A day of rest before our adventures began...

Daniel, Grandma and Hannah watching Alyssa hit the ball.

Alyssa playing baseball with Daddy & Grandpa.

Getting ready to hit the ball. She was very good at this, too.

Daddy crossing the monkey bars w/ the girls

Having fun at the park!!!

A visit from Grandma and Grandpa M.!!!

Grandma with her girls!!!

Alyssa taking a snooze with Grandma and Grandpa the day they got here.

Alyssa & Grandpa watching tv.

Daniel & Grandpa

Grandma & Hannah going down the slide.

Grandma & Alyssa going down the slide.

Daniel & Grandma at the park.

We had a great time while Mom and Dad were in Germany for two full weeks. Pictures are coming of our many adventures which included:

• Burnkastel shopping day
• Black Forest overnight/Waterfall (biggest one in Germany)
• Garmish (three nights at Edelweiss Lodge & Resort)
• Austrian Alps
• Neuschwanstein Castle
• Stuttgart overnight
• Wild-und Freizeitpark Klotten
• Trier shopping day
  

Bee sting number two this year.

Here is a picture of Hannah's 2nd bee sting this year. Poor thing the bees just love her and are always bothering her:o(

The Kids!!!

Playing with the pillows!!!

Playing on the computer!!!

Playing with their new Tonka trucks!!!

Riding the horsey together!!!

Pictures of Mine & Bill's bedroom

Here are some more pictures of our house here in Germany. If you notice in the second picture you can see the shade that can completely block out the sunlight (rolladen) and it is on the outside of the window. These work great and if we ever build a house in the state we are going to look into purchasing these.

Alyssa Nikay...

Playing dress up!!!

Sleeping, just look at that hairdo!!!

More dress up.

Hannah Ellen

Playing dress up!!!

More dress up!!!

Playing in the flowerbed out front.

Some snapshots of Mister Daniel...

playing in the grass

playing outside

crawling through the tunnel with Alyssa

wrestling with Daddy

Playing in the dirt, his favorite:o)

An update on Daniel. Well, first off he got his first cold the end of August, which only last a couple days. Then the poor guy got diarrhea, which last almost two full weeks. We are not quite sure what that was as he had nothing else along with it. It may have been an allergic reaction to Gerber Bitter Bisquits, as he had one of those the two nights prior to the diarrhea starting. But would and allergic reaction last that long? I have not tried those with him since, but will one of these days. It sure made for an interesting trip while Grandma and Grandpa M. were here as we did a whole lot of traveling. He got his 8th tooth the day Grandma and Grandpa got here the 29th of August. On the 31st of August he weighed in at 21 pounds 5 ounces and measured 30 inches in length. He pulled himself up for the first time while Grandma and Grandpa were here so they got to see a milestone along with a little cruising. He is now a pro at standing up and sitting back down. So he is testing the cruising thing a little more now, but is still not to comfortable with it. Last Sunday we decided to try Daniel with regular Nestle's Good Start Supreme formula. We are going to have his stools tested this week and see if he is having any problems with it. So far I have been doing one scoop along with two of his regular formula (Nutramigen). Tomorrow will be one week with the one scoop, so I am going to start doing half and half. I will keep you updated. Oh and if you notice Daniel really only has his binky when he is outside as we force it, otherwise he is eating everything from dirt to sticks to leaves to rocks. When he is in the house the only time he uses it is when he is napping or upset, otherwise he wants nothing to do with it. As of last night he is working on cold number two, second one this month, poor guy.

Cascade Pool in Bitburg-August 22, 2009

Alyssa at the entrance to Cascade Pool.

Emma & Alyssa

Emma & Hannah

Alyssa going head first down the slide:o)

Daniel and Daddy in the water.

The three girls playing.

Trying to blow the inter tube back up.

Mommy & Daniel

Hannah going down the slide.
The girls got to spend the day with their good friend Emma at the Cascade Pool. Emma lives just a couple blocks from our house right by the park in Herforst. I would have to say that Emma is both of the girls very best friend!!!

The girls playing across the street at the Anthony's

Eva, Alyssa and Hannah eating some waffles for supper and they sure were delicious!!!

Playing in the water!!!

Hannah, Alyssa, Erik, and Matthias

The girls playing in the water!!!

Eva dumping water on the girls!!!
Eva is the girl's German friend they don't understand each other at all, but they sure do have a lot of fun playing together. The girls really think a lot of Eva.

Bike upgrades...

All ready to ride bike!!!

Hannah now gets Alyssa old trike and she loves it!!!

Alyssa on her new/used bike. She has been asking us for a two wheel bike for the past couple months, so I finally came across this one on Spangyardsales.com and it was prefect for her!!!

Wittlich Pigfest: August 15, 2009

The girls

Daniel by the ponies.

Alyssa & Hannah on the ponies.

Hannah on the pony and Daddy.

Alyssa in the Hello Kitty car.

Hannah riding with Goofey!!!

The girls on the helicopter.

Daniel and Daddy

Hannah and Alyssa riding on Mickey!!!

Mom and Daniel on the ferris wheel.

Daddy and the girls on the ferris wheel.

Our family on the ferris wheel, Daniel's first time!!!

Dad and Hannah on the bumper cars.

And here it is the best part one of the delicious pigs. This is a huge festival in our area of Germany. We didn't get to go last year as we had just gotten here and were not familiar with the area. This will be our first and last time going as we now have our assignment to TX with a report no later date of June 15, 2010!!!