Eliza's 2 Year Pictures

Our good friend Dani bought this outfit for Eliza's birthday and I knew that she would wear it for her pictures! Our friend Valerie took me & Eliza down to Trier and we had some pictures in front of the Roman baths and the others in front of the "Pink Palace". The pictures turned out incredible, I just can't believe my baby is 2!

Eliza's Birthday Party!

I can't believe my baby is 2! We had a Little Einsteins birthday for Eliza and we set up a baby pool and sprinkler ball in the backyard. The day was beautiful and everything went really well! Even my attempt at a Rocket cake went better than I expected! Within 30 minutes of everyone leaving it was pouring down rain, I couldn't believe it! Eliza had a great time, loves all of her presents and was able to cover herself in cake frosting! All in all it was a great day!

Disneyland Paris

One more Disney park checked off! We never thought we would ever really go to Disneyland Paris even though we wanted to. We had fun but it wasn't the Disney experience we've come to know and love. I'm sure we'll go back again but we'll be more prepared this time around and we'll definitely go during a different time of the year. I do love seeing all the differences in the different parks and seeing the attractions that are exclusive to that particular park. For instance, under the castle they have a dragon's lair with an animatronic dragon that really moves! It's incredible! Also, their Haunted Mansion is called Phantom Manor and has more of an Old West feel than a deep south mansion. Their Space Mountain actually goes upside down about 3 times! But, I do love the comfort of having rides exactly as I know them like Peter Pan and Snow White! Anyway, the kids had a blast and even though we won't be going back anytime soon, we will go back eventually! We were able to drive into Paris our last day there and grab a shot of the Eifel Tower before getting lost for 3 hours (no kidding). Take a look at my Picasa Album and look at ALL the pictures we took! Enjoy!

Disney Day on Base

How perfect was it that the base decided to do Disney Family Day on base the day before we left for Disneyland Paris? I thought it was just too good to be true! They showed Disney movies for the kids, had a trivia cntest for the adults and had a costume contest, of course! Dan and I tied with 2 other people for the trivia contest, Eliza won the kids costume contest and I won the costume contest for the adults (of course I was the only adult dressed up but whatever!). It was a lot of fun and a perfect way to start off our Disney week!

Bitburg Folk Festival

We ventured out to Bitburg's Annual Folk Festival complete with beer keg races! The base fire department actually entered the race against the Germans, it was pretty funny. I love going to the local festivals because they always have great entertainment and really cool craft booths. We got Kristian a handmade wooden sword and the guy burnt Kristian's name onto the blade, too cool! They had a full on biergarten and had dancers from different countries performing. We stopped by one of the many German bakeries before we left and Eliza devoured the roll we got her! We really had a lot of fun! The last picture is when we went out to dinner with some friends that night, Eliza was really into her spaghetti and wanted to make sure she got every last bit, too funny!

Happy 4th of July!

Just wanted to wish everyone a happy 4th! Hope you all had some awesome food, fun & fireworks. I know we sure did! Love you all!

Pool Time!

The kids had their first "pool day" in our new state of the art blow up pool! LOL Of course they think it's the coolest thing in the world and absolutely had a blast until it was time to come in. Here are some pics, enjoy!