Travis was here!!

We had a fun time last week with a visit from Cousin Travis (Cameron's age) from Seattle. He flew in early Friday morning the 3rd and after sleeping until 2 p.m. started his visit going to get the boys at school - it was the start of the 2-week spring break here! He settled into Cameron's room (Travis is on the left in the photo). That night he went and practiced with Cameron's basketball team. He thought the training was easier than his practices and he had fun. The coach speaks some English and 2 other boys besides Cameron speak English and translated things for him. Otherwise he just watched and followed what the guys were doing for drills. 

The boys had a sunny weekend to catch up with their cousin - jumping on the trampoline, hanging out, shooting hoops, biking, and generally goofing off. Cameron and Travis spent one night in a tent in the back yard, on the trampoline. They made it until about 7 am then came in the house. They figured they'd had about 4 hours of sleep. 

Then we had some rainy days.  We went to Technopolis (like OMSI) near Brussels, we watched some movies, the guys played some games (including on the computer). Andrew, Cameron and Travis met a friend of Andrew and Cameron's to play pool and go bowling one day. Andrew slept in Cameron's room with Cameron and Travis and 2 nights Cameron and Travis moved into Andrew's room. There was a lot of laughter! We introduced Travis to wursten, Beglian chocolate, chocolate breads for breakfast, stofvlees, frites, and more.

The sun came out again at the end of the week and Friday we headed to the North Sea for the day. It was a perfect beach day - sunshine, light wind, and not too crowded. The guys were in heaven, playing paddle games, jumping off a sand dune, a couple even made it into the (freezing) water. Then we rented "low-rider" bikes for some of the guys and a 4-seater for 3 of us and we rode along the waterfront. (We took our neighbor/friend Charlotte with us, too. She's coming to Oregon with us on our visit in July!)

Easter morning, Travis had a long day flying and was back home, unpacking and telling stories that night. We're glad it worked out to have him come visit, it was a fun treat for all of us and something he and our guys will never forget!