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Hey There!

these pictures have nothing to do with.. well anything. except they are really pretty! And maybe I'm trying to convince myself the snow we have isn't really that bad.. (secretly I'm hoping to wake up tomorrow and have it magically be spring though..)

Anyways.. Hope you are all having a great week so far! We had a great weekend and this week I have just trying to get into the rhythm of working again. But I am really enjoying it! It totally gives me a new appreciation of what it might be like to be a mom someday.. and then makes me happy that for now, I get to go home at the end of the  day :)

There is one thing that I would like to ask you all to pray for.. We got a letter the other day that my visa application has been denied. Luckily its just some administrative stuff.. they need some (slightly) different papers and such.. but we are really hoping that we won't need to pay the whole processing fee again! So if you could be praying that would be wonderful!

I will keep you posted!

Have a wonderful day! 

Carly

weekend inspiration

here is what I'm hoping my weekend includes...

sleeping in and good books

coffee with des

to find pretty flowers at the market.. along with fruits and veggies

maybe a nap.. :)

and I hope we have some really good conversations on the streets!

We'll also be going to Alphen aan den Rijn tonight! and tomorrow we will have services here!

What are you looking forward to this weekend? And any special plans?

xoxo Carly

Christmas pictures.. (a little late)

I know its really too late to post these.. but I did say I would post them.. so here they are! :)

Christmas day we spent at home with my brother Brian.. it was so much fun to have him in Rijswijk and get to hang out! 

On "Second Christmas day" (yes, that is a legit thing here in NL) we went to my brother in law's mom's house.. got that? hehe.. 

it was so much fun! and of course a very special year for 2 reasons:

1. Melchior's first Christmas!

2. Tim and Kelly got engaged the night before so we had even more to celebrate!

oh. yes. there was also a candy cane wolverine fight. 

your welcome.

...life lately...

Can you believe it is already February! I certainly can't! This past month has flown by.. but in a very good way!

It started with being able to take a quick trip to Lithuania to see my parents! (and go to the dentist..) 

It was so wonderful to see everyone there, especially the kids.. they grow up so fast! 

It really makes you feel old when you see almost teenagers that you babysat when they were 2! :)

 my very adorable parents @coffee inn

We also had two teams in January and got to visit Zwolle (thanks for miss P her hubs for letting us crash there!)

and my parents were also here in NL! so I got to hang out and see them.. very fun.

This past week they had revival services in Den Haag so we were there too and that was awesome.. there are some things I love about pioneering and one of them is being so close to a lot of other churches.. and getting to know so many new people that way!

And today I started my new job! I'm the proud nanny to my little nephew Melchior :)

(the little cutie is sleeping now...)

and he is just so much fun.. he laughs and "talks" a lot and I love that we get this time together..

although I hope it gets warm soon so we can take walks outside!

So that's a little recap of what we have been up to lately.. I know I'm forgetting a bunch of stuff.. but ok..

I read this idea of instead of having a bunch of resolutions for the year to have one for each month and for Feb I picked to try and post on here more often. so hopefully you'll be hearing more from me soon!

Have a wonderful day! 

xoxo, Carly

A look back...

Happy 2012 you guys!!

What a year its been... this year we

...announced that we were moving to Rijswijk to start a church

...drove to Czech. in a bus. it was epic.

...des found a job in Delft!

...found out we had too much stuff when we packed... and moved from a 3 bedroom flat into a one bedroom :)

...2 goodbye parties in Zwolle

...moved to Rijswijk

...became an auntie when jesselyn was born

...started services in Rijswijk

...had the YJP and awesome teams from Zwolle (honestly i don't know if i could have done it without them)

...started blogging

...went to belgium

...tent campaign in arnhem

...summer conference

...applied for my visa, got a temp. one

...turned 21!

...friends threw me a surprise party. at my house. 

...celebrated our 2 year anniversary

...rally in zwolle

...became a "real" auntie when my sil had her baby melchior

...got really excited when I heard my lil SIL is engaged!

...went to an amazing new years eve party and didn't get home until 5a.m. but it was so worth it..

and that brings us right up to 2012!

I can't wait to see what this year holds.. if the past year is any indication then I have NO idea where I will be a year from now... but I'm really excited to find out :)

I hope you all will have a wonderful year too.. 

so tell me what was your highlight of 2011?

xoxo C