I will let the video do the talking...
Monday, February 22, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Our 4day trip...OuiOui! (weewee) :)
We had a wonderful time this past 4 day weekend.
After much deliberation, we decided to head down south-west towards the Ramstein area of Germany.
Here's what we did:
We stayed in Mannheim (at an army post hotel) and used that as our jumping off spot.
On Friday we checked into our hotel in Mannheim and headed straight on to Ramstein, it was only about 40 minutes out.
We ate at Chili's! YUM! Skillet queso...fajitas...paradise pie! ...oh man was it delicious!
We checked out there super huge mall...and tried to look at cars (we are in the market for a new/used family car)
Saturday...we picked up Jon's ol' corp buddy Kerri who lives in Saarbrucken (a German town right on the border of France) and headed to Strasbourg, France! YAY! It was lots of fun.
Kerri had been there before so she showed us where to go and what to see...
This hugely tall amazing cathedral..
LePetit...a typical 16th century picturesque French village
Sunday...we found a great indoor schwimbad (swimming facility with lots of pools, saunas..etc)..Noah had a blast and we both thought it was the icing on the cake for the whole weekend.
Monday we drove home..but stopped in at the Heidelberg castle on the way.
It was a great short family vacation. :)
After much deliberation, we decided to head down south-west towards the Ramstein area of Germany.
Here's what we did:
We stayed in Mannheim (at an army post hotel) and used that as our jumping off spot.
On Friday we checked into our hotel in Mannheim and headed straight on to Ramstein, it was only about 40 minutes out.
We ate at Chili's! YUM! Skillet queso...fajitas...paradise pie! ...oh man was it delicious!
We checked out there super huge mall...and tried to look at cars (we are in the market for a new/used family car)
Saturday...we picked up Jon's ol' corp buddy Kerri who lives in Saarbrucken (a German town right on the border of France) and headed to Strasbourg, France! YAY! It was lots of fun.
Kerri had been there before so she showed us where to go and what to see...
This hugely tall amazing cathedral..
LePetit...a typical 16th century picturesque French village
Sunday...we found a great indoor schwimbad (swimming facility with lots of pools, saunas..etc)..Noah had a blast and we both thought it was the icing on the cake for the whole weekend.
Monday we drove home..but stopped in at the Heidelberg castle on the way.
It was a great short family vacation. :)
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Sick of snow yet?
Well...snow...that's all we got around here! So...yet another post about fun in the snow:)
A family fun day in the snow...
I got kind of mad at Jon when he wanted to start a snowball fight with me because it's soooo not fair when one person has glasses on!...so I insisted on trying to sled down a hill...without a sled.
As you can see...Noah was so much better at it than me after all the practice he's had with Daddy.
So...a break from the snow to show you how our Superbowl turned out! Remember, the game came on at about midnight our time...so I only stayed awake for about 1 and half quarters...but I still wanted to celebrate with yummy food...Jon was very much in agreement.
It was great. Jon was totally awesome in granting my request for him to make his amazing ribs (this required him to go out and buy a small grill...which he was delighted to do...yay, more rib opportunities!!!!).
So, our menu consisted of:
Jalepenos stuffed with cream cheese wrapped in bacon! Ohhhh so yummy.
homemade potato salad, deviled eggs, baked beans...ribs ribs ribs..and for dessert....
the cake...you see, the outside was pretty pathetic looking; but you know its what's on the inside that counts...it was a confetti cake with rainbow chip frosting...ahhhhmazing...one of the best betty crocker cakes there is. And the commissary finally decided to get some for a limited time. (I bought enough to make 2 cakes...one can never have too much rainbow chip cake and frosting)
Here's Noah enjoying his yummy superbowl food.
He digs the ribs!
A family fun day in the snow...
I got kind of mad at Jon when he wanted to start a snowball fight with me because it's soooo not fair when one person has glasses on!...so I insisted on trying to sled down a hill...without a sled.
As you can see...Noah was so much better at it than me after all the practice he's had with Daddy.
So...a break from the snow to show you how our Superbowl turned out! Remember, the game came on at about midnight our time...so I only stayed awake for about 1 and half quarters...but I still wanted to celebrate with yummy food...Jon was very much in agreement.
It was great. Jon was totally awesome in granting my request for him to make his amazing ribs (this required him to go out and buy a small grill...which he was delighted to do...yay, more rib opportunities!!!!).
So, our menu consisted of:
Jalepenos stuffed with cream cheese wrapped in bacon! Ohhhh so yummy.
homemade potato salad, deviled eggs, baked beans...ribs ribs ribs..and for dessert....
the cake...you see, the outside was pretty pathetic looking; but you know its what's on the inside that counts...it was a confetti cake with rainbow chip frosting...ahhhhmazing...one of the best betty crocker cakes there is. And the commissary finally decided to get some for a limited time. (I bought enough to make 2 cakes...one can never have too much rainbow chip cake and frosting)Here's Noah enjoying his yummy superbowl food.
