Good days of July

The other night I brought our table out back and helped the boys create a fort with it and they slept out there that night.  well before sleepy time came they were parachuter's/superhero's running around the yard and jumping off the table.  So fun to be a kid!

 

Garbage bag parachute and all :)

Cute little Arya and her front 2 teeth

                                     

She has been eating blueberries....they are so yummy!

She loves to laugh!

So Monday morning rolls around and it is a special day because Joseph turned 30!

The boys and I got up and made a yummy breakfast and cards to share and took it up to our bedroom where we burst through the door snging happy Birthday and waking daddy up.  it was GREAT!

Can you notice joseph's present hass a whole bunch of Suckers on it....30 to be exact and we wrote..."30 Sucks!"  The boys thought that was so funny... :) 

So then we had a picnic in bed...  THe boys loved it.

We had confetti, hats and noise makers to make the party more exciting!

 

 

 

Happy Birthday Daddy!  We love you!!

 

 

On a side note.....it has not rained at all this whole month.  That is really unusual for here and it has been in the 80-90's.  With no AC anywhere in Germany except your car and no irrigation, the grass and we are burning up :P    It is different and I am missing the rain now :)

Arya is walking everywhere (with assistance) and loves to pull her self up on to things.  She loves the stairs and following the boys around.  She likes hanging out with them in our yard while she goes around eating handfuls of potting soil and any other plants she can get a hold of.  She loves getting dirty....Maybe she will make a good farm girl after all :)  the boys are growing up a lot.  they are good boys and I sure love them.  We are so excited to move!  We are ready and we fly into the states on September 3rd.  We long for Idaho an family.  See you all soon!

Mosel river bike ride

 Pro's:
We went with some friends of ours on a mother and kiddo bike ride today.  It was Ashley Olsen and her 3 girls, Sadie, London and Allie.  Then we had Sabrina Atwood and her 4 kiddos, Gage, Molli, Daxlee and Pippa.  Then of course myself and my 3 kiddos.  Gideon rode his bike and I pulled the trailer with Arya and Bridger in it.  This is Our bike route today.  We went 10 1/2 miles total. (even though that 10 1/2 miles took us 4 hours, we took our sweet time...meaning kiddos bike chains unraveling :) ) Wow!  For Gideon's first official bike ride that was a long one and me who hasn't gone on a bike ride for like ummmm 10 years.  no joke, it has been like 10 years and my first good cardio since surgery.  It felt great! :)    I LOVED it and plan on doing more of it soon.
Con's
Gideon's bike chain kept slipping on the way back like every 5 minutes so after a while of repairs I finally let him ride in the back of the trailer with the bicycle laying on top of the trailer.  ha ha!!  Yeah, you can just picture it.  it was pretty comical....I got smiles from all the passerby's.  It sure was a bit of work too.  It was fun non the less and I'm glad I did it.  It is empowering to accomplish that.....even as little of a feat that it is, it was a big one for me.

I don't have pictures but if my friends send me their pics I will post them here.  Good times today were had by all. 

Happy Fourth of July!!!

A side note to start on is that we got our official orders this week so it is official, we are out of here in 8 weeks!!  Holla!  We are coming home to the US!!!  Woot Woot!!

 

So anyway, back to the 4th celebrations! 

THis is a picture of us in our neighborhood for a morning parade by the fire dept and Security Forces and Scouts.  The boys loved getting the candy.

 

Then me and the boys headed to the fun day here on base while Joseph put Arya down for a nap and avoided the crowds :)

The boys had a blast

They had their first ride on the Swings and LOVED it!

All Smiles!

Weeeee!

That evening we hosted a 4th of July Block party.  It was so fun and a ton of people from our ward showed up and a few neighbors.  I love party's.  I forgot I loved them so much!

This is the Baumgartens and Sarah Weyland in this picture.  Emi is a Young woman in our ward who is the Baby Queen.  Arya and the boys like her a lot.  I got her to babysit Saturday night......This was my first time hiring a babysitter for an evening while here in Germany.  I usually switch off with another mom but this worked out nicely. 

A bigger view of the party 

 

becca, Sadie, Sara, and Molly

Olsen's and Clicks

The Volleyball game

More of the Party

Our cute lil Cowgirl

I love the fourth of July!  Next to Christmas it is one of my favorite holidays!

Watching her first fireworks....  She loves playing with her tounge and making lots of noises.

I love fireworks too!

We hope you had a good Fourth of July! 

 I am so grateful to have my family and friends here.  I love my country and the more I learn the more I want to stand up for my freedoms that I have been blessed with and fight for them.  I read about the title of Liberty in the Book of Mormon here and I want to do everything in my power to protect the freedoms I have for my family and my Country.

God Bless the USA!

Themes for the days of the week

Themed-days-of- the-week-for-summer

I did this post about a month ago on my mom's blog and wanted to share it with anyone who reads this blog.  I am going to start it this coming Monday with my kids.  I am looking forward to making each day of the week special for us.