New city!

We are all moved out of Heidelberg and now in our new town in Germany. We stopped by to look at our house we are going to be living in, which we are so greatful for. We just moved from stairwell apartments so a house is wonderful. We have been eating Greek food since they deliver here to the hotel and we don't move into our house until Monday. Madeline is doing well except for last night when she refused to sleep in her pack and play and after 3 hrs of trying we gave in and let her sleep in our bed. Which I vowed never to do. She is still asleep now so it must have been a rough night for her. She rode her first roller coaster yesterday at the Volkfest we went to, well it was Flinstones and went in a circle and sat on my lap but still! She is so Miss Independent now wanted to walk by herself, feed herself, and now plops down wherever we are if she is tired of walking and waits for us to come and get her. So stubborn too! Well I better run she just woke up!

Alligator Bouncing

Paul bought this Alligator for Madeline in Georgia and now at the age of 18 months who knew how much fun it could be! Our friends Victoria and Max came over last night to play before they move back to the States. We will miss them very much! That is the hard thing about the Army as soon as you make a good friend it is time to move and you don't know when you will see each other again.

Madeline dancing

July 4th

On July 4 we went on post in Heidelberg to watch the concert and fireworks display. They did a really good job and we had a blast eating and hanging out with friends. Hope you all had a wonderful 4th!

Greek Isles

We are back in Germany for now! We had a wonderful time in the States and our cruise to the Greek Isles, Turkey and Croatia was amazing. We walked the city wall in Croatia and shopped and ate lunch in Dubrovnik. Then we went to Turkey and toured Ephesus where Paul preached and where Mary lived, incredible that the artifacts and buildings are still there today and slowly being rebuilt. Then Greece was beautiful the cliffs overlooking the ocean and churches with blue roofs in the distance. Madeline did great, she had her moments, but for a girl who hasn't been in the same country for the past 2 months we'll give her a break. She is 17 months old and just learned to kiss this past week. If you ask her to she will come over and give a sweet little kiss. She is drinking from a straw, for today that is. She saw her first slip and slide outside today but didn't really want anything to do with it just put her hand in the water. Will post pictures later.

Visit to Delaware

We went to see Cousin Scott, Aunt Michelle, and Uncle Josh. We rode up with Harmony and Grandpa. Then we celebrated Scotts 2nd birthday. It was great to see the cousins together despite them not really knowing how to play together yet. Growing so fast. Can't wait to see them again when their new baby arrives!

Michael and Sarah's wedding

My brother, Michael got married this past weekend at a beautiful location just outside of Ashville. Here is Michael holding Madeline and Sarah holding her other niece, Lexi. We has a fabulous time. Madeline danced, ate cake, and took a nap on cousin Debbie. Thanks to Debbie Madeline was taken care of during the ceremony where I did a reading. Now Sarah and Michael are off to Costa Rica!