He digs the ribs!here's the boys chilling out...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
more updates...
It's a whole lot of random...but I hope you enjoy...
Ok...so here's another fun video of the igloo and Jon's coolness.
What have we been up to the last month?
hmmmm...
Jon's unit had their military ball. It was a lot of fun, despite really cold, bad snowy weather.
Here's few pictures from the evening.
Jon has also been skiing with some buddies the last few weeks. There is a small skiing area about 45 min north of here, so he had a ball going up there. The first time it was super foggy.
The second time...perfect...and Jon up to his goofy antics again!
Noah updates...what isn't he doing?
His speech has exponentially picked up, making 3-4 word or more sentences (sometimes they don't make sense to us, but boy do they seem to make sense to him when he talks)
We are in the first stages of potty training.
He loves to put clothes on and play dress up....here's some older pictures from December
Noah found some old brown t-shirts of Jon's...so Jon and I both said he needed a belt...he ended up looking like a monk!!! LOL!!!
Silly kid!
Baby #2 update:
So far, so good. I am officially into week 13. Starting my 2nd trimester! W O W!!!
This pregnancy is proving itself to be quite different as far as my growth..lol. I still do not even look remotely pregnant. ...and with Noah...by now I definitely did. This is great though, because I plan to only gain HALF of what I did with Noah. So, Im on the right track....and I have the awesome Spring and Summer coming up to help me keep active this time!!!
We love our German Dr. I get to have an ultrasound every visit. Which is awesome, but once we get closer to week 20 it will get tricky bc...we do not want to find out the sex of this baby!!! We want it to be a surprise this time! (sorry everyone who was anxious to find out sooner!)
I am feeling WONDERFUL! Really. I feel so much better now and am starting to get back into the old swing of things and attend more functions that keep me and Noah socialized! Lol. I was really feeling like I was living under a rock there for awhile.
Jon is also reaping the benefits now, bc I am back to cooking and baking:) YUM!!!
We are looking forward to this coming weekend, it's a 4 day for Jon. We are heading south towards the Ramstein area. Spend some time there and then head down to Strasbourg, France for a day! We also plan to visit a swim park during the weekend so Noah can enjoy the weekend too!
Blessings!
ps...all you google readers..I updated the blog look...again. LOL.
Ok...so here's another fun video of the igloo and Jon's coolness.
What have we been up to the last month?
hmmmm...
Jon's unit had their military ball. It was a lot of fun, despite really cold, bad snowy weather.
Here's few pictures from the evening.
Jon has also been skiing with some buddies the last few weeks. There is a small skiing area about 45 min north of here, so he had a ball going up there. The first time it was super foggy.
The second time...perfect...and Jon up to his goofy antics again!
Noah updates...what isn't he doing?
His speech has exponentially picked up, making 3-4 word or more sentences (sometimes they don't make sense to us, but boy do they seem to make sense to him when he talks)
We are in the first stages of potty training.
He loves to put clothes on and play dress up....here's some older pictures from December
Noah found some old brown t-shirts of Jon's...so Jon and I both said he needed a belt...he ended up looking like a monk!!! LOL!!!
Silly kid!Baby #2 update:
So far, so good. I am officially into week 13. Starting my 2nd trimester! W O W!!!
This pregnancy is proving itself to be quite different as far as my growth..lol. I still do not even look remotely pregnant. ...and with Noah...by now I definitely did. This is great though, because I plan to only gain HALF of what I did with Noah. So, Im on the right track....and I have the awesome Spring and Summer coming up to help me keep active this time!!!
We love our German Dr. I get to have an ultrasound every visit. Which is awesome, but once we get closer to week 20 it will get tricky bc...we do not want to find out the sex of this baby!!! We want it to be a surprise this time! (sorry everyone who was anxious to find out sooner!)
I am feeling WONDERFUL! Really. I feel so much better now and am starting to get back into the old swing of things and attend more functions that keep me and Noah socialized! Lol. I was really feeling like I was living under a rock there for awhile.
Jon is also reaping the benefits now, bc I am back to cooking and baking:) YUM!!!
We are looking forward to this coming weekend, it's a 4 day for Jon. We are heading south towards the Ramstein area. Spend some time there and then head down to Strasbourg, France for a day! We also plan to visit a swim park during the weekend so Noah can enjoy the weekend too!
Blessings!
ps...all you google readers..I updated the blog look...again. LOL.
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