New hats

We have been acting silly around here!!! Lincoln runs into our room and grabs these hats and runs off with them! We are winding down here and getting packed to head home! Pray for us this week as the movers come Wed. and Lincoln turns THREE Friday!! I cannot believe how time flies! And then on Sunday, Lucy, Lincoln, and I will fly back to Iowa for a month before we head down to Texas. LOTS to get ready for. Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!!

We found some familiar faces!!!

Nick's Aunt Cindy and Uncle David from Texas are traveling throughout Europe with a group and Tuesday they were in Heidelberg!!! Lincoln and I met them at the castle and then we kidnapped them and brought them back to our place for the afternoon before they had to get back to their boat!
It was great to see familiar faces because we are winding down our time here and it's getting sad to say goodbye to a wonderful year here!
We played some board games (Candy Land and Chutes and Ladders to be exact:)
Nick grilled some steaks and we had some spargel (which is white asparagus). This is grown here in Germany all over. It's popular like our Iowa SWEET CORN!
We had a wonderful afternoon with them and look forward to seeing LOTS more of them when we get to Texas!

A wish came true!

When you go to the Trevi Fountain in Rome, you throw a coin in in hopes to return someday! Well, with that said, Nick and I did that almost 2 years ago. And here were are back once again with our kiddos.
We made one last trip here in Europe to see our friend Shane. We drove through Switzerland and on down to Rome. We had a wonderful time with Shane. We did LOTS of walking, eating gelato(ice cream) everyday...sometimes 2 times a day:), and just enjoying each others company.
We left Rome on Monday and drove down to the sea. I don't think I have ever seen such blue water before. It was SO relaxing to listen to the water.
We had a wonderful time, minus the driving in Italy! Oh my! I guess if I can conquer the crazy Italian drivers, I can conquer anything!