Sorry it's been awhile since I updated the blog, but you know life gets busy sometimes. We took a day trip to Brussels a couple of weeks ago to see the Flower Carpet. This happens every two years so we thought we should check it out. It was neat, but it was extremely crowded there so we didn't stay too long. We would like to go back to Brussels and check out the other things to see there. We also saw the famous Manneken Pis statue and we had some yummy waffles!
Emma is 8 months old now and very active! She doesn't crawl yet, but she sure does know how to get around the house by rolling and army crawling. She also sits up all by herself. Her front two teeth have started to come in which makes for an unhappy baby at times. She is on her second stage of baby foods and enjoys trying new foods.
Last Friday, we went to Antwerp with our neighbors. They kept insisting that they take us there and show us the sites, so we said, "Sure!" Antwerp is one of the larger cities in Belgium and dates back to 1374! The picture to the right is of a castle called Het Steen (The Stone). The next picture is of Emma on her rocking scooter that Matt bought for her in Antwerp. Now she has a scooter just like daddy! :) The picture with the garden in it is The Plantin-Moretus Museum which was the home and printing establishment of famous printers Christoffel Plantijn and Jan Moretus. The picture with the statue is of some 16th century Guildhouses. The last picture is a cathedral. We had a great time there and we didn't even get to see the whole city! 
These are just some random pictures taken while we were out and about. The windmill is near a little town that is not too far from us. The other two pics are of some churches in a small town in the Netherlands.
We took a trip to Amsterdam this past weekend. It was a nice and interesting little trip. We went to the Anne Frank House, the Van Gogh museum, the Heineken Experience, and the Rijksmuseum. We did some window shopping as we walked along the streets. We ate at the Hard Rock Cafe for dinner and for breakfast the next day we ate at Sara's Pancake House which was yummy! Amsterdam is quite an interesting city because they are so free to do whatever they want out there, but overall we had a good trip.
We have finally settled into our house in Belgium. We live in a little city called Bree. It is a nice little city with many shops and things to do. There is an outside market that comes to town every Friday which I am looking forward to going to. Our landlord said the house was built at the turn of the century and that is why it is so old. Most of the inside is remolded. There are 2 bedrooms and 1 1/2 bathrooms. It may sound small but the bedrooms are rather large. There are four sets of stairs, but we mainly use just two sets. The backyard is spacious and very beautiful and the landlords do all the yard work! We are enjoying it so far and we hope people will come visit us!! (Hint, hint family and friends...)
