In "Monster-dam"

We have to check in for our flight to Uganda in about 2 minutes, but I wanted to let you all know that we made it here safely and enjoyed our 24 hours in Amsterdam (now affectionately called "Monster-dam" in our family thanks to Graysen). The boys did fine on the plane, though none of us slept very much - the boys probably slept for 2-3 hours, so not too bad. So when we got here, we took a 2-hour nap in the hotel, before catching the shuttle back to the airport so we could hop on the train into town.
We walked around for a little while, then ate some authentic Netherlands' cuisine: McDonalds. We took a boat ride last night from 8-10pm all through the canals around the town - it was really fun. The boys are loving "Europe" and feeling pretty cool that they are on another continent, though no cross-cultural shyness has set in yet! Brodie is into generalizations, for instance: "Mom, look at that man smoking - everyone in Europe smokes!" "Hey, that man just littered. Everyone in Europe likes to litter." Gotta love it - it's probably how prejudices started way back when!
We slept pretty well last night so we're hoping to stay up on this flight so when we arrive at 9pm Uganda time tonight, we'll just go to bed when we get "home" and jet-lag will be a non-factor...we'll see how that plan works out. Thank you all for the prayers - have to go for now!