Reflection on our 9th Year in Holland - Part 2...

Once again, our list of highs is considerably longer than our list of lows:

• Family Travel: Atlanta - Rocky Horror Picture Show, singing with cousins Johnny and Jimmy, rock ‘n roll Easter service; Baarlo - Dutch Nash Hash weekend, running in three countries in one day, Ashlynn enjoyed hashing, dancing to Madly, photoshoot; Berlin - visiting abandoned Spreepark, Christmas markets, New Year’s festivities; Chicago - Ashlynn went to her first solo movie, visiting Northwestern; Gran Canaria - hiking to the waterfall and into the crater, hanging out at the villa, rolling down the dunes, the kids cooking dinner; London - Ashlynn’s amazing test shoots, AWESOME Frozen Sing-along, Tower of London poppies, CitizenM Hotel, Veronica visiting David at Cambridge, taking photos in London; New York - staying in a yurt, vet school at Cornell, Moosewood Vegetarian Restaurant, seeing Peter and meeting Sophie, sushi at their apartment, late night photo safari and visit to H&M, Ashlynn & Jimmy’s epic run across Manhattan; North Carolina - Carolina Tiger Rescue, seeing wild horses in Beaufort with Erika and Rachel, Ashlynn & Jimmy going horseback riding; Paris - visiting Jeni Rose at IMG Models, Ashlynn’s first professional test shoots, sitting in window of hotel, another epic run; Port Grimaud - clubbin’, scuba diving, relaxing on beach, photo shoot, Luna Park, good runs; Scotland - Quiz Night in Newton Stewart, driving through Galloway Forest Park, Veronica seeing Lois, Ashlynn staying with Naomi, spending a day with Marianne and Naomi in Edinburgh, buying kilts, ghost walk
• Parent/Daughter Travel: Jimmy & Veronica to Paris - 7,000+ photos in 48 hours, sunrise over Paris, sunset over Eiffel Tower, awesome timelapse; Melissa & Veronica to Southampton - Seeing Miguel and Ines, visiting the SeaCity Museum’s Titanic exhibit
• Jimmy & Melissa Time: Brussels - seeing old San Diego Hash friends, hashing in the woods, venue for Beer Odyssey 2014 was a blast and so was all the dancing; Switzerland - meeting up with Bill & Nina in Zurich, happening upon county fair in St. Gallens
• Solo Trips: California (Ashlynn) - seeing Grandma & Grandpa, sleepovers with Aunties, SeaCamp including seeing 12 blue whales and snorkeling with sea lions, fun run with Dan & Nancy, hanging out with Kylie; France (Ashlynn) - 17-hour bus rides, exploring cities with Sarah, Sophie and Katy; Lisbon (Ashlynn) - staying at a host's house for the first time, drama skits in a world heritage site; Nepal (Veronica) - all of it!, breakfast with the monks, getting to know the team, volunteering, Gold Award exhibition, Kathmandu; Poole, England (Ashlynn) - sailing, speed boating, catching sharks, Rupert; Spain (Veronica) - good starry night
• Performances: Frankenstein Panto - Veronica tap dancing and singing, Ashlynn dancing, and Jimmy doing sound; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change musical - Veronica singing and Jimmy doing sound 
• Visitors: Jimmy’s old high school friend Felicia; Melissa’s ex-niece Nicole; Raleigh Hashers - Heiko, Deborah, Bill, Susie and Bonnie; San Diego Hashers Carolyn, Mike and Bryan; Jimmy’s old Navy buddy Glenn with Nicola, Sophie from Australia
• Family TV Night: Revolution, Under the Dome, Elementary, Sherlock with David and Andrew
• Jimmy & Melissa: Burns’ Night Dinner, Gay Pride Boat Parade, Red Light District Hash, Opee’s awesome Leiden Hash
• Jimmy: foot fully healed, Urban Hero Run, Octoberfest and other agency social events, iPhone
• Veronica: Co-chairing Eco Committee, photo shoot for Nepal fundraiser, SeaChange Mentoring sessions with Bea, ACT scores including perfect science score, running first 10K with Daddy, getting four UK uni offers in just two days, Grade 6 LAMDA Musical Theatre exam, 365 Photography Project is a success!
• Ashlynn: Model Camp, being scouted by and then signing with IMG Paris, first modeling job for Dutch designer’s look book, winning prizes at several races, running Leiden Marathon 5K with Daddy, iPhone