Mike and Anita James

There are some things that we see here that we now take for granted.  When we first moved here, these things would’ve been very strange, but now, they’re normal.  Here are a couple of things I’ve seen this week: With the World Cup going on, it’s normal to see plenty of orange or Dutch flags. [...]

I can’t believe we’ve been in America for a year.  Sometimes it seems like it’s been less time than that; sometimes it seems longer.  Grace is nearly finished with her year at school.  First grade has been wonderful for her.  She’s also gotten to experience some things that she never has at school before like [...]

This year, Grace is in the 1st grade in America.  She essentially finished that grade last year, but because her birthday is at the end of September, they wouldn’t budge on it.  So, besides doing her normal 1st grade homework, she’s been doing some extra work. We learned a while ago that Grace is highly [...]