Another week in our life

Home with a sickie - coughing, aching, sneezing, sniffling - poor Jared.

James broke his middle toe when he stubbed his toe on Caleb's heel. Ouch!

Today I match the cat! Black and white anyone? She doesn't look very happy does she?

Caleb is helping Emilee with her math. She was out of school sick for several days and asked Caleb if he would help her catch up. I was so impressed with how well he did his tutoring. He didn't give her answers and asked lots of questions encouraging her to figure out the answer for herself. They worked for 4 hours.

Working on the laptop... fun fun!

CRASH, BANG, BOOM!

Who knew that the back end of a VW Golf was so hard?

I really don't like it when people stop faster than me.

Don't scoff at the crumple zone.

a double air bag deployment... I no longer love the smell of gunpowder in the morning.

Scene of the crime..

Project Life - week 7 BIRTHDAY TIME

WaHOO! 15 AT LAST! Happy Birthday Caleb!

Friends at the party getting ready to cut the cake -L-R Emilee, Caleb & Andy

L-R Katherine (hiding behind Andy), Andy, Jared & Evan

Another creative gift - this time from Katherine (Twitchy McSpazz). Love the little note on the cookies, it says, "Now, who doesn't like cookies."


Brian brought us this push mower and put a bow on it so Caleb would think it was his birthday present - funny man! Don't you just love the look on his face.

A creative gift from Emilee - little bits of everything that Caleb likes and/or is interested in. She really spent a lot of time creating this for him.

Project Life - week 8

Big Bang Theory - one of our favorite shows to watch as a family. Such fun... I do believe I may have my very own Sheldon (or two).

My Valentine gift from James - the Amber edition of Project Life ~ exactly what I wanted. (James you are so awesome - thanks Babe!) I am going to use this album to scrapbook the last few years of photos that I neglected. Yeah, so excited to get rid of this guilty feeling that I have for dropping the ball for so long.

James' car after a fender bender. His car won't start, the trunk won't open, the key will only open the front doors using the keyhole and both airbags were deployed. Going to cost more to fix it than it would to buy a new hooptie. Guess we will start looking. Thankfully, we do have another car we can use.


See the little chains, with the black box and red slot? That is for a coin deposit. You stick a euro coin in and it releases the chain. Then you can use your little wheelbarrow, when you return it and insert it into the chain, out pops your coin.

These 4 wheelbarrows are locked up and ready to be used at the local Friedhof (cemetary).

German cemetaries are so well maintained. Beautiful monuments to the people who have passed before us. Interesting facts about German cemetaries: they pay a monthly fee for their plot, they must be in good standing with the local church or the body will not be allowed to be buried there, if they don't pay the fee or keep the plot well maintained then the body will be exhumed and cremated.

Look closely at the tombstone - 6 people are buried in that spot. On on top of another.

Project Life - week 6

Walking in the forest with my friend Ami, her son Joey (the monkey on her back) on a nice foggy day. Next time it is my turn to have Joey in the backpack.
Jared is inputing information for his science experiment.
James and Jared running some tests for a homework assignment.
This is a 5 times a week process. Caleb puts his backpack onto the ledge, sits down and hoists it up. Big deal you might think... that is until you pick up the 40+ lb backpack.
Tesla allowing Caleb to offer a little bit of love.

Project Life ~ week 5

Castle on the hill in the neighboring village just 4 minutes from our house.
Boys climbing a tree at the Heidelberg Schloss - too dark for a good photo though.
First complete family photo of the new year. Plan on doing this monthly.
Krystal and Sebastian came to visit us. What a gorgeous day for a trip to the castle.
My three guys...

Project Life - week 4

Looking into a mirror - what a sight...

Here's looking at you...

Snow up high but not down low - thought it was a neat view.

This bruschetta was amazing - best thing I ate all day.

Lunch with my honey in a green house. Very cool - candles and plants everywhere and under one table there was even grass growing.

a typical evening - noses in a laptop - some are working, some are watching tv shows online and others are just listening to music or surfing

James preaching again - this time on whether we are obeying some of God's word or The SUM of God's word. Great lesson!

See how Tesla is bristling? She is guarding the house from the black cat who had the audacity to sit on our patio. You should have seen her attack the glass and scare the black cat off.

Brrr, a cold, cold, Sunday morning...