Brussels floral carpet

We went to Brussels to see the huge floral carpet that they do in the main square every 2 years. It's all done with real flowers, alot of begonias and other stuff too. We went up into the town hall to get a ariel view, it was pretty amazing. We also went to see the famous "Mannekin Pis" It's a fountain of a small boy peeing, don't know why it's so famous but it is, very European, since you see this everywhere (mainly older boys on the side of the road) This was our first trip to Brussels- it's only 3 hours to drive there, you would think we would have gone there sooner, but there is still more of Europe to discover after 15 years! We just spent the afternoon, had a nice dinner and came home. Jack(the dog) and Quack ( our young co-worker) joined us so it was an enjoyable day. Somehow the pictures from Brussels are down further on the blod- so scroll on down for more!

Friends

Saying good-bye to old friends. The Webb family left Germany after 16-17? years here, we were very sad to see them go and will miss them greatly. Terry taught the girls in Young Women and has been a great influence on their lives. We also did many "dish-runs" and floh markts and other adventures over the years. It was nice to have someone we could count on to be here with us as everyone else around us left after 2-3 years. Here's hoping they find much happiness in Colorado and that we see them again somewhere down the road.




There are also some other wonderful people that were here that left us- the Cusick and Hall families both left and went on to Texas. Here are pictures of our last gatherings with them.

Pictures around home-




Family cook out
We finally found a great use for the old pitchfork.

Erik and Joshua made stairs to the stream



Erik has started another building project- a tree house.
We had a lazy week at home instead of going to the beach this year. It was nice to just enjoy the yard and the kids and time together. But we're definately back to the beach in France next year!

Col Jackson

Col Jackson and some of his co-workers. We don't have too many pictures of him in uniform despite being in the military for almost 20 years. These were taken on the occasion of LTC Pack's retirement. She was the right-hand women for Rich in the OB clinic.


Dr's from every service.

Brussels floral carpet
We went to Brussels to see the huge floral carpet that they do in the main square every 2 years. It's all done with real flowers, alot of begonias and other stuff too. We went up into the town hall to get a ariel view, it was pretty amazing. We also went to see the famous "Mannekin Pis" It's a fountain of a small boy peeing, don't know why it's so famous but it is, very European, since you see this everywhere (mainly older boys on the side of the road) This was our first trip to Brussels- it's only 3 hours to drive there, you would think we would have gone there sooner, but there is still more of Europe to discover after 15 years! We just spent the afternoon, had a nice dinner and came home. Jack(the dog) and Quack ( our young co-worker) joined us so it was an enjoyable day.
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