https://www.nederican.com 2025-12-22 daily 1.0 https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/image01.jpg https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery01/1e28d7b1.jpg Seoul South Korea https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery01/1ae7126e.jpg Like bears, we owned that debate tournament! https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery01/eb2e88d0.jpg Tayla & Friends at the Senior Prom https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery01/bf90548e.jpg Debater of the year, yeah! https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery01/f1aa75ac.jpg Stargazing in the park during senior night... https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery01/3b282dee.jpg Honors convocation with mom & dad https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery01/11c4c047.jpg Photo with a very proud oma https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery01/2b6a59a4.jpg Tymen's graduation day https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery01/2534119d.jpg Photo with the debate team https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery01/9dbf503f.jpg We even went to Amber's Graduation from USC! https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery01/c7d07c34.jpg And finally, it was Tayla's turn to graduate! https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery01/ff89a1d4.jpg Class of 2025! https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery01/a39071c2.jpg And we were all there to see it! https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery01/3ef2b9ed.jpg Hershey is proud of Tayla too! https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery02/76137016.jpg Enjoying the beach in Puerto Rico (while mom is working) https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery02/2c0487cf.jpg Sightseeing in San Juan https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery02/616186d1.jpg Awesome night at Universal Studios https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery02/2b5efee0.jpg Dad's birthday (he looks so excited!) https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery02/3759dab0.jpg Dad at The Home Electronics show https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery02/695a7ae8.jpg Marie celebrating her birthday with her exercise friends https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery02/1c0d85a1.jpg A rare sighting of Marie's sister Angela at our house https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery02/32a46f3c.jpg Road trip to Texas with my friends Lalli, Gabe, and Dalen https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery02/db2732cf.jpg Celebrating oma's birthday https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery02/e32c8d77.jpg All the graduates with opa & oma on her birthday https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery02/d4b18ffe.jpg On top of the clock tower with Silvi, visiting Berkeley for the first time... https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery02/3c747200.jpg You should always stop at the California wineries... https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery02/6fa7cc91.jpg Grandma Gladys with her roommates (and Marie) https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery02/09c5a0a8.jpg Marie visiting Gladys in Florida https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery02/346a7673.jpg A bit of shade in Florida https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery02/e5b2f87c.jpg A contemplative moment in the forest at the end of the Summer... https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery03/ac4277aa.jpg before dropping Tymen off at school we had to sleep in a hostel with only two beds and guess who had to sleep on the ground... https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery03/c2572c88.jpg Dorm move-in day at Berkeley - my roommates sure are messy! https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery03/f45ce3b6.jpg New hobby: Archery https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery03/4524130d.jpg First day in the dorm after mom & dad left... all alone. https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery03/01f3e751.jpg You know, I'm pretty good at this archery thing... https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery03/eadb7bee.jpg We surprised Tymen with visit @school and he took us to a Cal football game! https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery03/82019a15.jpg Tymen came back home to Irvine for his birthday... https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery03/9baf1565.jpg Tymen visited opa one last time and they talked about... History of course! https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery03/8914a943.jpg Tymen delivering the eulogy at the Celebration of Life for opa... https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery03/02beb788.jpg ...Tayla's heartwarming presentation... https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery03/d5870540.jpg ...Marie also had some wonderful things to say about opa. https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery03/e770ad47.jpg In November Marie presented at a conference in Berkeley, so we visited Tymen... https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery03/cfc38f6c.jpg Walking around Berkeley on a warm November day https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery03/bafa6cb4.jpg ...he even decided to spend the night in the hotel with us. https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery03/054bfce7.jpg It can get cold in Wrightwood on Thanksgiving weekend! https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/gallery03/b9038c5a.jpg Unfortunately, we also lost two dear relatives this year in addition to my father: my aunt Bini Buikema and my uncle Tony Koetsier. We miss them dearly. https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/image02.jpg https://www.nederican.com/assets/images/image03.jpg