip. But it was well worth it to see everyone!

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Isaac's First Halloween!



Ike the Dinosaur!



We went "Trunk or Treating." It's what the Americans do here since the Dutch do not do Halloween. And yes, it's what it sounds like. People decorate the trunks of their cars and hand out candy. We had a good time although some people were a little sceptical about giving candy to a toothless dinosaur. :)

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