Sunday Funday!

What a beautiful day we had today. The sun was shining, the sky was clear and the air was cool. Our friend's, the Conwells came to church today too. The sermon was on Mark 9:17-21 We need to trust and have faith in our Savior! We were able to visit with the Conwell's after church while our kids snacked on fruits and drank juice in the fellowship hall. After church we had bible study. We finished up our study on Fireproof Your Marriage. It was a 6 week study. We recieved study books with weekly homework and we were also given the Love Dare book! Next Sunday we will begin a new bible study on the book of Revelations. Revelations has always scared me a bit. I really haven't spent much time in Revelations. So this study will be interesting. After church we made a quick run to the PX and bought a present for Allison's friend, Jaden. We went to the bowling alley again today for Jaden's 9th birthday party (we were at the bowling alley yesterday for Allison's cheer party). We had a great time visiting with friend's and visiting with Philip's co-workers. After the birthday party we went back to the PX and bought the girl's Easter dress and new swimming suits. Hopefully next weekend we will be able to go to the Silvana. When we came home (which was about 4pm) the girl's changed their clothes and rushed for the door and ran outside to meet up with their friends! Tonight Philip and I are going to watch the movie after the girl's are in bed! Have a Funday this Sunday!

Cheerleading Party!

This afternoon was Allison's cheer party at the bowling alley. Everyone had pizza, drinks and cake! Each of the girl's recieved a trophy, certificate and 2 free games of bowling! Allison had a wonderful season of cheering at all the basketball games! She really enjoys cheering! I'm so happy she had this experience. Way to go Allison!!

Staff Sergeant Windhorst!

Philip was promoted to Staff Sergeant (SSG) this afternoon. The ceremony took place in front of his company's building. Philip's entire company was in attendance (Charlie Company of 172nd Support Battalion) Allison took off Philip's old rank of Sergeant!

Joslyn put on Philip's new rank of Staff Sergeant!

I put on Philip's patrol cap. His patrol cap has his new rank on it.

We are so proud of Philip and his well deserved promotion!

Not Much Going on Today

I don't have much planned for today. I am going to the commissary to get some ingredients I need for dinner tonight. Italian Herb Chicken in the crock pot. I am thinking about maybe running my car through the car wash. However I looked on weatherchannel.com and we may have a snow shower on Saturday. So I'm not sure if I will wash my car or wait until next week. This week is Dr. Seuss Week at the girl's school. Monday was crazy hat day. Allison wore a candy corn hat and Joslyn didn't want to participate (she is at that age now). Tuesday was stripes day. Both girl's wore striped turtlenecks. Today is green day. Joslyn and Allison are wearing green shirts. Tomorrow is crazy socks day. On Friday the kids can dress like any Dr. Seuss character. Allison is all game. She wants to dress up like the character on the cover of the book The Foot Book (Thanks Susan Pennington for the book)! So later this afternoon I will run up to the kid's toy store around the corner from us and see what they have. Maybe look around for some orange pants and orange shirt. At times like these is when I especially would like to be back in the states. Here is a picture of Philip wearing his new glasses/goggles to work (the army calls it Protective Gear). We are still not sure when his promotion ceremony will happen. It will be sometime this month. Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Joslyn and The Miami Heat

This winter season Joslyn and a few of her friends were brave enough to play basketball, a sport they had never played before. When the basketball season first started back in November Joslyn and her friends were some what excited. Joslyn and her 3 friends were sure they would all be on the same team together. When the list of teams and players were posted on the gym wall all 4 girls were devastated. Joslyn and her friends were on 4 different teams. They all waned to quit basketball right then and there. However each mother was able to convince our daughters to stick it out and finish the season. Joslyn grew to really enjoy basketball. Practices were every Tuesday and Thursday from 4:30-6pm. I was able to drop Joslyn and her friends off at practice and another parent would drop her off at home. Games were on Saturdays. She learned a lot about the sport, improved her game, and was not ready for the basketball season to come to an end. I'm proud of Joslyn and her dedication (she always made sure I was ready to leave our house at 4:15 for fear of having to run extra laps if she was late to practice)and her strong desire to be better at basketball. Joslyn's team, The Miami Heat finished the season 8-1!! They went to the playoffs and lost the 2nd game.
Saturday the team had a pizza party at the bowling alley. Joslyn's coach, Coach Jackson gave each player a medal and trophy!

Sunshine Award

A super sweet award from my long time friend Robyn. Thanks Robyn!
I am supposed to pass the award to other blog friends. Go visit their blogs and say "hi" if you don't know them!
Sarah L.
Sarah Smith

Garmisch, Germany in the Alps!

The last weekend in January our family traveled to Garmisch, Germany. Garmish is surrounded by the Alps. It is so beautiful. We stayed at the Edelweiss Lodge and Resort. It was amazing. On Saturday we had plans to visit the Neuschwanstein Castle but the weather was so bad, that we decided to go try our luck at skiing instead. Philip and the girls had so much fun skiing! They all caught on super fast. Joslyn and Allison had a couple bruises from the falls they endured, but is was all in fun! After our skiing adventure we took a lift up the side of one of the mountains and had warm soup at one of the restaurants. It was beautiful. We ended our day with a dip in the outdoor hot tub, surrounded by beautiful snow. Our family plans to return to Garmisch in the Spring or Summer and visit the Neuschwanstein Castle.