Where do I start?

Ok, I never thought I'd have a blog.  What do you say on a continuing basis?  Something witty or interesting enough for anyone to even go check it out in our data-enriched media environment.  But then I was reading the magazine insert in our local newspaper, the Valley Falls Vindicator, and it told about a lady who kept up with extended family and the task ended up with them all having a family reunion every two years.
Given that our family meets EVERY year (see invite to the left) I thought this might help us to keep up with one another during the year and allow me an opportunity to add my musings as I learn things of our family history.
One of my regrets as I was growing up and which has always been a source of melancholy, is the fact that I've missed out on the intricate day-to-day happenings of my extended family.  Now due to the fact that, given we live in a space-time constrained environment (that is, we can only be in one place at a time), it is virtually impossible to be part of everyone's lives you love all the time.  Whenever I hear my family tell of good times they've had with other family, or the events of their lives of which I have not been part, it makes me sad that I wasn't there.  I'm hoping the opportunity of this new-fangled technology will fill that gap.

National Flag of the Netherlands

Another challenge I came to is what to name this thing.  Ask my wife, Kathi, how long I stared at the page that tells you to enter your blog title.  Some that I considered: "They told me we had Indian blood",  "Lubberdinks", "Wooden Shoes West", "Down off of Missionary Ridge", "Life after Limestone Landing", and so forth.  I think what I came up with expresses where we came from and the surprise to find we're from Holland.  I would have never thought that was the case.
If you'll check in from time to time, I'll try to post something interesting enough to make it worth your while.  And while you're here, leave a story of your own.
Soli Deo Gloria