Eric turns 39
Yesterday, was my birthday and I turned 39. Since yesterday was a Friday, we decided to celebrate today. We had a nice suprise, one of our friends at church called yesterday and asked if she could bring us over a meal so we could spend time enjoying the day and not preparing something to eat. Of course we accepted. She brought over a feast. Wiener Schnitzel, cucumber salad, potato salad, and some nice sweets for dessert. It was so nice.
We spent the afternoon making/creating my birthday cake. I have been enjoying Doctor Who lately and wanted to try to make a time machine that is used in the show. It happens to be a British police box. You can see pictures of the stages of creation. It was quite a production. It was a lot of work but also a lot of fun.
Kati’s Last Day of Second Grade
This is the last week of most schools here in Austria. Kati just finished her last day this morning. We went to her school to pick up her certificate of completion. The teachers made a song that the children sang. Basically, it says that summer is not the time to study. Here is a loose translation: “summer vacation” ” we are so excited about it” “writing, math ha” “oh no I wont do anything” ”That would be cool! Enjoy.
sorry for the long absence
I thought it was about time to give an update. I have been meaning to update the site for some time but life has been just too crazy, too hectic. A lot has been happening but I have not made the time to do any postings. I would like to continue on my every week posting in the future but looking at how things are right now I am not sure about that. I know to keep people coming back regularly it is good to post consistently so I will do my best in the next few months.
Date with God
Christy is away at our churches 2 day women’s retreat. They are celebrating 10 years this year. Each year they have a theme of the retreat and then at the end there is time for them to be alone and be quiet with God, hence the title “Date with God”.
This has been a highlight for Christy each year. Time to be with Austrian friends. I love these times too because I am glad Christy can do this and I get to have some special time with my girls. We have read books, played Chutes & Ladders and watched Chitti Chitti Bang Bang with Dick Van Dyke. Elena has been feeling under the weather so we have kept things local this evening. Hopefully she will be feeling better tomorrow.
