The Start of Something New

My new mom friends walk 3 miles every morning, and they've invited me to join them! 

                                                                                  All set!

View from my Bathroom

                                             I'm pretty fortunate to have such a lovely view.

The Fence

The fence is up! Peter has spent almost every free hour he's had for the past 5 weekends working on the fence. He's had a lot of help from his family and mine - and even from me. We're a little over half done staining it. It looks beautiful and it should last 25-30 years. And hopefully it won't ever blow over. 

Digging a hole for a post

That's the hole

Loading the posts onto the wheel barrow

Mixing the cement

                                                                     Oscar supervising

                                            Peter's dad and brothers, Spencer and Nathan

Peter's brother, Tom, washing our car - after he'd all ready changed the oil and replaced the spar plugs. What a stud!

                                                         Peter's Dad putting up a rail

                                                           Theo helping Daddo drill

Securing the pickets to the rails

It's all done!

A Visit From Aunt Keeta and Uncle Jake

So two days after our big, mini family reunion with our cousins from Germany, my brother, Jake, and his sweet wife, Keeta, decided to pay us a visit during their break between terms. They played with Oscar and Theo a ton!!! And they helped us stain our fence and paint our front door red. Boy, was that an experience. Keeta and I had fun doing it, but we (I) did an awful job! I have learned that painting a door is not as easy as it may seem. Jake fixed most of my mistakes. Anyway, I want to say thank you to Aunt Keeta and Uncle Jake for visiting. It's so wonderful for my boys to have aunts and uncles who love (play with) them so much. THANK YOU!

We love cousins!

Having our cousins come visit was wonderful. Anna and Isaac flew in from New Mexico, and Mareo and Milie, Luci and Cobi drove up from California! Not only did it bring us cousins together, but it also allowed for our kids to be near their cousins again. I can't describe how special it is for me to be able to see my boys together with their cousins. It's something my siblings and I missed out on because we lived half way around the globe from them. We missed not having Jake and Keeta and Eva with us.

Hugs all around! 

 Luci, you're beautiful!

Breakfast time.

 Svenja was so helpful with the little ones!

Tobias treated us to dinner at Bombay House. It was absolutely delicious. 

 Isaac and his stylish cowboy boots!

 Hunting for Easter eggs together, with a shopping cart. Cute.

 Silly Tobias, he stole the shopping cart full of Easter eggs! Luci caught him, Theo cried and gave up. :P

 Omi, Svenja and Oscar on the back porch.

Milie, bless your heart, got Theo to sit still AND eat.  How do you do it?!

 Theo misses Luci already.

Mareo posing on our window sill. Nice!

The Little Ones

Reunited. :)

SURPRISE!!!

Two of my German cousins, Tobias and Svenja, are coming to visit us! I received their call yesterday that they had just flewn into Boise and was completely surprised! This very minute they are driving down with my mom, Omi and brother to visit us in our new home (that still needs window coverings on all 27 windows) in our little town of Erda, Utah!! I haven't seen my cousins in 15 years; I was 11 then.I am so excited to see them!!!

Immediately after their phone call I opened the laptop and started searching KSL for mattresses. I am so lucky sometimes at finding deals. A king mattress with box springs and a queen mattress with box springs, the floor models of a furniture store, never been slept on, $200 total. Score! Peter, bless his heart, left work 2 hours early to pick them up, strap them to the roof rack of out trusty Subaru Forrester, and drive them home. We now have guest beds. :) And Peter has to make up those 2 hours of work before school on Friday. :(

My apologies to Peter's side of the family, who had to sleep on the floor in a cold basement (because we forgot to open the vents). I was a great hostess, not. They came to Utah last week since the boys got a spring break from school. The stayed one night with us and gave up a whole day of their vacation to work on our fence. They worked so hard, all day, and made huge progress! So thankful for their help!

I really should be unpacking boxes and cleaning the kitchen right now, but nursing two simultaneously makes it kind of hard to do anything else. But they're almost asleep. Then I'm off! Hey, I did wake up before the boys (which is rare) and shower, do my make up and hair, take the trash out to the curb (I mean street, we don't have side walks) (first time as a homeowner, yay!), make the guest beds, and start the cloth diapers in the washer. Amazing how much I can get done if I wake up 1 hour before the kids.

Move In Day Tomorrow!

Since I have to nurse, I get to take a break from packing... and do one last blog update before our lives change forever. The day has come at last: We're moving tomorrow! Into our beautiful, new home!!! I am so so so so so so so so so EXCITED!