Hi there friends and family,

Wow can you believe in this age of advanced and fast moving technology that it has taken Mart and I (both geniuses in the IT world haha) so long to start our own blog site :)? But as some smart person once said, 'better late than never'...

Where to start this new venture into the world of cyber space communication .. I suppose we should give a short update/recap of our lives the last year for those who have forgotten or whom we have forgotten to inform :-$!

Chronologically:

• Mart asked for my hand in marriage last August - I naturally said YES!! Who could possibly resist such a hunk of love :).
• We then by chance stumbled upon a new housing development in Ijburg, Amsterdam and fell in love with one of their courtyard homes and proceed to buy a new house!
• We set a wedding date - 9th April 2005 - and were amazed and honoured by the friends and famly who joined us and the wonderful day it turned out to be. WOW we never thought that our happinness could be that multiplied and we thank all of you (and you know who you are) for the support, friendship, patience and pure love that you showed us on our special day!
• We returned from South Africa, happy, relaxed and looking forward to our married life and then just when we thought our happiness could not get any bigger our cup 'ranneth' over and we found out that we were pregnant (YIPPEE)!! Baby van Rooijen is due round about 31st Jan 2006 .. mark that date in your diaries.

Now that we are sort of caught up with were we find ourselves, the aim of this blog is to keep you updated on our lives and to read your comments as we share our experinces, joys and lives with you all.. I really look forward to that :o)
Sendus your comment and let us know what you would like to be updated on .. wanna see photos of our home or Amsterdam, want to join in o n Birthday fun and pictures? write to us then and let's chat!