Tuesday, May 27, 2008

America the Beautiful!



Today our family went to the casing of the colors. Each unit has their own flag. In this ceremony the deploying units will display their flag and then inclose it in a case. The flag will stay inclosed until each unit comes home. It is very emotional for the families but a great tradition to be apart of. We can't wait for our soldier to come home!

Monday, May 19, 2008

Happy Easter!


Cologne, Germany

This is the Cologne Cathedral which was built in the 4th century. People from all over Europe
made a pilgrimage to this church, one of the largest in the Middle Ages. The details of the cathedral are simply amazing.
Here you can see a saint holding Noah's Ark with a dove on the top.

Just one of the stain glass windows inside of the church.
And here are our girls. Sarah is wishing you peace. lol

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Finally!

Grace waited sooooo long for her first tooth to fall out, and finally
and finally after almost 7 years, it happened. And what happened next totally
took be by surprise. Although our girls know the tooth fairy isn't real, we still love to pretend. So Grace put her tooth under her pillow that night and was COMPLETELY shocked to find it missing the next morning. The fact that there were 4 shiny quarters laying there in its place, didn't matter. This is a little of our conversation. "MOM, why would the tooth fairy steal my tooth? What is she going to do with it? Why does she need all of those teeth? She's a tooth stealer!!! She just steals kid's teeth for no reason!" I sat there silent, in disbelief. LOL
I love you, Grace

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Tiger Woods Look Out!

Golfing beauties!


Look at that swing!
We spent the afternoon at the driving range. Madison picked it up rather quickly, and Grace & Sarah were just as happy finding stray golf balls and climbing up the railing.