Richie got home from the States yesterday. He stayed home with the kids today while I went to church. I led worship today and it's always great when I'm able to do that. Marlen met met at church and she came and visited us today. We haven't seen her since two summers ago when we first met her. She's in Stuttgart now living with her sister who is ill .It was a very nice visit. She is 70 years old and she looks great! Germans always get their exercise walking to train and bus stations. :)
Richie and I watched the FIFA womans World Cup game. USA and Japan. The most excited I got during the game was when Richie killed the fly buzzing around us the whole night. Wooo! Yeah!!! Japan won. First Asian team to ever win a World Cup.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2011
July 16 (Friday)
Richie comes home tomorrow! Yay!!!!!
Saying of the day from Josiah: "Flies are so stupid. They fly into the wall and the ceiling all the time".
Saying of the day from Josiah: "Flies are so stupid. They fly into the wall and the ceiling all the time".
Saturday, July 9, 2011
July 3rd (4th of July party)
~i've tried changing the pictures twice and it keeps adding the wrong pics. the first four or so are from our vacation~
I woke up really early and went to a Flomarkt to sell some of the bins of clothes I. I went with Simon and Sara and we did really well. It was a lot of fun! I think we will do one in September as well. I still have lots of boxes of things to get rid of!
Right after the Flomarkt we hosted a July 4th party with our friends from church. It was a lot of fun! We had face paints that Uli brought, water balloons, sno~cones and sparklers for the kids. We tried finding fireworks but there weren't any. What we've heard is that in Germany, you are only allowed to light fireworks between certain dates around the new year. That is soooo German! hahahah. The weather was perfect! It was an awesome time!
Our friends, Nick and Shannon came into town that night and we spent a few days with them. We went to Heidleburg, to a castle there. We went swimming at Opelbad one day and we went to a woman FIFA World Cup game. It was New Guinea 0, Brazil 3. Shannon is really into soccer so it was neat to be able to go with them.
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I woke up really early and went to a Flomarkt to sell some of the bins of clothes I. I went with Simon and Sara and we did really well. It was a lot of fun! I think we will do one in September as well. I still have lots of boxes of things to get rid of!
Right after the Flomarkt we hosted a July 4th party with our friends from church. It was a lot of fun! We had face paints that Uli brought, water balloons, sno~cones and sparklers for the kids. We tried finding fireworks but there weren't any. What we've heard is that in Germany, you are only allowed to light fireworks between certain dates around the new year. That is soooo German! hahahah. The weather was perfect! It was an awesome time!
Our friends, Nick and Shannon came into town that night and we spent a few days with them. We went to Heidleburg, to a castle there. We went swimming at Opelbad one day and we went to a woman FIFA World Cup game. It was New Guinea 0, Brazil 3. Shannon is really into soccer so it was neat to be able to go with them.
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27 June -2 July (Monday -Saturday) Family Vacation
Richie had two days of work in Sonthofen, Germany. So we all went there and had a mini family vacation there. It was very beautiful, near the southern border of Germany. The first day I took the kids to a lake while Richie worked. That was difficult taking all four by myself but we managed. I got burnt, so the next day we went to a mall and walked around indoors. When Richie was done working, we went to Innsbruck, Austria for a day (about an hour and a half drive) and it was great. We forgot the camera that day though. Here are a few pictures.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
23 June, (Thursday)
Last night we celebrated Josiah finishing 2nd grade. We watched a new movie 'Tinkerbell' and had icecream and shakes. It was fun!!
Got up at 6am to run this morning. I ran just over 2 miles. Today was a LONG day. All four kids, Pace didn't take his morning nap. Then he took only an hour afternoon nap and Luna didn't nap at all. Niiice! So when Richie came home from work I was ready to get out of the house! I rode my bike to the Bug Muhle (a wine place) down the street. I was really looking forward to some alone time and this old man came up and sat next to me....and started talking. Then I drive home and try getting off the street onto the sidewalk and completely wiped out. No broken bones this time, but tore up palms and a bruised toe. OUCH!!!
Then we had some friends over for dinner and had a nice time. I made a roast. The kids played until 10pm. I'm ready for bed!!!!!
Got up at 6am to run this morning. I ran just over 2 miles. Today was a LONG day. All four kids, Pace didn't take his morning nap. Then he took only an hour afternoon nap and Luna didn't nap at all. Niiice! So when Richie came home from work I was ready to get out of the house! I rode my bike to the Bug Muhle (a wine place) down the street. I was really looking forward to some alone time and this old man came up and sat next to me....and started talking. Then I drive home and try getting off the street onto the sidewalk and completely wiped out. No broken bones this time, but tore up palms and a bruised toe. OUCH!!!
Then we had some friends over for dinner and had a nice time. I made a roast. The kids played until 10pm. I'm ready for bed!!!!!
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
21 June (Tuesday)
My new shoes came in the mail today. I switched from my ever faithful New Balance (have worn NB for 10 years) to Brooks. I ordered this shoe because of the great reviews. I like them, but they seem a bit big. I normally am a size 8.5 and I always order 1/2 size up for running shoes. But these seem extra big. I ran 3.2 miles today after Richie came home. It was a rough run. I'm feeling sore all over. Richie went to play raquet ball tonight. It was nice he went since he hasn't gone in a very long time.
20 June (Monday)
Saying of the day by Elee: "Do bullfrogs have horns"?
He asked this after Richie told him he heard a bull frog from the other night.
Had a productive day today. I took Pace, Luna, and Elee with me to register the boys for the American school. I had all the paperwork filled out so I could just go and drop it off. Worked nicely! Then I went to the Bus office to sign them up for the bus. It's nice that Luna is potty trained now. Her and Elee both used the potty at the middle school before we left for home. Luna has been wearing panties since sometime last week. It's very cool that she always tells us when she needs to go.
After lunch I called the VA, then filled out the paperwork online to switch my Montgomery GI Bill to the new Post 911 Gi Bill. It will give me 5 more years than the plan I'm currently under, so I will have until 2019 to use my money for college. It took me about two hours to fill out because I was initially filling out the wrong form and called the VA back to ask a question....and then realized I was doing the wrong form. Niiice. Glad I got that taken care of now.
He asked this after Richie told him he heard a bull frog from the other night.
Had a productive day today. I took Pace, Luna, and Elee with me to register the boys for the American school. I had all the paperwork filled out so I could just go and drop it off. Worked nicely! Then I went to the Bus office to sign them up for the bus. It's nice that Luna is potty trained now. Her and Elee both used the potty at the middle school before we left for home. Luna has been wearing panties since sometime last week. It's very cool that she always tells us when she needs to go.
After lunch I called the VA, then filled out the paperwork online to switch my Montgomery GI Bill to the new Post 911 Gi Bill. It will give me 5 more years than the plan I'm currently under, so I will have until 2019 to use my money for college. It took me about two hours to fill out because I was initially filling out the wrong form and called the VA back to ask a question....and then realized I was doing the wrong form. Niiice. Glad I got that taken care of now.
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