hanging out

Quiet Time Fun!

Some new freinds of ours let us borrow some lincoln logs, a dragon and there car for a couple of weeks while they are out of town. We are grateful to our new friends. Erin and Ken lancaster

Erin took me to an authentic German bakery and we each got an apricosa ( a apricot on top of a frosted pastry with some pudding. So yummy) and we got a pudding filled one that we split and I got sugar covered pretzel for the boys to share.
Gideon catching daddy in the act :)

I love Daddy's smile!

Gideon listening to music... Ok so he wasn't listening to anything but it's the thouht that counts :)
Us being silly
mommy
Gideon

Headed to Church

At the bus stop for the shuttle... We get to church an hour late but at least we get 2 hours instead of none. :)

Joseph and I

In our neighborhod

Boys walking to bus stop

My new hair color...I couldn't stand the light color anymore :)

Fire Awareness week on Base

Flight line Fire engines....Now were talking Fire Truck..maker: OshKosk. This thing was Sweet!

On another Fire engine

Gideon and Bridger... Future Firemen!

Me and my shy Gideon

Bridger and daddy

We were planning on going to the parade that was right next to our house but right before I was about to head out the door with the boys I started "seeing" marker everywhere. Bridger wrote on the floors, cabinets, doors, walls, couch, and on the trash can outside. It was a good thing it was a washable marker but the wall one is still visible. So I made them miss the parade and clean it up and then we headed out to go check out the fire engines in the parking lot at the Elementary school down the street.

Later on we went to Bitburg which is like an extension to Spangdahlem AB and got a few things for our house. These are pictures from the shuttle.

Hi Cousins and Grandma and Grandpa!!

We were waiting for the shuttle and thought we would say Hi to family!!

Finally Some pictures from Germany!

Here are a few pictures of us and a few thins around us.

Our kitchen

Our cool windows in the stairway

The front of our house

The back of the house

I have dirty hands mommy!

Playing in the "pond" behind our house

The trees! They are beautiful!

There are toadstools everywhere and in all shapes sizes and colors

This is one of the many big airplanes that fly over a lot. a view from near the runway which is about 200 yards from our house

sliding down the dirt pile

on our walk from our house to the runway area

Playing on the rock pile in a field in our back yard

(where Bridger's head is is where our house is)

Ahoy e matee's

Bridger excited about throwing rocks :)

A wooded path in the field that goes around the neighborhood

The view from the fence....I will get better ones when I can actually go off base more often

Art projects in the kitchen

waiting for the shuttle

stopping on the side of the street to play in the leaves

At Burger king on base playing on the budget cut airplanes and cars

The first week in Germany

Wow, What a week!! We have had tender mercies from the Lord and are so grateful for them. We know we are loved and that is what matters.

We are in a very empty home right now and wiont be getting our things till probably the end of November. They have loaned us 3 beds a couch and a couple of lounge chairs and a dinning room set. I got some blanket and a few necessities from a place called the Airmans Attic. You can get stuff free there. It is like a mini DI. Our house is beautiful though and I really like it. It is 3 bedrooms 2 1/2 bathrooms and has a back yard. It is a town home On base and brand new. I love the windows!! All the windows have like a garage roll up door on the outside of each window and the actual windows and doors open up like doors and the tops can open up and vent. They are pretty cool looking.

I am meeting a few girls who live on the block and will hopefully make freinds with a few of them. The first few days that we were here were sunny warm and nice. Since then it has been cloudy, rainy and foggy. Imagine coastal weather and that is what it is like. It is Beautiful!! Green hills adn forests everywhere mixed in with Farm land.

Church was nice to go to last week. We missed the first half because our shuttle only goes at a certain time. They are really nice there. I think there is only one other family in Spangdahlem who are LDS. so I will definetly have an opportunity(s) to share the gospel of Jesus Christ.

I have read a couple of books so far while being here. Our typical day is clean up the house, do indoor stuff and then hopefully make it to one of the many playgrounds around us to play on. We have been going to the library lately to use the internet and to rent Dvd's for the boys and Joseph and I. Life is pretty good though. We are surviving and that is what matters. I had a dream about my dog last night. I really miss her. Hopefully I can come visit and pick her up with the Air Force paying for most of it. I guess I will just keep hoping :). The boys miss their cousins adn are always asking if they are coming over today to play. They are always wanting to go to Grandma and granpa Jarvis' house and up to Donnelly to the Jones' too. We miss you all very much.

Keep the e-mails coming and know I love the gospel, I love being here in Germany and I am excited to start being able to show my pictures on here soon.~

Update of our official first day

So we just got back from housing and toured where we will be living. There are 3 brand new never lived in town homes and we get one of them with a fenced in yard. It is Beautiful and really nice. I have no way of uploading my pictures so I will have to work on that one. So until then you will not get any pictures. We are so excited to be here and it is all kinda crazy. I mis my family and my dog. I really hope we can ship her over soon.


So on the way here from Boise to Chicago I saw brother Flake from the 6th ward and he says hi to the Jones Family. He was traveling on business and it was fun to see a familiar face. From Chicago to Baltimore Bridger fell asleep before take off and I had to wake him when we landed. So overall that was a layed back trip. Joseph met us in Baltimore and we hung out in the airports Gallery where they have a few things for the kids to play n. We were there for a good long 7 hours and then when we got on the plane we ended up sitting in there for 1 1/2 before take off. So we took off around 11:30 or midnight and got into Spangdahlem around 1:15 in the afternoon so it was only about a seven hour flight. The dinner was really good that they served us. They served that about 2am. The boys slept ok. when they started getting fussy Joseph held Bridger and I held gideon. there was some airman who was a friend to a guy I was sitting next to and lets say he had one too many beers. He reeked!!! and all he wanted to do was sit by me and talk about nothing and repeat his questions. He even woke me up. I was glad when he decided to get up and go. Joseph slept through it...Lucky! It was so weird because when we got to Spangdahlem Air Base it was 4:15 in the afternoon and I realized it was only 8:15 in the morning where we were. We are about 8 hours different I believe.

The shuttle ride from Ramsteine AFB to Spangdahlem was about an 1 1/2 long and I was only half awake for that but when I was it was beautiful. everything is very green and the villages that I saw from a distance were really cool looking. They all have the same color roofs adn like a white plaster for siding. Hopefuly I will be able to get our vehicle soon so I can start exploring.

We were up from 1 to 6 this morning making cookies playing, coloring, watching a movie and reading stories before I made the kids go back to bed. Hopefully we will get used to the time change. I look forward to moving into our new towne home tomorrow!! :)