Big changes! ...but first another Holland trip.
We have visitors! Ome Toon and Tante Tini. ...and the cat is about to finish Dad's dinner! At least Jim thought it was funny!
After dinner, the 3 brothers retire to the drawing room for deep philosophical discussions on the state of the local beers...
At the van Kessels, in New Westminster! Is that John and Ken holding kittens, and seated in the big chairs?
At the airport in Vancouver! The visitors depart!
This is a year later. Now it's 1973, and Dad and Om Jan were on their way to Holland for their parent's 55th anniversary.
And we're back in Holland! Opa Huysmans looks pretty happy! Oma Huysmans does not...
This looks like Opa Krom, and Dad. "...and this time, Piet, bring it back with a full tank!"
It looks like a major wedding anniversary! The archway is a Dutch tradition.
With a stop at the local church. This church suffered a major fire recently (May 3, 2018).
The full celebration! Even the local marching band!
Oma and Opa, with all their children (and spouses?).
And with all the direct descendants! It looks like the camera needed a wider lens...
No problem, just take a second picture to include those missed in the first picture... Ok. Not quite!
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