Does anyone else have problems knowing what to say or how to start every single post? I guess I'm just not that creative so I struggle with it every time. Oh well, I am just trying to make my family at least happy to let them know what is going on with me. Hopefully there are some more of you out there that enjoy reading this. Well, right now I am sick. Yeah... yesterday I woke up with my throat on fire and I knew that the past two weeks of trying not to get sick had caught up with me. I went to the doctor and got some antibiotics and now I'm at home laying/lying?? on the couch because I don't have the energy to do anything else. Anyway, since I am now out of commission because of being sick and I haven't posted in a while, I thought I would update with some things that went on in February.
First of all I have to tell you about Saturday, February 10th. We had the monthly fellowship singing in Chemnitz. Many of the members of the Church in Saxony all get together and sing together one Saturday every month. It is always nice to get caught up with people and enjoy praising God all together.
That day was my friend Vanessa's birthday so several of us were going straight to her house afterwards for her birthday party. We had decided we could all fit into two cars so Pam drove and Clint drove. As we were leaving I jumped into Pam's car to ride with the girls while Alex rode with Clint. We made it to Vanessa's house and as we were looking for a parking spot on the road across from her house Pam turned on her signal to turn around and park on the other side of the road. Apparently from behind came two guys on a motorcycle who wanted to pass us all because we had stopped. Pam started to turn and stopped just as the motorcycle tried to pass us, but instead slammed into the left fender and fell off of their bike. Thankfully they had helmets on and were not injured at all, but as soon as Pam tried to move the car out of the road we discovered that the tire was flat. The thing that makes it better is that it was cold and rainy that night and Courtney and Pam had both been sick. Anyway, to make a long story short Clint changed the tire and everything was alright. The guy on the motorcycle admitted that he saw her turn signal and that it was his fault.
Thankfully we were able to go inside, get warm and enjoy the party with Vanessa. By the way, I must say I am proud that Clint really stepped up to take care of the situation with changing the tire and making sure everything was OK. :) Anyway, we got Vanessa the blanket/poncho that she is wearing in the photo above and this feet warmer thing from IKEA because she is always cold. :) I think she likes it and will get a lot of good use out of it. The party was fun and we enjoyed looking at baby pictures and videos of Vanessa.
On the way home Clint was leading and suddenly we noticed that Pam had stopped so we pulled over and asked what was wrong. It was unbelievable... the other tire was flat!! It wasn't even on the same side and was nowhere near where the accident occurred. This is when Alex, in his typical mathematic way said, "mathematically, this shouldn't have happened." We got a pretty good laugh out of that one. Basically, the chances of that happening all on one night were so low, but it did happen to us! So, Clint stepped up once again and thankfully our spare tire from our car actually fit her car, otherwise we would have been in trouble. Clint got it changed and on the way home we stopped to put air in the tires at a gas station. We finally arrived home around midnight!
Of course from this situation we realized that God had taken care of us through all of it. I mean, mathematically speaking once again, what are the chances that we would have two cars with two spare tires that work on one car and still be able to get home safely without God's help. After the second tire went flat we stopped and prayed together and I guess we should have prayed before that, but I guess God let us know He was there!
It has been way to long since I have put up pictures of my nieces. It has been even longer since I have actually seen them. :( It has been over a year now since I have been able to hug and kiss the sweet girls. Ashlyn turned 2 in March and Claire is 19 months old now. They have grown so much since I last saw them and have learned many new things as well. I hear that Ashlyn is a little bundle of energy and she is never sitting still. Claire is picking up new words so quickly and at the moment she loves to say "uh oh". Lana told me that she dropped something in the car one day and she continued to say uh oh the rest of the way home. :) I just thought I would share some of the newest pictures I have of them. Aren't they sweet?! When Mom was here she bought Claire the backpack and necklace and apparently she loves carrying it around the house even though she doesn't know how to open it yet. Back in February Jonathan and Lana got to take a trip to Houston to visit Doug and Amy so the girls got to play together a lot and I heard they had fun, but were also wanting all the toys to themselves and didn't want to share with each other. I guess it is about time for that phase. If you can see Ashlyn's car, it says Princess on it and I think that helps define her pretty well. Look at her with her purse, baby and car. She is such a cutie. Claire loves to get inside the baby bed that is at Mom's house. She is still small enough to get in it. For Ashlyn's birthday she got a play kitchen and her grandma made her a little apron so that she could play "kitchen." I love you Ashlyn and Claire and I will get to see you soon... in August!
The past couple of weeks have been busy but wonderful! A lot of great things have happened and I would like to share them with you all.
In March Clint and I were able to go to Switzerland with Larry and Pam. We were there for a little over a week. We left after church on Sunday and drove all the way there.
After the appetizer and main course we put on a little talent show and I think almost everyone was involved in that in some way. As a group we sang a couple of songs and others showed other talents as far as playing instruments, doing card tricks and even juggling! I think it was a lot of fun for everyone.
Last week, the building across the street was torn down. This is not unusual for Chemnitz or even for all of Saxony perhaps. There are many abandoned buildings like this one which have set empty for years. Many of them are empty apartment buildings. After the wall fell the population in Chemnitz dropped about 100,000 due to people moving away to other areas of Germany for jobs and better opportunities.
On New Year's Eve we had the annual party at the church building. We had lots of good food, games and of course fireworks. That of course is Clint's favorite part about New Year's Eve in Germany. The next day Larry, Clint, Kris and Snickers played with more fireworks.
We hosted a Game Party at the church building also in January. We invited all of the people who have ever been involved with the Let's Start Talking program and had an English evening full of fun and games. We played Pictionary as a big group and then some other board games in smaller groups.
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