My dear brother

This is one of my brothers. The younger one. We are really close even with an age difference of like 7 years. He is so smart and sweet. I know that one day he will go on to do wonderful things. I love you Brian!!

1st Anniversary

Today is my first wedding anniversary. I have been together with my husband for 4 years but we only got married just last year. It was small and not the wedding i want to have one day, but i really felt it was more important that we were married and the wedding will come when we can afford it.

I really have to say that it was one the happiest moments of my life.

Maik,

I love you more anything in the world. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. We fight sometimes, but i know the alternative. We both know where you end up without communication. I know we have kinks to work out, but i wouldn't trade my life for anything else in the world.

i love you

Amy

New years resolution

I want to post my resolutions here because i think i may keep some of them this year!

here they are:

• To blog here at least once a week
• to scrapbook more
• take more pictures
• lose weight

i really think i will do it all this year.

happy new year everyone!

New year's eve

This new years eve was similar to christmas eve. bad moods all around. most of it is due to the passing of Maik's grandmother today. She was 93.

Nevertheless we celebrated the passing of a new year. Welcome 2009 we all hope you hold more for us than 2008 did!

pictures to come

Ice scupltures and ice skating

Today we ventured dow to the Waterfront which turned out to be a new mall (the only one) in our city. For a winter promotion they had and ice sculpture display set up and an ice skating rink. After enjoying the mall we froze ourselves and enjoyed a once in a lifetime expierence with ice.

pictures to come

Christmas Day

Our Chistmas morning rocked! It was wonderful to just be the three of us. We were a little pressed for time because of a family dinner later that evening. I really just have to say that there is nothing like seeing Christmas throught hte eyes of a four year old child.

pictures to come

Christmas eve

Christmas eve is usually filled with german traditions for us. We walk to our church to watch the christmas story preformed by the children at our church. While we are gone Maik's mother decorates the tree and the "Weinachtsmann" or german santa comes to visit. We come home and have christmas cake and coffe. After that we open presents and put together toys (lol). We then have a traditional german christmas eve dinner: Brockwurst (sausages) and potato salad.

Those are a normal traditions. That is not what happened this year. Christmas eve this year was not fun. THIS YEAR was different. We tried hard to make it fun and wonderful at our house, but Maik's parents fight was a major downer. Luckly Desi and Hannah did not notice.

This is our christmas tree on christmas eve

and desi with his present from us.

Here is Desi opening the last box on his advent calendar.

Desi opening his gift from mama and Papa.The expression is so funny. He really loved it though. The top pictures are of Desi in front of our tree and with his present from Oma Pille. The bottom pictures are of Maik opening his present from Desi and me.

Hannah opening her presents and being cute as usual! She got a Marble maze (marbles everywhere!) and a baby bag.

These are some pictures of the family. If you look close you can see our living room. The top picture shows where we hang our stockings. On the window!

Here is my new nephew Ben. It was his first Christmas this year. He got a few cool presents like a tiger that vibrates.

Desi opening some more of his presents. These are his legos and his new favorite book.

Desi opening more presents. He really got some things that he wanted. Just the look on his face shows how happy he was.

Desi doing our tradition of leaving hot chocolate, cookies and a note for Santa. Desi really got into it this year.

He is what Santa left. the empty cookie plate, filled stockings and the presents under the tree.