No Baby Yet But We're Having Lots of Fun!!!

Today we went strawberry picking. It was lots of fun and when we got there Ty said, "I'm just so excited to pick strawberries!"
BIG BELLY!!!

I think Ty ate most of those when we got home!! :D

Laney of course dressed for the occasion in a dress with strawberries on it.
So every time Ty sees my belly he just starts laughing. It's pretty funny. The first time was hilarious....we had just finished eating and I lifted my shirt up a bit and Ty looked at my belly with huge eyes and then he laughed. Then he stopped laughing and just stared, then laughed, then stared, then laughed. We were all laughing so hard. Now he'll come up to me once in a while and lift up my shirt and just rub my big belly and kiss it. It's very cute and I think he'll miss my giant belly when it hopefully is gone soon. :D
On June 23rd it was St. Hans' Eve in Denmark. We of course had to celebrate so we roasted hot dogs and burned the witches that my mom had helped the kids make.

We almost couldn't get the kids to burn their witches though. They grew very attached to them within 2 minutes but finally we got those witches sent back to Bloksbjerg.
We have some huge windows or doors I guess that take up almost the whole wall in the living room. It's so nice with all the sunlight but they are right out to the road and people who walk by have a tendency to see what we are doing on that particular day. Ben thinks the previous renters must have put on a show every day and now people expect that from us as well! :D Anyway, we decided to get some planter boxes and plant some trees and such.
The kids and I also bought some flower seeds that we planted. The kids love watering their little plants and watching them grow.

The last couple of weeks it has been pretty hot so after Ben is done mowing the lawn he'll turn the hose on a let the kids run through the water.
They love it!!! :D

Our Yellow House

So we're here in Germany now. We stayed in a hotel for about a month and then we found a house that we're renting. Our stuff came a couple of weeks after we moved in and we're still working on unpacking everything.
On the ground level there's a kitchen, dinning room, living room, bathroom and an office. Upstairs are 4 bedrooms and a bathroom. The attic is not finished yet but has some very nice views of beautiful Germany. And then there's an unfinished basement. We loved it and are excited to get unpacked and situated.
So when Ben mowes the lawn he has to put the grass in buckets and take them down to the dump place. Well I guess we waited too long to take the grass down (also because they are only open when Ben's at work) so it was pretty stinky and rotting by the time he put it in the car. He drove with it for about 5 minutes and then came back 'cause the dump was closed. But this was a week ago and the car still stinks. It wasn't even just a slight odor.....it was full on stinkyness of rotten grass which smells like rotten food. We tried everything! We put baking soda in the back, vacuumed, drove around with all the windows down while the kids felt like they were going to fly out the windows. Nothing helped. Finally we bought some odor neutralizing spray and sprayed it in the back. For a while it smelled like spring time mixed with rotten food but now it seems like it's finally going away. Ben decided instead of putting the stinky grass in the car another time and driving it down to the dump yet again he would just scoop it into some black bags and put it in our garbage. He asked if I could help him hold the sack while he scooped but when I went over to help him he told me not too because he was sure I would throw up. He was already gagging like crazy. When he was all done he stunk like rotten grass and even though he washed his hands for about 5 minutes and put lots of lotion on his hands smelled like rotten grass all day.
Needless to say we going to look at some compost things so we can dump it in there instead of stinking up the car again. :D

Germany Here We Come....

Ben got a position as a pharmacist at a US military base in Grafenwoehr in Germany. We are leaving ASAP and are really excited about this new adventure.

It's a........GIRL!!!

Aaaww such cute little feet. Today we had our 20 week ultrasound and so far everything looks good.
Cute little thing with her hand by her face or maybe sucking her thumb.
Maybe all those bubbles means she tooting in there???
Cute little profile. Ben thinks the profile looks like Ty's ultrasound profile....I have no clue!

School Pictures 2009-2010

Tyler-boy's preschool picture.
We only ordered the picture with the whole class on it and I just scanned the picture of Laney, which is why it's a little grainy.

Winter Time

This is little poem that Ty learned at school.

I made myself a snowball,
as perfect as can be.
I thought I'd keep it for a pet,
and let it sleep with me.
I made it some pajamas
and a pillow for it's head.
But last night it ran away,
but first it wet the bed.







Ty learns so many cute songs at his preschool. He always comes home singing a new song.

Oh, what do you do in the winter time,
when all the world is white?
Do you ride on a sleigh?
Throw snowballs all day?
Or just watch the snow in the sky?
Is that what you do?
So do I!

The Nutcracker

Laney got to dance in the Nutcracker last December as one of the Peppermint Sticks. She did such a good job and had a lot of fun. I asked her if she was nervous and she said 'yes' but she never showed it and just went out and danced like she was supposed to.


All the little Peppermint Sticks.

Love Story meets Viva La Vida

I could listen to this all day....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXtVBJDPs6k

*I doesn't work when I click on it for some reason but it does work if I copy and paste...*

Catch-up

Okay so as usual we are starting at the end. These are Ty's teeth that he knocked out when he was holding onto the back of the chair and jumping.
He must have slipped and then he must have face-planted in the front of the chair. These are the REALLY deep teeth marks on the chair.
And here's poor little tough Ty with no front teeth.

Zak came to visit us during the Christmas vacation and since the kids got sleds for Christmas we took them out for a test run.
Ben brought his snowboard so him and Zak could do some short little runs on it.
Ty invented a new way to drag his sled back up to the top of the hill....why do you need to use your hands anyways.
Ty was at first a little scared to try his sled but eventually tried it and loved it.
Zak chilling in the inner tube as it's flying down the hill.
Laney trying to keep her balance on her sled.
Zak trying out the kids' sled.
Laney pulling her sled back to the top. When we were all done and ready to go home Laney could have kept going and going.
This was the food for our 2nd Christmas Day "Cold Table". Ben's favorite part of the Danish Christmas traditions. I think we had enough food for the whole neighborhood.
Zak won the Almond present on Christmas Eve and he got a 500 piece puzzle which we put together the next evening.
Zak, Laney and Ty getting ready to open the presents on Christmas morning.
Our Christmas PJ's.
Our traditional Danish Christmas Eve dinner.
2 days after Zak got here we went to Temple Square to look at the Christmas lights.
So beautiful and so cool....Ben and I decided they need a crepe stand on Temple Square like they have on the walking street in Frankfurt. Who wouldn't want a warm crepe with nutella while they are walking around looking at the lights?!
Ben put together the gingerbread house and the kids each got a side, a front, and a roof side to decorate.
Laney decorating the Christmas tree.
And Ty decorating the Christmas tree. We got in on the 12th although the kids thought that was way too late. Ty asked me every day if we couldn't go get a christmas tree while Dad was at work. We decided to wait til he was home one day.

SURPRISE!!!!

We went to Sugarhouse Park to have a little surprise birthday party for Ben and Adam. It was really fun and thanks to family who came and for helping with food and decorations.