What we've been up to in 2011

We've spent the past month kind of relaxing (we needed it after all the running around we did over Christmas...)  Jesse has his work routine, and I'm getting ready to start substituting at the elementary school on base (as soon as they're hiring again).  But other than that, we've had a couple of things going on.

I'm still teaching the "Cradle Roll" Bible class.  That seems to be going pretty well!  After having a few weeks off due to the holidays, we've started our ladies' Bible study back up.  And Jesse's still preaching away :)

A few weeks ago, we drove over to a town (very close by) called Kusel.  We went to visit the castle there, Burg Lichtenberg.  It's the castle in Kusel! (say that 5 times fast)  It's a pretty neat castle.  It's free to the public, and very pretty!  I can't wait to go back in the spring or summer, when all of the flowers will be in bloom!

And I have to add pictures of my most recent cake.  Our friend Greg had a birthday last week.  My friend Amanda and I made him a cake!  He wanted Underdog, so he got it!  He said it was the coolest cake he's ever had!

The Cake Creators

The birthday boy with his cake!

It was nice to do a cake again.  I hadn't done one in a while.  There will be more to come!

Happy New Year! 2011 is here!

This year, we celebrated New Year's Eve German style (minus all the beer...).  We had some friends come over to our house, ate some food, played some games, and popped some fireworks!  We started our fireworks a little before midnight.  But at midnight, all of a sudden, you would have thought you were in the middle of a war zone!  All around us, fireworks started going off.  Apparently, most of the Germans wait until the stroke of midnight to start their fireworks.  And they must all have the exact same time!  It was so neat.  Everywhere we looked there were beautiful fireworks!  Very cool!!!  We had a good time!  Happy New Year!  Here are the first photos we took in 2011!

 Welcome to 2011!!!