It's Queen's Day ...

Today is Koninginnedag, or Queen's Day in Holland.

It's a national holiday here, sort of like the 4th of July. Everyone thing is closed basically, they have big open markets where people can sell stuff freely, there is lots of food, games etc etc. Everyone dresses in orange and it's a big party. Then at night they have fireworks....Amsterdam does a huge fireworks show over the water.

You can learn more here.

Alexa had her party at school yesterday...I got to paint some faces too, they had about 25 activities to do throughout the morning.

Top ten list....

Green Bay has to be in a perma-funk since he announced his retirement. How could he retire after the season they just had? Here are the top ten reasons Brett Favre needs to come back to the Packers.

10. Beer and cheese sales in Wisconsin would go up
9. There are still a couple records he could grab from Dan Marino
8. Aaron Rogers is too injury prone
7. Youngest team in the NFL last year with a rookie running back phenom in Ryan Grant
6. A NFC final appearance in 2008
5. Brett looks too darned good in his uniform
4. Anxiety and depression meds sales would plummet in Wisconsin
3. More money for the NFL for Jersey sales
2. My husband would quit crying
1. A chance to see a living legend play one more time

Pizza Promise...

This is hysterical! I had to post this, my husband emailed it to me. Here are some fun pizza facts before the video:)

Pizza is a $35 billion per year industry.

According to an American Dairy Association random sampling survey, pizza is America's fourth most craved food, behind cheese, chocolate and ice cream.

Domino's delivered 400 million pizzas last year that's a pizza (and a slice) for every man, woman and child in the United States.

Pepperoni is by far America's favorite topping, (36% of all pizza orders). Approximately 251,770,000 pounds of pepperoni are consumed on pizzas annually. Other popular pizza toppings are mushrooms, extra cheese, sausage, green pepper and onions.

The World's Fastest Pizza Maker makes 14 pizzas in 2 minutes and 35 seconds.

Super Bowl Sunday is typically Domino’s busiest day of the year. The Domino’s team anticipates delivering 1.3 million pizzas nationwide on game day—a third more than a typical Sunday.



Oh and congrats to my husband Kory who just got promoted to Vice President Of Dominos International. I love you and I am proud of you!

I got featured! Thanks Faeryhill!

They are having a great launch this week and I am happy to be a part of it. This talented group of designers gave me the "SPOTLIGHT" on their blog also, take a peek here. Good luck with the launch ladies and thanks again for the invitation!

Someone turned 5 this week!

Alexa turned 5 on Friday and she had her best friends over Saturday for her party. We had a cinderella theme and played carnival games at the house. Daddy provided the pizza and we got a cake from a local bakery. She got lots of fun presents from her friends and had a wonderful time! Those girls can sure pack away the pizza too!

Some of my HEROES...

I love this show! We got season one over the winter and watched it quickly, then we watched season 2 on the internet, set up my laptop to the big screen TV! The writing, the plot, the multi-dimensional characters are fabulous. Kory Trey and I are hooked on this one! Can't wait for fall.

Alexa Models "Sweet Girl Boutique"

This is a sneak peek! So no telling, the launch will be next week for the BDB Right Stuff Launch. I also did the group logo, so I will post it when it's up.

You can see the live auction HERE.

It's Tulip Time...

We are starting to see lots of crocuses and a few tulips sprouting around Wassenaar. In April, we usually go to Keukenhof to see the display of 8 million tulips on hand. It's basically the Disney World of tulips. Here are a couple photos from last year's trip. The silver white ones are amazing.

I have been TAGGED!!

I've been tagged by Allison of LulaBeeBoutique...how fun. Here are the rules!

1. Link your tagger and list these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

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1. I would love to be a sports writer for Sports Illustrated...covering the Green Bay Packers of course.

2. I wanted to be a singer when I was younger and I love to watch American IDOL!

3. It took us three days to name Alexa when she was born. I really liked the name Brooke and Kory said OK if we could have her middle name be Trout. He was 100% dead serious. That's what I get for marrying a die-hard fisherman.

4. I lived in Michigan my entire life, then Kory draged me to Holland in 2003. I have lived in only one state, but two countries.

5. Alexa is one of 21 cousins, Kory has four siblings with lots of kids!

6. My favorite all-time movie is Somewhere in Time. A super-romantic film staring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour set on Mackinac Island.

7. My favorite show is Grey's Anatomy. McDreamy (Patrick Dempsey) is my favorite character.



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Now I get to tag 7 people!

They are:

Heather - Daisy-Head-Maisy
Becky - Upsiedoodle
Jen-Tie - Dye Divas
Deanna - Birdsong Bows
Carol - Monkey-Doodle
Erika - Abby*Doodles
Johnette - Sunshine*Kisses

The Easter Bunny loves Alexa

Alexa woke up to find someone had left her tons of little chocolate treats and peeps from her bedroom, all the way down the stairs to the living room. She sure was surprised. The Easter Bunny was good this year!

Trip to Aquarium and Beach

We took the kids to the Aquarium in The Hague. The variety of ocean life was amazing. There were sharks, huge sea turtles, sea horses and many others. Alexa was thrilled to see all of them swimming around in their little sea worlds.













It was a pretty cold day but that didn't stop Alexa, Trey and Natasha from goofing around on the beach. Daddy caught it all on camera.

There is nothing like having a sister..

Natasha is visiting us in Holland for the first time is two years. Everyone really misses her. She is a sophomore at California Lutheran this year. Getting good grades and loving life. Alexa is way excited, as is Trey and Kory. This is my favorite photo of Tasha and Alexa from summer 2006.

International Day 2008, The American School of the Hague

What an incredible Day! Alexa's school hold this annual event in February and it's a day filled with fun and celebration. With over 55 countries represented at ASH, all the kids got into the festivities. Everyone dressed up in garb from their home country. The opening cerimony was like the olympics with each class walking in one at a time. The k1 and k2 kids got to do crafts in all the rooms, and I volunteered in the fourth grade room in the afternoon. Just an amazing event.

Black Tuesday

Well it's the end of an era. Brett Favre is unexpectedly retiring after 17 years in the NFL. I am a bit in shock, they had such a great year, and a young, talented team with a desire to win. It will be hard to fill his shoes, he played with a ferocity and the with heart of a kid. Set numerous all-time records. One of the best who ever played....he can now fade into the sunset. It's got to be a dark day in Green Bay today.