They were in kid paradise!  Unfortunately, the stinging nettle struck almost all the kids.  It is a plant common in Austria.  The plant has tiny little hairs that sting when brushed against the skin.  There were fields of them!








After we ate it seemed that the party was starting to fall apart.  It's a bit humorous when I think back on it. Reegan got into some nettle and was unconsolable.  She doesn't have a high threshold for pain!  Thunderclouds started rolling in sending a brother and sister into a panic, poor things!!  It was a good time to make a quick dash to the car.  Luckily I had packed our rain jackets.  We didn't quite make it to the car before it started raining, but we were covered!

I am a sucker for crazy, cute things like creative proposals!

This one is at the top of my list as the best proposal ever!!

This is only days old and went viral fast! Maybe you've seen it. If not, enjoy!



So cute!!

Karis' first grade class earned a trip to the zoo and the primary (kindergarden) class got to tag along.  I hadn't been able to help with a class trip this year, so off I went with the 2 classes.

Since we'd recently been to the zoo I didn't take many pictures this time.  We had enough parents that I only had to watch after my own kiddos and got to spent time with our friends.








As soon as we got back from the zoo, we loaded up tables to sell some of our things for our upcoming move.  It doesn't matter how many times we've moved, we always seem to acquire more junk!  Mollie and I were table buddies!


Friday after school went off so well!!  We sold a good bit.  Unfortunately, Saturday was a flop.  But we did get to eat some good, homemade Filipino BBQ, noodles and eggrolls!  Yum!

Some of our friends were selling this Tonka truck for next to nothing.  It was in such good shape that I couldn't pass it up!  I had to get it for Brennan!!  And Daniel enjoyed Brennan pushing him around!


The toys we didn't sell, we were able to donate to the highschool for their trip to Romania.
I'm happy with what we sold!  It was an exhausting 2 days, but we managed some fun out of it!

What a joy it is to see your child come to a saving faith in Jesus Christ!

Karis made the decision to follow Jesus a couple of months ago at an after school Bible time led by some long time missionaries in this part of the world.  They part-time teach at our school and attend the church start, Crossway, that we've been a part of. We thought Karis was close to making a decision when she did just that!

I was so happy to learn that our church was going to hold a baptism once the weather warmed.









One of the men in our church spoke some words about baptism.  He had a dirty shirt on, replacing it with a white shirt and said some other really cool stuff.  I thought it was a great visual for the kids.....and for me too!






We rounded it off by heading back to the water hole/baptistry for a short swim with a couple other families.  Karis earlier said it was freezing and then wanted to go back for more!! Ha!

What a special, wonderful, memory making day!!