Thursday, November 27, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Bird - yes it was yummy and no we did not get poisoned from the stuffing!
The Thanksgiving day table - Jeff got me the flowers for our anniversary which was Tuesday.
Jeff enjoying some wine before dinner.
Sophie watching to see if Jeff is really going to cut the turkey...which he did to her dismay and she left the room.
Jeff cutting the bird.
Everyone at the table.
Look into these eyes....you will give me turkey....now! Ok Ike got turkey - Sophie saw to that!

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Wooo Hooo SNOW!

Sophie just came in and has a rosy glow from being out in the snow!
The ganster sweeping out the drive for his dad :)
Or is he just using the broom as a guitar...or sword...or gun...or who knows but the drive is swept!

Look at that pretty girl! Olivia is stand in front of our lavender house :)

Here is our front garden and our lovely german street. We like our small quiet town.

Here is the drive and my snowy truck that does not fit in any of our garages...dang it. There is a garage straight ahead - and that long building to the right is another garage that can take both our little cars.
A shot of the kids from the front door....well my feet were cold as I stupidly went out in my bare feet to get a few shots of the kids sweeping the snow.

Cheese!!

Oh and since I had the camera out I took a shot of the kitchen for Jen...she wanted to see. I think the only color of tile the Germans have is brown....But it is a big kitchen for German standards. We like it. Oh were is the fridge you ask? Well it is right by the window - yep it is that small. But the army graciously gave us a big one which is down in the basement.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Home Sweet Home

Well we are about 95% moved in now so I thought I would take some photos for the blog of the new house. It is still a bit in shambles - so just ignore any messes :) Here are the kids sitting at our kitchen table (the kitchen is to the right of the table but it is not really exciting) We have had to use wireless on the laptops until we can find a cord long enough to snake downstairs from the router upstairs! German houses generally only have one telephone outlet (only DSL here too). Our outlet happens to be on the wrong floor and wrong end of the house from the office!
Here is the room we made our family room with the TV and all. And Jeff said I would never get the couch to fit again!
This is where we hope to get a dining room table some day. This is the Living/dining room. Right next to the corner hutch there is a door that leads out to our balcony.

Here is the other side of the living/dinning room. That is our fireplace there on the left.

A front shot of the fireplace.

There is the Sauna room. That on the left is a tanning bed and you can also see the shower in the room - it is the biggest shower I think. We have not figured out where to put Jeff's recliner yet - so it is in there. You can see out the door to the dinning room.

This is the hallway upstairs - pretend you are standing at the top of the stairs. (that ohio state sweatshirt is on the stair post) Down where Jack is standing is the door to Wolf's room. The stairs up is to the attic - which we don't use - the owners stored stuff in it. The family room is right off the the right. To the left is the hall that leads to the kitchen, master bedroom (which is right across from the kitchen, the living room & Sauna.

Here is a shot of Wolf's messy room.

Another shot of the mess - and Jack :)

This is the hallway that you walk into from the front door (pretend it is right behind you) The stairs up is the stairs you are standing at the top of in the last photo. If you turn to your immediate left the office is there. Olivia's room is to the left of the bunny bench. There is a bathroom to the right of the bunny bench. Sophie's room is down the hall to the right. Why is my buffet in the hall you ask? Because they could not get it up the stairs. As it was they had to lift my TV Cabinet up over the balcony! They probably could have lifted the buffet up over the balcony too but it was in almost the last crate they opened (we had 16 crates) and the movers were pretty tired!

Sophie's Messy room - Gosh Sophie make that bed!! Another shot of Sophie's messy room.

Here is Olivia's Room - She got the biggest room! Another shot of her room!
Here is the messy office/scrap shack. This the the final room that needs organization - as you can probably see. We have ignored it thus far but it will get done soon!
Another messy office shot.
Well there you have it. If the weather is nice tomorrow I will try for some outside shots :)



Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Back in the Saddle

We finally found Olivia a place to ride! Here are a few shots of her riding "Nimbo". Her instructor speaks awesome english and Olivia is getting one-on-one lessons ... which for the first lesson she thought was a bit wierd. But never the less she is happy to be back in the Saddle!The Arena is soooo clean - hardly any dust at all and well lit too! They even pick up the poo when the horse goes instead of letting it all blend in!

Sophie likes to tag along -she is not riding yet. So she must entertain herself for the hour!