Daily Life

By Guus , 26 July 2012

Nora and her Opa and Oma

My parents are here! Jaap and Mieke arrived Monday evening. Their journey took a little longer than planned but they made it here safe and well.

Nora is getting a lot of love and attention from her Opa and Oma. Tuesday morning was the first time Oma and Nora met each other in person, and they both smiled a lot.

Jaap and Mieke took her for a walk today -- for the first time in the "big" stroller without the car seat. They brought several new Nijntje books, so Nora heard the story of "We hebben een orkest" today.

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By Guus , 23 July 2012

Waiting for my parents

My parent's flight had a delay so I had an unexpected opportunity to go for a run. That was very welcome since I didn't run in the weekend.

Run went well. It was a little bit cooler.

When I arrived home and did some stretching I met Sasha and Nora who just came back from a walk.

By Guus , 21 July 2012

Four girls

This morning Irena and Julian left, they met Amy and Ashlyn who will drive them to New Jersey. Ilana is staying with us for another day.

We took a picture of the ladies yesterday (Julian didn't want to be on it).

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By Guus , 19 July 2012

A week with Irena, Ilana and Julian

Nora is getting a lot of attention this week. Irena is taking care of her during the day when we're at work, and Ilana and Julian make sure she is never bored.

Yesterday I worked from home, to give the Zanes time to visit a museum, and Nora took the opportunity to sleep a lot.

Last night we went out for sushi which was very nice.

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By admin , 18 July 2012

Skipped some runs due to visitors

This is my first run in a week, and it was super slow -- 45 minutes! Didn't run earlier since the Zane family is here.

Run was nice, if a bit hot.

By Guus , 17 July 2012

Nora and her cousins

Saturday the Zane family came to visit. Irena and the kids are staying this week to take care of Nora, and they are having a great time together.

One of the highlights for Nora was when they made her do "jumping jacks" in her chair, with Julian moving her arms and Ilana her legs. She had even a few sips of cantaloupe juice.

She couldn't sleep from excitement.

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By admin , 15 July 2012

Daniel & Erika

Our good friends Daniel and Erika got married today!

They got married in Szolnok, Hungary and many of our friends were there, posting pictures on Facebook.

Congratulations!

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By admin , 9 July 2012

9 minutes faster

So it's at least 15 degrees cooler than Saturday and that resulted in a 9 minute improvement in time.

I was also a little worried that I had pushed my left leg a little too much during Saturday's run, but today it felt okay. Not great but okay.

Run was awesome. I felt some much stronger in this temperature! I ran when Sasha came home from work.

By Guus , 7 July 2012

Well, at least I finished the run

Wow! It's so hot!

Yesterday evening I gave up after 1 mile when it was 93 degrees so today I tried again... at 97 degrees. It took my 8 minutes longer than my usual slowest run but I did complete the 4 miles.

I brought water and took several long breaks to cool off. The run shouldn't have been much longer otherwise I'd have to walk, and I'm proud that I completed it.

On my way home I saw a little girl who was running from the fountain straight to the traffic lanes on Wilson. The mother couldn't grab her on time so I stuck out my arm and stopped the child.

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