Countryside

Sorry for not updating this blog but I've been away for awhile. Here are some scenic photo's off the Autobahn on one of our recent trips.

Additional pics....

Our daughter eating a lollipop along with a pepermint patty her brother snuck her. And then obviously fell asleep still holding on to the lollipop.

A house in our town. Most of the house's are old and beautiful here in Germany. Oh yeah, and Riley in the bottom right corner.

Our lovely daughter!!!

I'm not sure which side of the family this comes from???

It is absolutly cute though....

Riley at the Fest

Here is Riley with our American next door neighbor Leaha Rose at the fest on 1 of their 2 rides. Like I said before this was a very small and quaint fest.

Riley on the other ride enjoying himself.

A Fest in our Town

This was very interesting to say the least. This was the yearly "fest" they have in our very small town/village. Basically this is what happens. A bunch of the towns folk go out into the woods and cut down a 50 or so foot tree. They then shave the branches, limbs, and what not off the tree up until the very top where they leave the rest. It actually almost looks like a Christmas tree at the top of a pole but it's all the same tree. They then hall this tree to the center of the village where the children decorate it with tinsle. They also mount a chair to the pole with a dummy attached. Apparently this tree and dummy's purpose was to ward off evil spirits back in the old days. Anyways after it has been decorated they towns folk then proceed to manually push this pole vertical into a 5 foot hole as seen above. It was quite the ceremony and very amusing to watch.

Still pushing the pole up.

Almost there...

It's a bit hard to see but this is from our balcony and at the center of the picture is the tree.

Another picture without the tree. It's just a beautiful picture from our house.

Vacation Bible School

This was the last day at Vacation Bible School. See if you can spot Riley............... Here's a hint, he's at the bottom right hand side in the yellow hat and yellow t-shirt. He had a great time. They sang a few songs then we went out back for an old fashion hot dog cook out.

Our House

This would be Castle Walfield and my german work car. To the far left you can see the front end of our KIA and in front of that would be the garage. In the center is the main entrance and the window behind my work car would be the master bedroom. Above the main entrance is a very large window with the roladen down would be the dining room.

Above that is a small balcony which is where the tv room and Riley's room are located. Any who there it is and will take pictures of the inside when we officially get settled:)

Another picture of the house.

After the rain yesterday 2 beautiful rainbows appeared. I forgot how fast the weather changes over here. It will be storming and pitch black for 2 hours and then clear up and be sunny.

This would be Stefanie's wall art she did for vacation bible school. She was told hers was the best decorated. Stefanie is helping out with the second grade while Riley attends the pre-school bible school and Hyland is in church daycare. The classes are just this week and are only from 9-12. Stefanie loves it and so do the kids....