Finally! The Spa!

Today Joslyn and Allison's father came and picked them up and will have the girls at his house for the next week. The girl's were very happy to see their dad and half sister, Nessa. After Jason came to pick the girls up my best friend Noemi came and picked me up. My mom took care of Moriah for me. Noemi and I had lunch together, and then we went to the Spa and had a manicure and pedicure! I was so happy! I have gone a entire year without a manicure or pedicure. It is extremely expensive in Germany. Then we went shopping. It was so nice to go shopping again with Noemi. After an afternoon of shopping we went out to eat for dinner with Philip's parents and my parents. What a wonderful day of relaxing and fun shopping!

Summer Night Swimming!

Joslyn and Allison just could not wait another day to go swimming so last night we went to Grandma Norma's house and the girl's went for a little swim. My mom went with us and got in the pool too. They had a good time and the girl's are looking forward to swimming a lot more through out the summer!

TEXAS!

We finally made it back to Texas after living in Germany for about 1 year!! What an adventure...the girls and I flew ALL day Monday. We left our home in Germany at 6am Monday morning and didn't get to San Antonio until 10:30pm Monday night! We were greeted by some of our "Fan Club" in the San Antonio Airport. Philip's parents, Norma and David, Philip's Grandpa and his wife, Philip's brother, Frank and my parents! Moriah was given a gold bracelet with her name engraved on it and on the inside of the bracelet it is engraved "From GGPA 4-16-09" (GGPA-Great Grandpa). Such a spoiled little princess already!
MORIAH'S FIRST PLANE RIDE

PUTTING ON HER NEW BRACELET

Tuesday the girls and I went to WAL-MART for the first time in 1 year! I almost lost my mind. The girls and I were going crazy and wanted to buy so many clothes! I controlled myself and only spent $100. Later Tuesday night we met up with our good friends, Tom and Sue Carter as well as my best friend Noemi and her son Nathan and we all ate dinner at Chris Madrid's. We had good American hamburgers. It was so delicious!
JOSLYN, NATHAN, ALLISON AT CHRIS MADRID'S


Today I went to the Social Security Office and finally applied for Moriah's social security number. Then my mom, the girls and I all did more shopping! We are just having a blast in Texas!!

Carnival and Movie

Yesterday the girls and I went back to the Carnival one last time. We didn't stay very long because it began to rain and it was cold.
The girls are deciding on which chocolate covered fruit they want...so many choices!


After the Carnival the girls and I went to the movies to see "UP". It just came out in our theater over here! It was a very cute movie!! We all enjoyed it!

New Summer Hair Style & Party!

Today Joslyn had a hair appointment. I had 3 inches cut off the bottom and long layers throughout her hair. She loves it! Joslyn says it feels much better and she was looking at her reflection everywhere we went today!

The Back - Before Haircut
The Front - Before Haircut

The Back - After Haircut

The Front - After Haircut

After Joslyn's hair appointment we went to our neighbor's Princess Birthday Party. Elizabeth turned 4 years old!

German Strawberries!!

This morning the girls and I joined a group from the Chapel and went out to a strawberry field to pick strawberries. Joslyn and Allison brought a basket and bucket to fill with strawberries. Allison was in heaven (she LOVES strawberries)!! Allison filled her bucket to the brim with strawberries! The girls had so much fun finding nice, red, plump, fat, strawberries and then picking them. After we picked strawberries we went to lunch with the group. The restaurant had a play ground where the kids could play while we waited for our food. It was fun! Now I have sooo many strawberries...I need to look up strawberry recipes!

The Patriarchs

Today I began my 2nd week of Beth Moore's bible study The Patriarchs! I'm extremely happy to be involved in a Beth Moore bible study, even if I have done this study before. I enjoy the fellowship and digging in deep in God's Word with the women at the chapel! Moriah attends the bible study with me while Joslyn and Allison attend Character Camp at the chapel. They played games, made a book about God's creation and had snacks! We all look forward to Wednesday mornings!