Master Bedroom & Craft Room

This is our room!!!

As most other things..still a work in progress.  We are 100% grateful we fit our bed!!!  With a few hooks I was able to covert our standing mirror to a hanging mirror.   I have a few empty frames that need some pictures.  I would love to replace our nightstands and our lamps.  Which by the way I saw the perfect lamps the other day, minus the fact that they were $55.00, A PIECE!!! I can't decide if I want to build a bed frame or make an upholstered headboard.  And I still need to decide on curtains so we can remove the trash bags from our windows.  (Makes me miss all those mini blinds.)  Most of the things that need to be done in this room though are more wish items.  Not sure when they will actually make it onto "the to do list".  :) 

And...the craft room....

It still needs more sorting/organization, but this is really clean compared to what it was last week.  I would love to get another small table to fit against the empty wall that allows a space for the boys to come and color/paint/etc. 

One closet full of puzzles, games, homeschool books, and other activities for the boys.  Still needs some good organization.  The drawer is currently broke, but I'm hoping they will be able to fix it this coming week.  It will open up a whole shelf if they can.

And the other closet was made into our cleaning/utility closet.

Sorry for the Interuption...

We are on vacation!!!!  

Next post to come on April 16th!

 Meditating on these verses today/this week. 

(From Isaiah 53)

He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised,
and we held him in low esteem. 
Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.



But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him.


He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth. 


Overcome by the love of my Savior.

Silly Blaine

The Boys' Rooms

 This is currently Ryan and Colin's room!

 Tim and I are taking the Wood Shop class on post this weekend (couldn't be more excited!!!!!!!) and one of the first things on my list to build is a shelf for the boy's room to store all of their toys and books.  It has been on my "wish list" for probably a good two years now and it's getting so close to actually happening I can get kind-of giddy about it.

This is currently Blaine's room.  I drove to Vilseck (a different Post) about two weeks ago and bought the mattresses for the bunk beds and we have a safety rail on it's way from our good friend Amazon. :)  Tim's block leave is coming up in about a week and we plan to get a good start on switching him over to his big boy bed!  The room is SUPER tiny as is, so it will be nice once we can put the playpen away. 

 

Once we have Blaine pretty well "bed trained" we are entertaining the idea of switching him into the other room with Colin and letting Ryan have this room to himself (for now).  I'm excited with a whole new room to decorate and I already have a grand idea in my head, but it will most likely fall towards the end of the list of priorities.

Ryan is 6!!!

I'm not the type to cry over the fact that my "babies are growing up".  It doesn't bother me one bit.  I'm not big on birthdays either.  I'm learning.  We were able to celebrate Ryan's 6th Birthday on March 21st!  I am still amazed that how the baby that I carried in my belly is now 4 ft 0.5 in and 54 lbs., but I'm not the best at pondering the last year of my child's life and writing a sentimental "ulegy" for the age that is passing.  I came across an idea on Pinterest about asking your child the same questions every year and seeing how there response changes.  That I can do.  I looked at a few different lists and came up with 20 questions.  Some of the questions still seemed confusing to Ryan, but I'm excited to see his answers a few years from now.

Happy 6th Birthday Ryan!!!!

1. My favorite color is all of them.
2. My favorite snack is apples.
3. My favorite movie is Spy Kids.
4. The coolest person on earth is me.
5. My favorite thing to learn in school is about dinosaurs.
6. The thing I do most awesomely is clean.
7. If I could go anywhere in the world, I would go to my Grandma’s house.
8. The book that I am loving right now is Colors.
9. Three words that describe me are strong, handsome, and creative.
10. When I was little I used to go poop in my diaper.
11. My favorite season of the year is Winter.
12. One food I really dislike is white broccoli. 
13. If I could wish for only one thing it would be for a dinosaur toy.
14.  My best memory is when I had a dog. 
15.   My best friend is Elijah.
16. My favorite song is the song we sang in the car. 
17.   My favorite game is the fighting game on the Wii.
18. On my cake this year I want Star Wars! 
19.  The candy I like the best is sour candy. 
20.  When I grow up I want to be an Army guy.

Downtown Bamberg

February 17, 2012

About a month after we got here Tim and I were able to set up a date exchange with another couple.  Our friends offered to watch our boys first and the guys had a four-day weekend, so Tim and I headed out on Friday.  We ended up meeting up with one other couple and we took the bus downtown.  I only took my stock lens with me that day and I can't wait to go back out with my other lens!

 

There is a ton of shopping down-town.  There is a C&A, an H&M, Pimkie, Muller, The New Yorker, etc.  If you've ever been to Denver, Colorado it reminds me of the 16th Street Mall.  The amount of people you see above is very minimal compared to what it gets to be later in the afternoon/early evening, or on a Saturday.  There are also lots of street vendors/merchants selling fresh fruits/vegetables/flowers/honey/food/etc.  I have since learned there are 10x more vendors on Saturday than during the week, but I much prefer the smaller crowds during the week.

 Not quite up on my factual information yet, so I have NO idea what river this is.  Sad, no?  They do refer to that area though as Little Venice.  We have yet to walk over there to see it more closely, but I do know they offer boat and gondola rides.

This is a little food truck we came across.  Tim is taller than it!  It would be 10x funnier if I could get a picture of Tim in the driver's seat!  haha!

This is one of the large Catholic Cathedrals downtown; more commonly called The Dome.

I want to go back and shoot this again, but I love this building.

One of the MANY unique doors we have seen!

There is a high Turkish population in the area which means Turkish food!  The most famous is the Donor.  Traditionally it is made from lamb, but you can also get it with chicken (if available).  They seem to grill it on this large"stick" and then they take what looks like a set of clippers and shave the meat off the sides for your sandwich.  The meat is normally put inside flat-bread and you can add lettuce, onion, and some sort of sauce.  It is very good, but a large portion that I'm not sure I'd ever be able to finish.

 

Tim, John, and Carleen waiting on our food.