Christmas Part II

The next few weeks will be giving me lots of things to blog about.  This weekend we are venturing out in search of the famous Saudi Baboons.  Should be interesting.  The weekend after Cameron will be playing in a soccer tournament at the British International School, the week after that I get to go to Budapest for professional development, and then the most exciting weekend will be Grandma Jolene arriving and spending three weeks with us! 

 

So I need to get the Christmas stuff finished.  The pictures in this blog are from one of my favorite days in Germany.  I put it on facebook but now need to add it to the blog. 

 

Every morning the boys and I would watch hikers pulling sleds past our hotel room.  We were very curious about where they were going so one morning we followed the sled tracks.  We hiked up and up for about 45 minutes.  It was tough to see an end to our hill.  Once we crested the hill we found the most amazing field of snow, views of the valley, and the cutest restaurant.  We loved this place so much that the next day we brought some friends and came equipped with good wooden sleds.  I love the sleds in Europe.  They would make a great souvenir.  The idea is to hike this hill and then sled all the way back down.  It is quite the ride down!  Some of the best sledding we have ever done!    

 

 

The beginning of the hike was flat so the kids were pulled.

It was so fun watching these horses play in the snow.  They were obviously trained very well with voice commands.  However, they choose not to go back in the bard when they were supposed to go.

This church is at the top of the hill.

Kyle and Caroline trying to meet the longest distance.  I think the succeeded but only held the record for a few minutes.

Bryan racing from the top.  It was probably a 10 minute sled ride.  We hiked back up to the 1/2 way point 2 more times! 

Huge snowball fight to finish our fun day.

 

I have many more photos but they just won't upload this evening.  Technology....

 

Life is good here.  I just saw the temp. is now 81F.  Brrrrr.  Actually, it feels perfect.  The weather has been amazing here for months.  It feels like the perfect early summer day back home.  Hopefully I can keep up on my blogs over the next month.  So much fun stuff coming up!