Happy Friday and What's New

Eating: Anything grilled

Reading: Book #3 in The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series "Morality for Beautiful Girls"

Enjoying: Sitting on our deck right before the sun goes down, hot tea in hand

Unexpected: Allergies

Loving: Chorizo. in. everything.

Interesting: It's illegal to home school your children in Germany...

Wearing: something other than jeans and a t-shirt. I recently dressed up to go out to dinner with Z. Upon my departure I saw a neighbor, they gave me the up-down and explained "You looks like a girl!" My sister would be so proud.

Yippee: made a new friend. She is an expat and has a dog, so we are pretty much a perfect match.

Sooo.. yeah, I kind of am obsessed with these guys right now, the colors are just so dang happy!

Here is Dina the Dachshund, a new commission, with my bouquet on her head...

Last one.... I promise

Well hello... shall we wed and have babies?

A jaunt to the Netherlands

My breakfast buddy

I never saw myself as one who would take a lot of scenery photos, but it is so different from anything I have ever experienced, hence the ridiculous amount of photos of leaves, flowers, etc...it's a big part of our daily lives here

When we finally return home I will be pining for narrow cobblestone streets, and window boxes

Here mom... some people photos!

I love when it is sunny but there are perfectly shaped clouds that cover the sun every now and again

More Nature

And this majestic vacuum dog

 Happy Friday

Vaction vacation

What is a vacation? Really. When I think about it it consist of sleeping in, eating good food, seeing beautiful places, and most importantly, spending time with the ones you love most. Even though our little jaunt out of the country was cancelled, staying home was just what the doctor ordered. It's funny when we have a free day we automatically feel like we need to fill it. But it turns out that sometimes the best way to enjoy your free time is by doing nothing. Z has been working hard this year, on several different projects as well as perfecting his new language. The time spent at home with our two furry dogs was priceless. 

We filled our time by exploring the beauty immediately around us (why do we need to travel... we live in Germany after all) using our new grill, eating, reading, and napping... best. vacation. ever.

Some of our favorites from this week were...

Zach's birthday

Dog friendly palaces

SWANS

Large, slow moving rivers, perfect for doggy bathing

Ponies, of course

A Knight's castle, complete with moat and draw bridge

Dog sculptures

Endless yellow pastures, and sunlit forests

Drool worthy estates

Surprise birthday cake from our lovely neighbors

Picture Update