Trip to the States

Monday, November 3rd- Arrive in OKC

Wednesday, November 5th- Friday, November 7th- Travel to Snyder, TX to visit family

Sunday, November 9th- Attending Soldier Creek Church of Christ (Current supporting congregation)- morning worship

Attending South Yukon Church of Christ- evening worship

Wednesday, November 12th- Attending South Yukon Church of Christ for evening worship

Sunday, November 16th- Attending Soldier Creek Church of Christ- morning worship

Attending Memorial Rd. Church of Christ- evening worship

7:00 p.m.- Come and go get-together for all those that would like to visit with us. Contact us for the address.

Wednesday, November 19th- Attending Memorial Rd. Church of Christ- evening worship

Thursday, November 20th- Flying from OKC to Ohio

Sunday, November 23rd- Attending Louisville Church of Christ- morning worship

Saturday, November 29th- Flying from Ohio to Germany

Sunday, November 30th- Arriving in Germany

If you would like to contact us while we are in the States you can e-mail or send us a comment here.

The Bridge

I just watched this video and thought it was so good, I wanted to share it on my blog.

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The Bridge

Corn Labyrinth

There were some things I wanted to blog about but never got a chance... here is one of them.

Back in August Clint saw an ad in the paper about a cornfield labyrinth. He has seen the ad for the past few years and wanted to go every year. So, this time he asked me about going and we decided to go one Saturday. Our friend Sophia went with us and it was a lot of fun!


Here we are taking a fun group picture! We even found a baby corn for Heidi, but she was more interested in mine. :)


The straw man said to go this way...

Inside the labyrinth there were tasks that we could do. There were several stations that we were supposed to find. Some had questions that we could answer about ostriches and write the answer on the paper we were given at the entrance. (There was also an ostrich farm next to the corn field.) There were stations where we found stamps to use on our papers and when we found all of them, it made a picture of an ostrich. Also, there were stations with different kinds of eggs in them. We had to write down what kind of egg it was. There were eggs from ostriches, emus, chickens, etc. It was fun to try to find all the stations. I think it took us about 1 1/2- 2 hours to find everything and make our way out of the labyrinth! That also included taking a break to feed Heidi and change her diaper. :)


This picture was taken from a tower in the middle of the labyrinth. We climbed up to the top in hopes that we could find our way out, but we couldn't really see the paths at all. The corn was about 10 feet tall!


Also outside of the labyrinth was a flower garden. There were sunflowers, gladiolas, and dahlias. You can also cut some yourself there to take home and I wanted to, but I think by the time we were done with the labyrinth we were all ready to go home. So I just took some pictures and we left. I was pretty happy about this picture of a sunflower that I took. I thought it was really pretty.



HEIDI UPDATE:

Heidi is now showing us her new tricks every day! She waves all the time now. She even shows that she is responding to "Bye" or "Bye-bye" and even today we were at a cafe and a woman left and said "Auf Wiedersehen" in general to everyone sitting in the cafe and she waved at her! (Just for anyone who is interested that is a typical custom here to say hello and goodbye to everyone who is there, even if they are strangers.) Also, I think yesterday for the first time I noticed that she has been clapping her hands! Karen Neel has been singing a song to her that goes like this: "Clap, clap, clap your hands. Clap your hands together." It repeats a couple of times. I started singing that today and she started clapping! She is such a cutie! I hope to get a video of it soon. Tomorrow she will be 9 months old! How can that be?!

Oops!

I was just trying to update my links to the blogs I read to the left and I accidentally deleted it! So, if you read this blog on a regular basis and have a blog, or have our blog linked to your blog, please make a comment and I will get you put back on my links! So sorry! I don't think I had those links saved anywhere else so I need your help. :(

Heidi news

Yesterday we went to the doctor for Heidi's checkup. She now weighs 17 lbs. 2 oz. The doctor was happy with her development. :)

Also, yesterday for the first time she waved goodbye! I have seen her wave her arm about like that before, but it was never in context like that and I didn't know if she had done it intentionally to say goodbye. But yesterday Karen Neel was over here talking to us and then when she left she waved goodbye to Heidi and Heidi waved back! She did it several times in a row and later we tried to get her to do it again and she did! She is such a smart girl! :)

Back from our travels

Well, once again there has been a big lapse in my blogging. We just got back on Wednesday evening from Austria. The week before last Clint went to a men's retreat in Neckarzimmern, Germany. He had a really good time, but Heidi and I missed him so much! He left on Monday, September 22nd and got back on Friday, September 26th. Then, on Saturday the 27th, we all left on the train from Chemnitz at 6:13 a.m. to go to Dresden. From there, Clint sent me and Heidi off with Karen A. and the ladies from Dresden to go to Filzmoos, Austria for the ladies' retreat. Clint knew he would miss us a lot and of course we would miss him, but we decided it would be best for me to take Heidi with me so that Clint could get some things done at home. I am so glad she did come with me. I would have missed her too much! She was such a good girl and traveled really well! Everyone was amazed at what a happy little girl she is all the time and how well she did with all the traveling. It was a little difficult with Heidi, her stroller and my huge suitcase with all of our stuff in it, but with all the other ladies there, it was a big help! Thanks ladies (especially Karen A.) for helping me!! I felt so bad that Karen ended up dragging my suitcase (which was huge and sooo heavy) around most of the day. But we got there safely and got to enjoy the week there with all the other ladies. I am so glad that I went again. It is something I look forward to every year. The area is just so beautiful and the fellowship with the women is so great. I will have to post pictures later because I really have a lot of things to be doing now, but wanted to just do a quick update.

Last Thursday, Clint met me in Filzmoos. He drove the car down and then on Friday morning, after the retreat was over we drove to Vienna to visit Jake and Amanda Haskew. We had a great time getting caught up with them and seeing what their lives are like there. It was so fun to hang out with them and we did see a little bit of the city but our main goal was to spend time with them and we had a great time doing it! Plus, we were so spoiled by Amanda's great cooking! I will post more later with pictures about our time there.

Today, we are getting a group of 18 students from the OC Vienna Studies Program. We will be keeping 5 girls in our house. It will be a busy but good weekend. I will post about how it all goes later.

Have a great weekend!