Well, we are going to try starting a blog to keep everyone up to date with our family! Matt came up with the title "What Is It This Time", because that is what we say a lot. When a kid cries, whines, screams with joy, get a phone call, go on a trip, just about anything! So to start it out, What is it now?? It is now 2012!
We have now been in Germany for a little over 3 months. It honestly seems a lot longer than that, we are trying to see and experience it all with a open mind. Kaiden finally told us at dinner tonight, "Mom, I do like Germany now, because we got to shoot off fireworks!" Really?? That is all we had to do to make him like it here? Speaking of fireworks! New Years Eve is a huge deal here. We had been told that many times, but never really understood it fully, till we were in the middle of it last night!
New Years Eve here is like 4th of July on steroids! I have never seen so many fireworks in my life. There are no rules except they can only be shot off on December 31st and January 1st. We celebrated with friends and all of us had a great time. We (the dad's and kids) shot off fireworks almost the whole evening. So did our friends German neighbors. At Midnight (we do not get to see a ball drop till 6am, so we find out another way), ALL of the church bells in the villages go off. It is a beautiful sound, over the top of that you hear and see TONS of fireworks! It was a very neat and beautiful experience. Even with it sprinkling no fireworks were stopped and we all go to celebrate. We are already ready to celebrate next New Years Eve, but not wishing away 2012. We are praying for great blessings, adventures, and new experiences for our family this year. We already have a few trips planned, stay tuned!
1 comments:
So glad you're doing this! Thanks for sharing. Glad you had a great New Years Eve. Miss you and love you! ~B
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