Bratislava

I got to attend the European Vision Workshop put on by Sunset International Bible Institute in Bratislava in October. It was such an encouraging time with great fellowship, faith-challenging talks and special time with Mom. The singing was so good. A little piece of heaven.

 

Mom came to visit!

  

It was great to have Mom here! Nolan and I got to pick her up from the airport. We were supposed to meet her at Subway. We went to Subway (which had gone out of business), no Mom. I looked for her flight on the big sign, no flight. Hmmmm....I decided to walk back to Subway just in case. There she was! We had somehow passed each other.

 

Since Elliot was in school, we didn't do anything spectacular. Just everyday things. Church, potluck, visit the mother-in-law, etc. Unfortunately Mom got sick about 3-4 days before she was supposed to go home--a bad cold. Sorry, Mom!

 

One of our highlights was Bratislava! A once and a lifetime trip! Stay tuned for the next post!

 

Wedding

We attended a wedding of a couple from church. We enjoyed the afternoon--it was a bit windy and chilly but still neat to see everyone! It just melted my heart to see all my boys in suit jackets! They all looked so sharp!

 

Favorite picture of the boys!

Elliot is seven!

Our big boy is seven!!! We can't believe it! He is such a joy!

Unfortunately, I didn't get too many pictures. I was sick with the hand, foot, mouth disease and couldn't go to his birthday party. Papi did a great job though!

Thanks, Granna!

We got him a office stool for doing his homework.

Fall

The boys love gathering chestnuts!

Getting some new teeth!

So many leaves!!!

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It's been a beautiful fall!

A fun Saturday, school and random pictures

 A friend invited us to a go cart park and the boys enjoyed playing around!

Elliot did the driving--Nolan couldn't drive a straight line. :)

 

Nolan drew a picture!

Our balcony

 

 A ladybug walking on Nolan's arm

 

Elliot's first letter--M

He said twos were hard...



Nolan is getting interested in puzzles!

Nolan wanted to do homework...

Nolan's ones...:):):)

Schulanfang

We had a wonderful Schulanfang for Elliot!  It was just the four of us for the morning ceremony at the school officially welcoming Elliot to school. We had a coffee and cake time for family and friends at the church building in the afternoon. It was a lot of work but I think everyone enjoyed themselves.

 

His eyes just couldn't keep still!



One of my favorite pictures of the day! Elliot with his Zuckertüte!

Opening his Zuckertüte--I made sure it had no candy in it!

The food table at the church building

His cake--it was delicious!!

Walking to school on Monday morning

School bus



Those blue eyes!

Museum in Chemnitz

About a year ago, we went to the Naturkunde Museum in Chemnitz with Granna. Elliot loved it because of the stuffed lion they have there. Since then, he has wanted to go back. I took the boys and we had a really nice afternoon!

 

A stuffed grizzly--Nolan was too scared to stand by it.

The lion used to live in the Tierpark Chemnitz.

Nice Microscopes with different rocks and fossils.

Waiting for the volcano simulation to start