Snippits...

Another week, full of good stuff.

It began with an invitation to our neighbor's place for homemade Knödel. Yum

Brad left Monday for 3 days away for a "Synod" mtg. with other churches in our denomination

Abby and I made Gingersnaps

3/4 cup softened butter

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup molasses

1 egg

2 cups flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp.salt

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. cloves

1 tsp. ginger

Mix all ingredients together. Roll into balls. Roll in sugar.  

Bake for 8-10 minutes in a 375 degree oven.

(Recipe compliments of my friend Sharbelle)

Mo took a field trip to school...it was Tiertag

It was the 3rd week of our "Intro to New City Wien" classes

Luke had 3 soccer games this week

 and Brad and I snuck in a breakfast date before our team meeting

Happy Flower Friday!

P.S. I totally want to do THIS

Piles...

This week we thought we would take advantage of all of the kiddos being back in school to switch the boys' bedrooms upstairs and move ours downstairs.  What a task!  And a mess!  It is like moving without moving.  We are stepping over pile after pile of clothes, toys, office supplies, new IKEA furniture and junk.  But there is progress.

Abby's room is about 99% done (as most of her things just stayed the same, she just inherited some of the boys closet space) and Levi's new room is also close to being finished... remember my little "oasis"? It is no longer mine :(  But when all is said and done, it will be better, as everyone will have a little more space of their own.  So stay tuned for pictures...hopefully I can post some next week.

This weekend we are headed to see our friend, Joanna, whom we haven't seen since she became Mrs. Luper :)  We will head to Budapest just for a night~ but it should be a nice break from the piles!

Happy Weekend and Flower Friday to you!

In case you were wondering...

Levi loves his new cereal bowl that we made on our date :)

A Happy "Flower Friday" to you too!

A little crafting and a Flower Friday...

I am glad it is Friday!  It has been a busy week, but I don't have many photos to show for it because Abby and I were hit hard with a stomach bug :(

But our 5 interns arrived safely with goodies in tow (Thanks Mrs. Kimball!) and we are glad they are here to help us this summer! (pictures to come soon)

Earlier this week, Levi came home with some crafts that he made it school...a cute hedgehog and a "garbage" man

And today after school Abby worked on this craft

AdOrAbLe!  Thanks Memoo for sending me the butterfly stamp :)

And here is my Flower Friday!

Painting Project and Flower Friday...

See these tiles with orange flowers...would not have been my choice, but we are renting our place, so they must stay

Enter in this 10 year old piece of Target furniture...

Levi wanted to be a big helper and paint, so I let him.  I figured that I didn't have much to lose.  He painted the entire thing (in his underwear, but I won't show you that part)

Here is the finished product...

Looks pretty good right? And the next time you take a trip to my bathroom and you see the orange toilet paper/magazine holder, may it bring a smile to your face knowing that my sweet 7 year old completed the task :)

and my Flower Friday