Just a couple of snippets of the boys dancing with Auntie Paige and playing at the local "Megaplay."
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Fun with Auntie Paige
Just a couple of snippets of the boys dancing with Auntie Paige and playing at the local "Megaplay."
Hiking in the snow?
Oh yeah, we are Durtschis. This means that even if it is freezing cold, and you have frostbite on toes and fingers at the end of the day, you go hiking if the sun is shining. This last Saturday we went to a small town called Parkstein to hike up to some old Castle ruins. It was a beautiful hike. The castle was mostly destroyed but at the top of the hill the town had built a church to take the castle's place. So, we got to climb around old castle walls AND see a cute church all in the same hike.
Today (Sunday) was also a sunny day so we took a 20 minute drive out to the town of Neumarkt am Kulm for another hike. This time instead of replacing the missing castle with a church the town decided to build a tower at the top of the hill. The hike was really steep and icy so it was pretty slow going up the hill (it took about an hour). At the top we climbed all 110 stairs in the tower to see the view from the top. It wasn't as clear as we had hoped but considering it is November in Germany we could see quite a long way off.
Looking out from the top of the tower
The snow on the rocks was actually really pretty, even though it made things slippery!
The sign says "Berlin 330 km" I wonder if your supposed to be able to see this on a clear day?
At the church on the hill in Parkstein
The boys climbing on the castle walls with the Parkstein church on the hill in the background
Today (Sunday) was also a sunny day so we took a 20 minute drive out to the town of Neumarkt am Kulm for another hike. This time instead of replacing the missing castle with a church the town decided to build a tower at the top of the hill. The hike was really steep and icy so it was pretty slow going up the hill (it took about an hour). At the top we climbed all 110 stairs in the tower to see the view from the top. It wasn't as clear as we had hoped but considering it is November in Germany we could see quite a long way off.
The boys did pretty well on both hikes. They LOVE to climb around on rocks and play in the snow so I guess they got to do both of those these last few days. I told Hyrum as soon as my belly gets so big I can't zip up my winter coat anymore, he's got to go hiking with the boys on his own!
The boys and mommy taking a break from the hike up to the tower
Looking out from the top of the tower
The snow on the rocks was actually really pretty, even though it made things slippery!
The sign says "Berlin 330 km" I wonder if your supposed to be able to see this on a clear day?
At the church on the hill in Parkstein
The boys climbing on the castle walls with the Parkstein church on the hill in the background
Thanksgiving Fun
Well, Thanksgiving came and went. We had a lot of fun, mostly because my sister Paige was able to come and play for a few days. Thanksgiving just wouldn't be the same without at least some family around. We were able to call our siblings and say hello, which is fun when you use Skype!
The meal was great (thanks Hyrum) and we mostly relaxed and enjoyed being together as a family. We took a trip to Weiden for the Christmas Market. Even though the sun was out and shining it was FREEZING so we didn't last long with the boys at the market. It was still fun to see the little booths, the food and the nice nativities set up in the town square.
Paige and I saw Twilight. I think the directors could have done a better job, especially the background music, lame! I think they did a pretty good job casting but I was just not impressed overall by the production.
I hope you all had a fun Turkey day!
The boys trying to stay warm in Weiden by sharing a cup of hot cocoa
The Christmas Market in Weiden
Walking around the old city of Weiden with my sister Paige
The cool tower Paige and the boys built on Thanksgiving morning
Paige and Emerson
The meal was great (thanks Hyrum) and we mostly relaxed and enjoyed being together as a family. We took a trip to Weiden for the Christmas Market. Even though the sun was out and shining it was FREEZING so we didn't last long with the boys at the market. It was still fun to see the little booths, the food and the nice nativities set up in the town square.
Paige and I saw Twilight. I think the directors could have done a better job, especially the background music, lame! I think they did a pretty good job casting but I was just not impressed overall by the production.
I hope you all had a fun Turkey day!
The boys trying to stay warm in Weiden by sharing a cup of hot cocoa
The Christmas Market in Weiden
Walking around the old city of Weiden with my sister Paige
The cool tower Paige and the boys built on Thanksgiving morning
Paige and Emerson
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Happy Birthday Hyrum
Hyrum turned 33 this past Thursday. That sounds pretty old to me until I remember I'm going to be 32 in March! Where does the time go? The boys and I made Hyrum this cake and they gave daddy some cards, other than that it was a pretty low key birthday. Thanks to those of you that sent happy birthday e-mails and also those that braved the price tag and gave him a call:)
I love you Hano, you are the very best part of my life!
I love you Hano, you are the very best part of my life!
Our house, is a very very very fine house...
As promised, here are some photos of the interior of the house. Please note the light fixtures, floors and curtains in each room (remember this house was built in 1968).
