Annemiek Sistermans... We are so blessed to have you in our lives!!
What we love about AM...
- I love that you have this very dry and stoic sense of humor and yet love to make silly faces
- I love that you are super matter a fact about life - its refreshing not to get platitudes or fluff from you
- I love that our kids have almost no memory of Wendy without you
- I love that we were part of your wedding and now get to be aging married couples together (early bed times, etc...)
- Tom was in heaven when he was able to meet your brother for the 1st time after spending all spring email/texting him about your wedding speech
- I love that your dad introduced Billy to the "bike rack" and that losing his tooth, with a little help from Jimmy, on your wedding day became auspicious instead of a disaster
- We all love your family but feel especially honored to have gotten to know your mom and dad
- I love that you joined our family through Wendy. I remember your 1st date. Wendy was so nervous. It was perfect. (bike ride and picnic from Whole Foods, right?!)
- Tom felt an instant connection with you when you road your bike UP to Hinckley to meet Wendy/I at the 1/2 way point of the MS150 and then your rode back to the cities with him and the kids. That was extremely brave of you.
- I love that you love Lucy.
- You made me love orange. Its now my 2nd favorite color after green.
- I love that you have an adventurous approach to food
Things I have mixed feelings about....
- I LOVE that you are fearless and quickly checking things off your bucket list, I hope you keep adding things to your bucket list too!
- Tom and I are truly jealous of all your travels with Wendy, we live vicariously through you and if it weren't for these damn kids, we'd be totally tagging along!
- I wish that we had time to know more of your "other" friends - Belinda and Sheila are great! The rest must be too! Again, those damn kids.
- The respect and love your coworkers have for you is so touching, I just wish you didn't have learn that through cancer
Things I regret...
- I wish that we had met and known you pre-Wendy.
- We wish your family lived closer. Or, maybe I wish we lived in the Netherlands!
- That you have to battle cancer. twice. that sucks rocks.
- That we have not taken an RV trip with you
Pride is always a favorite family event
Pig Ate My Pizza - one of our favorite places in the world 
St Pattys Day!!
AM's home
Silly faces
New Zealand adventures 
The wedding of the century
Billy getting his tooth organized after the "bike rack" incident
