A bike ride in the Kurpark

We went for a bike ride in the Kurpark and had a great time. It was perfect weather. Not too cold just jacket weather. The boys had a great time.

They loved this tree because it was just the right height for them to jump on.

Gotta love Germany! Little boys...well just about anyone can pee in the open. Brandt takes advantage of the situation whenever we are out. He thinks it is great!

This is Zachary's big crash. It looks like it is set up but he really did take a spill. Gotta love helmets.

Preschool

This year Rex is in Preschool. We rotate between homes and it is working out great! This week it was at our house. It was P Day! We ate popcorn and pinapple for a picnic. Then we made sock puppets and had a puppet show. Brandt is also so happy to be included when it is at our house. The kids seem to enjoy it and Rex looks forward to going every time.

Cubscouts...Do your best!

Spencer and Zachary are both in Cubscouts this year. Spencer is a Bear and Zachacy is a Tiger. They are both half way to getting rank. I am glad that they are excited to work on achievements and learn new things.

Here is Spencer and he best friend here in Wiesbaden.

Here is Zachary just after he earned his Bobcat badge. He got his face painted as a welcome to the pack.

Here is Spencer receiving his awards.

Here is Zachary and his Tiger Den after receiving awards.

1/2 Marathon

I did it!

And I actually didn't do to bad. With Amy's help, I'm posting this on here. I ran the 1/2 marathon in 1 hour and 50 minutes. So, I figured that was about 8.3 minute mile. Not to bad for an amateur runner. There were about 50 total runners. I got 10th place overall. I got 2nd place in my age group. I only got beat by one girl. :)

I also ran as part of a team. We named it the LDS team. John Lord, John Vail, and Myself. We got first place as a team. There were only four teams.

Anyway, this was my accomplishment for the year. Now the goal is to keep my running up for another year so I can run with my sisters next year back in Utah.

Congratulations to Spencer!

Congratulations to Spencer! He ran a half marathon on Saturday! The official half marathon is next Saturday. He has been running with a friend in the mornings for a long time. I am proud of him for getting up at 4:45 am to be out the door and running by 5:00 am. He has stuck with it and has lost a lot of weight. About a month ago he was happy to come home from a 10 mile run knowing he has officially ran further than me. :)

Good Job Spencer and Good Luck next Saturday!

First Day of School!

The first day of school! I am so glad that school is back in session. :) It is nice to have a set routine and have it a little quieter at home. I am also thankful for school because now we have a bigger library for Spencer. I couldn't keep enough books in the house and our library has a poor collection for his age and level of reading. Spencer is starting third grade and Zach is in first.

Rex also started Preschool. We are rotating between homes every Tuesday and Thursday. So far they have really liked it. I did the same preschool with Zachary and Spencer and we had a good experience so I decided to do it with Rex.

Here is Rex with his Schultüten. In Germany it is tradition that when children enter 1st grade they get these cones filled with school supplies and sweets. Tina, Calvins mom made these for the kids and did a great job. It was a big highlight of Rex's day!

Kids taking pictures. Very interesting subjects!

To my surprise, I got these pictures on the our camera. I guess the boys had a good time sneaking the camera. I thought it was fun to see what they took pictures of. Now I need to teach them how to focus the camera. :)

Brandts Behind! Gotta love the saggy diaper.

Bug Jars

Lawnmower

Look how cute I am!

Kids taking pictures. Very interesting subjects! part 2

Spencer

Sippy and cookie!

A snail out of focus. But a good picture.

Tomatoes growing in the garden.

Hot days and water fights!

Today the kids got in a big water fight with the neighbor boys. They had a great time getting soaked. We have a very small back garden so they didn't have too far to run. The neighbors had big guns and ours were small. So Spencer got the hose out with a nossle on it and they were all soaked in minutes. Of course the water was ice cold so they were shivering buy the end.

It is nice to have neighbors that want to play even if they don't speak the same language.

more of the waterfight

Fathers and Sons

Spring Soccer 2010

Spring soccer is coming to an end. Spencer coached Zachary's team the Yellow Awesome Lions. Rex also played on the 3-5 year old team. They both played really well.