New Apartment

Here are some pictures of our new apartment. I am loving having my own space to be the one and only woman of the house. To have things done the way I like them, just because I like them done that way. Jared had us moved in, unpacked and decorated in 2 days. One of the reasons I love that man.
Here is our family room. They table, rug and couches were graciously given to us by my parents when they moved back to the states. The drapes were already there in the apartment. To the left is a wall with bookshelves which I love and to the right is our entertainment center with the tv.

This is the dining room. The bench, table, chairs and drapes were already in the apartment. We just covered the chairs to protect them from our children. The curtains are definitely not my style but they serve their purpose and save us money.

This is the stained-glass door to the dinning room. There is also one for the family room that has flowers and one between the kitchen and dining room with vegetables. They are specially insured just in case they get broken. That made me feel better.

I will put more picture up as I get them taken.

No Internet

I haven't forgotten how to do this blog. We have moved into our new apartment, but have no internet now. I have to the Dautel House to do it and that doesn't happen too often. But by the end of this week we should have internet. I will put up pictures of the apartment and all those fun things next time.

Bye-Bye!!!

Anne's Early Birthday Party

We celebrated Anne's b-day a couple days early so that her Gma & Gpa Jensen could be there to share it with us. I think I enjoyed the whole thing more than she did. One of the funnest things about being a mom.I couldn't decided which cake to get I just decided to buy both. She loved it too.

Yes, she did love it.

Gpa Jensen picked this shirt out for Anne and she absolutely loves it. It says Bayern-München (Bavaria-Munich). They are my dad's favorite soccer teams. Jared is a fan of their rivals, so this causes some very light-hearted competition. My dad said that she picked it out herself while we were sight-seeing with them. Anne went into a gift shop with my parents and I guess she picked it.
My mom bought this doll. Anne loves her dolls and has to always have one when she goes to bed at night. This one is to help kids learn zippers, buttons, pockets and buckles.

My Grandpa made these doll beds for each of the great-granddaughters. He designed them himself, we just painted them and made the bedding. My mom and I spent several hours yesterday making the bedding while the men stained and assembled it. She immediately had to put her new baby in it too.

Alicia was a little upset that the bed wasn't hers and that Anne wouldn't let her get right in there and play with it. But she has one of her own that we will try to have done for her birthday too.

Fashion Statements...or Disasters?

Just practicing for my mermaid costume next Halloween. Mom did this one on accident. Notice the wonderful hair style fresh from a night of sleep.

Maybe wearing food on your face wll become the fashion. With that adorable smile who could resist?

This is one of Jared's shirts for work. She just put it on and was walking around with it. This reminded me of what I would do with my dad's shirts.

Anne does get very creative at times and she loves to tease others. This was one of those times.

Grandparents are here

My parents are finally here and we have already had lots of fun together. Oh course there were some bumps in the road to get them here. Jared and I drove the 3 hours to get to Frankfurt to pick them up. Since they came in at 7 am we got a hotel there the night before. We waited at the airport the next morning for 1 1/2 hours before we found out that we got the dates wrong. They were coming the next day. Well, it didn't make much sense to drive all the way home and then back again, so we stayed up there and had a free day together with no obligations at all. I can't remembe the last time that happened. It was wonderful.I finally found my camera again so have been taking a lot of pictures. Here is one of my mom and Alicia in Nürnberg having the bratwurst that are special to our city.Grandma and Grandpa brought a suitcase full of things for us. Alicia and Anne got alot of things from Disney World. This is Alicia's Nala stuffed animal.
Anne liked helping me unwrap gifts and try out all the new things. Like this wonderful bib.