Family Picnic at Jason's Work

The annual family picnic at Jason's work was a great way to round off our final few weeks in Germany. We had fun and the kids sure enjoyed getting to see the fish lab; though the big fish certainly brought some mixed responses. Lots of great outdoor games, gorgeous weather and the opportunity to see some people from Jason's work one last time. It was nice.

A visit from the Prins Family

We were pretty fortunate around here because at the end of July, before the craziness of moving settled in, our friends, the Prins family came for a weekend visit from The Netherlands. We adore their family. The kids love playing together and we always have great chats and enjoy catching up. It's a shame that we live so far from one another now, but I'm sure that our paths will cross yet again. 

Between the lake, ice cream, bikes, play time, church, running in the rain, late nights chatting and visits to the animals we had plenty to do and a good time was had by all. 

Hope to see the Prins family in Canada soon :). 

Miss you guys already!

love this photo with Atticus on his favorite sand digger and most of the Prins family in the background

This girl is always putting a smile on my face. 

LOVE this photo. And I love that you can see how I tied back Milayla's "dress" which is actually an extra shirt that I had brought along and put on her after the lake as she was so excited to go in the lake that she went in before the swimsuit was on. Funny.

First time to have the Bakfiets filled with "vier stuck"!  The kids loved it. (photo from Leah)

Milayla never wanted to leave the water! (photo from leah)

Family photo (from leah)

Evia found my high heels and could not resist showing them off. 

Thanks for the visit Prins Family! We loved having you here and hope to entertain you for a visit in Canada soon! 

Our Bremen Morning

On one of our last free Saturday mornings before our move we headed into downtown Bremen to be tourists and visit the City Hall. It was a nice trip, not as in depth as I was expecting and hoping but it was still neat to visit. There were plenty of things to see, like very detailed carvings, beautiful paintings (including one of King Solomon as their chosen reminder in the importance of righteous judgement - I liked that!), and interesting trivia (like that Michael Jackson had visited - which I did not know). 

After the tour we headed over to visit the inside of the cathedral (which after living in Bremen for 2 years we had not been inside of yet). Well, they were just closing for services so we had some time to wait before they opened again. So we went and stopped in for some Bremen Chocolates before taking a seat on the cathedral steps and enjoying a little picnic lunch.

see that gorgeous building? That's a bank.

The kids were pretty excited to get to go inside. They love the idea of exploring new places. I love seeing the ceilings in the cathedrals - always so beautiful. I think the kids love the stain glass windows the best. But, that being said, after being in the castle cathedral in Prague other stain glass just isn't the same... still pretty though.

It was a nice way to spend a morning together and to get to explore a few places that we had not yet explored. Then it was back to the busy work of moving and lists. Oh joy!