80's Music

If you are an 80's and 90's pop music fan this is the place for you! It is really popular here--don't know why. This morning over breakfast we listened to The Sign by Ace of Base and Eye of the Tiger by Survivor. I thought of how Joel and Steph would have appreciated it and had a laugh with us. Maybe we can all come over together sometime...I'm sure Rick and Gwen would love keeping 4 kids under the age of 4 at once...

They have the best croissants here. Thanks to Jen on the tip about the chocolate filled ones. I may be a little heavier upon the trip home. I have already had 2 and I've been here less than 24 hours.

They dont have irons here in the hotel rooms. Anyone know why that would be?? This hotel did dig up one iron but no board. Micah is not happy about this situation.

Off to Italy this morning. A 7 hour train ride through the Alps should be pretty. Glad I have a good book and the i-pod--I can escape that 80's music for a time.:)

The Hofbrauhaus

Micah and I went to dinner at the Hofbrauhaus, the worlds most famous beer hall. This was the setting for the nororious meeting in which Hitler took control of the tiny German Workers Party in 1920. The picture on the bottom does not do the place justice but you can sort of make out the polka band playing along the wall. They say 4,500 beer drinkers can crowd in. The patrons often sing loudly and sway together while drinking HUGE mugs of beer. The top picture is of a cage like thing that the regular patrons keep their beer steins in so they dont have to carry them back and forth from the hall. This is just one, there were more! Great food. Time for bed. Micah is already out! Tomorrow we take a train to Bologna.

Made it to Europe...and Farm Camp

We dropped the kids off with Gwen yesterday and they were happy and Isaiah was ready to see grandpa's barn. Micah and I headed off to the airport and arrived in Munich this morning after a great flight. (Micah fell asleep even before the plane took off.) Micah headed off to meetings and I went on a bus tour of the city. We met back up and went off for some sight seeing on foot. We took these pictures in Marienplatz which is the heart of the Old City. The building is the New City Hall, built in the 19th century gothic style. The city is very nice. There are lots of things to do here. It is pretty cold, in the 20-30 range.

Dress up

Naomi wanted to play dress up today. Here is what she picked out. Sorry the picture is blurry. She would not stand still for more than 3 seconds.

Here is the view from my kitchen window. I thought it was pretty. We ended up gettin 11 inches of snow yesterday. Wow! It is pretty but I hope they dont have snow in Germany. Micah is allowing me to accompany him on another business trip and his parents have been gracious enough to keep the kids for us. We will go to Italy and Germany this time. We are looking forward to a weekend in Venice. We are extremely blessed! We leave on the 12th. I will try and put pictures on the blog of our adventures while we are there. I am trying to learn some German before we leave and it isnt working out so well. I just need to learn the essentials..."do you speak english?"

Naomi the Hoover

Naomi is always in the pantry looking for food. Here she found some oatmeal that she was planning to nibble on I guess. She does the sign for eat as soon as I walk in her room in the morning and never stops until she is asleep. Last night she was doing it when we were tucking her in.

Snow Day

So here we are with about a foot of snow again. I tried to shovel before Micah got home from work and did it with an unhappy heart. Isaiah cried the whole time we were out there because the snow was too deep to walk in. I yelled at him in front of the neighbors. Micah came down the hill at about 1:30 , just in time to get a glimpse of me angrily shoveling and falling down on the hill. He tried to get his car in the drive but this is as far as he got! I am so glad he is home. The day started out with Naomi throwing a glass across the kitchen and me starting a fire in the microwave. God is granting me more patience every day. I am so glad he is not done with me yet.