Rain, rain go away!

Greetings all!  We are trying to make a better effort to more regularly update the blog for everyone, so hopefully this is good!

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the weather climate of Amsterdam, here is a little tip for you: BRING AN UMBRELLA WITH YOU EVERYWHERE YOU GO!  The weather here on a typical day (at least for the past few weeks) is pretty overcast and there is usually, at the very least, a 50% chance of it raining each day.  We have learned to always pack our umbrellas because you  never know when it's going to start downpouring!

You may be asking yourselves, "Why are they telling us this?"  Well folks, it is more of a transition to the next story.  Last weekend, it actually wasn't raining and we were quite surprised.  We figured we had to capitalize on the beautiful day and do some tourist-y things since we hadn't really done any sightseeing since we've been here.  We decided that it was a perfect day for a canal cruise.  It was a very cool experience and we were able to see a lot of the city that we haven't really had the opportunity to see, as well as get a bit of a history lesson at the same time.  We put most of the photos up on facebook, but if any of you would like to see them, just comment and we can put them up here as well.

In the mean time, we have 2 very special pictures to share; one for Abby's brother Neil and one for Dan's dad.  We think you'll be able to discern which picture is meant for which person.  We see both of these on a daily basis at a tram stop near the apartment:

This is actually life-sized and is just standing there in someone's apartment!  (They also have a huge Lisa Simpson on their balcony.)

We aren't sure if this is typical attorney attire in the Netherlands, but thought it was pretty cool!

On a different note, we have booked our tickets for our weekend trip to Paris.  We are so excited to go and will have our own personal tour guides, our friends Brandon and Sarah McGillicuddy!  We will be leaving after work on the 2nd of May and will return to Amsterdam that Sunday.  Rest assured we will post photos of that trip!

Well folks, that's all for now.  We love the comments, so keep 'em coming!  Thanks for all your prayers and support - they have been so encouraging!  We love you all and for those back home, we will see you in June!