The toy room
The office
The dining room (yeah, that's an indoor planter dug into the floor)
The front entry, note the lovely pattern of the rock floor
The living room, you can see into the dining room behind
Another view of the living room, dig those curtains...groovy man!
The toy room
The office
The dining room (yeah, that's an indoor planter dug into the floor)
Me and my hobbit sized kitchen (if I read one of your Thanksgiving blogs and any of you complain about not having enough fridge space...we're going to have to have some words!)
The front entry, note the lovely pattern of the rock floor
The living room, you can see into the dining room behind
Another view of the living room, dig those curtains...groovy man!
Sunday, November 16, 2008
boys playing "belly bump"
It is nice to be living in the middle of nowhere sometimes, especially when the boys get the "before bedtime crazies"
More adventures
Sorry I haven't posted much lately we have had a crazy two weeks. We moved into our new home, went on a week long trip to Landstuhl (4 hours away), I got my cast off, the boys started preschool and we unpacked most of our boxes.
It was lots of fun going to Landstuhl because I have a sister (Paige) who lives near there while she works for the Air Force. I love that even though I am so far away from most everyone I can still have a sister date night (we went to a yummy Indian food restaurant and shopping, of course). Hyrum had to be there for the week doing some sort of doctor training, so the boys got to know Auntie Paige pretty well and we found lots of fun parks to play at in Paige's small town.
The cast came off this last friday but I have about 3 weeks of physical therapy ahead of me. I can't really bend my elbow to reach up and touch my nose, I think some ligaments and muscles got messed up from being in the cast. If it's not one thing it's another, right?
Preschool was an adventure. The boys loved their first day last week. They go on Tues. and Thurs. from 8:30 to 11:30. I am hoping that some space will open up in the German preschool in our town but for now they are just on a waiting list there and going to school on post. The first day they had a gym class, story time, snack time and circle/song time. From the teachers report the boys fit right in and had no problems. I'm not crazy enough to believe it will be that easy every day but it was nice that at least the first day went well.
Our house is feeling more and more like our home. We have some artwork up (thank you Kate Mooth and Duane Andersen), we actually got a stove, fridge and dishwasher delivered last week so we can make more than just soup in the microwave for dinner...YEAH! Our guest bedroom is all set up so feel free to plan a trip over anytime, we have plenty of room.
I'm pretty happy here, just a little lonely. It's hard to make friends that you can call up anytime and have fun with...I'm hoping those days will be in my future soon but right now I'm pretty bored and lonely at home all day. (Once again, feel free to visit anytime!)
The boys on their first day of preschool
The boys in front of our new home
It was lots of fun going to Landstuhl because I have a sister (Paige) who lives near there while she works for the Air Force. I love that even though I am so far away from most everyone I can still have a sister date night (we went to a yummy Indian food restaurant and shopping, of course). Hyrum had to be there for the week doing some sort of doctor training, so the boys got to know Auntie Paige pretty well and we found lots of fun parks to play at in Paige's small town.
The cast came off this last friday but I have about 3 weeks of physical therapy ahead of me. I can't really bend my elbow to reach up and touch my nose, I think some ligaments and muscles got messed up from being in the cast. If it's not one thing it's another, right?
Preschool was an adventure. The boys loved their first day last week. They go on Tues. and Thurs. from 8:30 to 11:30. I am hoping that some space will open up in the German preschool in our town but for now they are just on a waiting list there and going to school on post. The first day they had a gym class, story time, snack time and circle/song time. From the teachers report the boys fit right in and had no problems. I'm not crazy enough to believe it will be that easy every day but it was nice that at least the first day went well.
Our house is feeling more and more like our home. We have some artwork up (thank you Kate Mooth and Duane Andersen), we actually got a stove, fridge and dishwasher delivered last week so we can make more than just soup in the microwave for dinner...YEAH! Our guest bedroom is all set up so feel free to plan a trip over anytime, we have plenty of room.
I'm pretty happy here, just a little lonely. It's hard to make friends that you can call up anytime and have fun with...I'm hoping those days will be in my future soon but right now I'm pretty bored and lonely at home all day. (Once again, feel free to visit anytime!)
The boys on their first day of preschool
The boys came downstairs and informed me they had just gotten married. Emerson was the "mommy" and Townsend was the "daddy" and they said the way I can tell they were married is because they are wearing rings.
Should I be worried about this boy?
While visiting my sister we hiked up to some castle ruins in her town (Hohenecken, Germany)
The boys loved jumping out of the castle window to daddy.
Me and Paige
The boys in front of our new home
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Halloween
So, we didn't really have any time to find great costumes. The boys found these clothes in the dress-up box. Luckily they are still at an age where they are happy to just go trick-or-treating, they don't really care what they wear. We had to go on post to trick-or-treat and the boys only lasted in the cold for about 15 minutes but we had a great time!!!
A very cute Emerson witch
A very crazy Townsend wizard
A very cute Emerson witch
A very crazy Townsend wizard
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