It was 90 degrees here today and I think we melted. We went to try out a local church this morning and literally almost passed out from the heat. We made it through the intriguing sermon, but were a bit light headed before we left.

Afterwards, we ventured over to Sally’s house to pick up an extra transformer they had for us to borrow for our old tv and PS3 for the kids. We didn’t plan on staying long, but all of us were enjoying their company and playing with their dogs and cats. We took a walk over to the Amsterdamse Bos to check out the jousting festival that was taking place in the forest. It was too hot to walk around in the sun, and we just hung out in the shade and shared stories before walking back to their house. 

We had planned to take a drive up the coast this afternoon but were warned to watch out for the beach traffic.  We just wanted to go for a long drive in an air conditioned car and chose to see where my Uncle Adrian used to be stationed in Holland in Den Helder. By the time we got up to Den Helder and came to the roundabout to take us out to the sea, the traffic was lined up from two different spots on the circle with at least 100 cars each attempting to return from the beach. We decided to just continue to drive around the roundabout and continue back the way we came. There was no way I wanted to wait in that traffic circle for another hour.

Instead, we found ourselves at a random snack shop, hoping to find a bathroom and something to snack on. We actually had a great time enjoying snacks and playing pool together before heading home.

It’s still hot outside and is very hard for the kids to go to sleep. We’re trying to get them to bed earlier than usual since school is ready to begin and we’re on no type of schedule whatsover. But we didn’t even have dinner until after 8 pm.  Oh well – we’ll figure it out this week regardless, right?

We hope that all our friends back in Sunnyvale enjoy their new teachers and middle school and have a great first day back to school tomorrow. We’re kinda missing being there to walk to school together and to see each other again, after a busy summer!  Wishing you all the best.  We start orientation at our new school tomorrow.  New beginnings…