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.

just a quick note to anyone who reads this:

1) i am not going to be updating much, because i have the testing phase right now at school and i really have to study, it should be over in december, first week i think

2) Tina had her baby. His name is Ben man was i off the mark. oh well. i don't like the name i will be going to see them later tonight. I feel so wierd about the whole thing. i mean duh i knew the baby was coming and i was used to that, but that there is a ben in the family. it is just wierd. i can't describe it. you would just have have been through it.

well i guess tha is all hopefully i will have pictures to update with next time.

love, amy

All's quiet on the German Front...

well ok not quiet, but calm...well ok hectic and chotic and i want the weekend to come.

I hope everyone got out and voted today!!!!!!!!!! Reguardless of your chosen party it is important to be apart of what you believe in. This year was the first year i could vote (missed by about 3-4 months last time, along with most of my classmates). I am glad i voted. I really relealized during the last german elections that it was awful that i have no say in anything about this place where i live. oh well.

I have been so bad about taking pictures and updating, but we are at a stressful time right now. Maik is in University and it just started back up. Next week the rest of his classes will hopefully start. On the brightside we can start getting back into A routine, though on the not so brightside he will be gone till 9:00 pm on a lot of nights.

I am not doing so well with school. I find it awful that out of something like 9 or 10 classes that i am allowed to bring in most of my Abitur average depends on 3 classes. I really work hard and still feel that i am not doing enough. Also i have huge presentation in Religion and i haven't even started on it. I don't know where time went.

Desi is still working on potty training. i feel completely at fault for the fact that my 4-year-old is not completely potty trained.

I did find time to enter the creative team contest at Scraporchard.com. I will leave you with my entries for assingment #1: