Bart and Peter

your father and his brother... The brothers were posing for the camera and pulling crazy faces... this is one of the few pictures I took that afternoon where they both look presentable...

Prettige Feestdagen

The winter has so far been very mild.
Our roses continued producing occasional buds and flowers. The light snowfall in the Christmas week covers the red roses with a layer of delicate "frosting". Though our Christmas cards were already posted this was sufficient inducement to create a digital Christmas greetings card as well.

Vrolijk Kerstfeest

The Salutation of the dawn

Listen to the salutation to the dawn,
Look to this day for it is life, the very life of life,
In its brief course lie all the verities and realities of our existence.
The bliss of growth, the splendour of beauty,

For yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision,
But today well spent makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well therefore to this day.

Such is the salutation to the dawn.

From the Sanskrit

A picture for the famiiy album

This picture was taken for my parents in December when my father turned 70. (Yes, also in the Zahren family 2007 was a year of celebration). You might have the opportunity to meet my parents too when you are coming to visit with Carolina in June 2008

Los Tios

Congratulations

2007 is a year of celebration...

• Mammie turned 70 years
• Mammie and Pappie were married 45 years ago

we organized a party at home with the Benoit siblings and their spouses. We arranged a long table to seat 14 people in our living room... Peter, Michael, Bart and me shared the cooking between the 4 of us, Maria-Laura and Emilia were waiting on the tables... it was a big success.
Mammie and Pappie were beaming :-)

Simone, fotographer

Bart in Chile

Simone with her father
Simone with her mother

Pacific Ocean - Family Picture

This is the picture I used to crop the title picture from ....

Birthday Party

We celebrated Mammies 70th birthday in Beauvoorde. Besides the super special present (a Delvaux handbag) we also found a crazy bottle of wine from "La Chapelle de St. Benoit"

neclaces and earrings

The Benoit Familiy

We continue the Benoit tradition of the yearly family gathering. Initially these gatherings were in honor of Memeke; we met every year around her birthday. Each year a familiy picture is taken.

Little sisters

My birthday party in June 2007 - Maria-Laura was humouring Emilia and allowed her to create a crazy hair-do

Mammie & Pappie

Uncle Peter takes a picture

Can you imagine your grandmother playing football?

MARCH 30, 2007

Birthday / housewarming Party

This is one of the great pictures of last weekend's party. Have a look at all the pictures if you like... (I particularly like the one of Simone in the kitchen during the party preparations!)

21 February 2007

A day in Amsterdam. This picture was taken during our cruise on the canals. Simone, Emilia and Bart are posing for Maria-Laura's camera. But I took a picture too...

HoLidAyS!

the summer!!!
in the summing pool with rafaela...
only seventeen days!!! wooouuu!!!
i see you soon!!
a big hug!!!


simone!

Short Story for Simone

Emilia has written you a short story for your blog.
It's about a mouse (or several mice - this is not clear from her text) and a cat who is always chasing the mice. OOOooh pooor little mice. Naughty cat. Big hug from your little sister...

sUmMeR cOuRsE!

HeRe...my diploma!
yesterday I finished my summer courses in the chilean university...
very very very good!!
really excelent!

now...only 28 days to belgium...
i love you so much!!!

see you soon!


simone lambert**

Hola Simoneke!!!
Muchas gracias por los buenos deseos, yo te deseo lo mismo, que este año sea muy Feliz y con muchos éxitos tanto en la escuela como en la familia.
Hasta la vista en Belgica!
Muchos besos de tus tios
XXXP

Happy new year greetings from Belgium!

xxx

happy new year...2 0 0 7

THE NEW YEAR!!! THE 2007!
IN THE HOUSE WITH THE CHILEAN FAMILY ENJOING BEFORE THE CELEBRATION!

A BIG KISS FOR ALL MY FAMILY...I LOVE YOU SO MUCH...
I HOPE THIS YEAR WILL BE VERY GOOD FOR ALL!

BYE BYE!

SIMONE LAMBERT D.