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Krsitin, Nicholas and Reuben at the McDonals's table in our Sioux Center back yard

McDonald’s Table

I just noticed that our screen-saver changed! Lloyd must have done it sometime last evening. I just noticed it now, and it brought a smile to my face. Here’s what I found:   This picture brought back so many memories! I remembered how we, as a young family, often traveled the 10 hour trip between our home [...]

Here it is: July 24, 2009, Volume 9 issues 422 "All you need to know about everything that matters"

The Week

Thanks to Jess and Nick who clued us in,  and with whom we’re splitting a subscription, we’re now readers of ”The Week”.  I’m so excited!  Our first issue arrived several days ago:  Lloyd has already done a quick scan and I’m still gradually brousing through it over the course of “the week”, in spare pockets of time.  For Lloyd, who loves [...]

Tyler and Anya

Cousin Connections

“Hello from cousin, Tyler” to Kristin, Nick, Reuben, Kim and the rest of the Vanderkwaaks!  We understand, according to Grandma Veenstra,  that Tyler is an avid “non-commenting” reader of vanderkwaak.com. So Tyler, if you’re reading this, you’re it!  We think it’s really neat that you keep up with family connections by regularly reading www.vanderkwaak.com Here’s a pic [...]