Last Soccer Games of the Spring Season

Today Joslyn and Allison played their last soccer games of the Spring season! This was Allison first time playing soccer or any organized sport for that matter and she did such an awesome job! She played every minute of every game! Joslyn did an awesome job as well! She made a total of 5 goals for the season! The girls are looking forward to playing Fall soccer (we hope to be back in the states this Summer so the girl's won't be able to play Summer soccer here in Germany)

ALLISON #40 ORANGE TIGERS!







JOSLYN #17 BLACK FIRE!

Passover Meal

Today at my weekly bible study we participated in a Seder Meal. It was a great experience. The Seder Meal is a Jewish ritual feast. It was neat to eat the symbolic food from the Seder Plate(We drank grape juice instead of wine) For the green vegetable we had parsley and dipped it into salt water- that was sooo salty! The green vegetable is a symbol of Springtime and the miracle of nature's renewal. The salt water is to remind us of the salty tears shed by the captured Israelites and each of us in times of sorrow.

We then had Matzah, which is the bread of poverty, the Jewish ancestors ate in the land of Egypt.

We spilled some "wine" (grape juice) to remind us of the many evils God saved the Jews from.

We had a small chicken leg to remind us of the blood of the lamb that saved the home from death of the first born.

We had bitter herbs to remind us of how hard and bitter the Egyptians made the Jews lives.

I really enjoyed the meals' meaning. We sang songs and read some scriptures from the bible. We wont meet next week because of Spring Break and who knows if I will be at our April 15th Bible Study because I should have Moriah!

38 Weeks Pregnant with my Baby Girl

I went to the Dr today for my 38 week check-up. Everything is fine. Joslyn and Allison went with me today since my appointment was after they got out of school. They were in awe of hearing Moriah's heartbeat and hearing her move around inside the womb. The Doctor came in and showed the girls and I images of Moriah on the ultrasound computer. He says she will weigh between 7 and 8 pounds when she is born! About the same as Joslyn and Allison...thank goodness she won't weigh as much as Philip did when he was born- a whopping 10 pounds!! I have a video of her on our Flickr site. Its not as good as I thought it would be, but we only have 2 more weeks before we can see Moriah face to face!! Too excited!

Homemaker Monday

My friend's are doing this on their blogs so I decided to try it too!


On my bedside table:
The girl's library books, a book I'm still reading-The Next Door Savior, a little reading light, and my cell phone

On my TV:
CNN

On the menu for tonight:
Spaghetti. I dont have much energy to cook at all these last couple weeks, I'll be ready to cook better meals after I have this baby!

On my To Do List:
Tomorrow- Laundry day! Clean house, Dr. Appointment...the rest of the week- Bible study, PTA meeting, Soccer games, Parents come, shop for girl's Easter baskets!

New Recipe I tried last week:
I'm really not trying anything new. I'll wait until after this baby comes when I have more energy!

In the craft basket:
Nothing

Looking forward to:
having the baby this month, family coming, and the dog going back to Texas!

Homemaking Tip for this week:
set one day of the week aside just for laundry!!

Blog Post of the week:
I like reading my friends blogs, maybe one day my husband will keep a blog from down range!


Favorite photo from last week:
Last week we celebrated the 100th day of the deployment! The girl's and I went to Kessler Gym for some fun and food! This is a picture of Allison and her friend sliding down one of the bouncers. They did this over and over and over again!


Lesson learned the past few days:
Buy all the laundry detergent I need for Laundry Day on Sunday!

On my Prayer List:
My husband, My girl's(all 3 of them), Family, Friends, My faith!

Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:
Getting closer to Good Friday....Because Jesus shed His blood for me I am free from punishment!

Back to Blogging!

A lot has happened since my last blog. My 2 sweet neighbors downstairs gave me a baby shower. They provided everything for the shower, all I had to do was invite friends and show up! It was so nice and I'm so thankful they did this for Philip and I.




The Black Fire- Joslyn's soccer team and the Orange Tiger's- Allison's soccer team played against each other. Joslyn's team won 3-2! It was fun to watch. Both girls played the entire game!



Allison had an award ceremony at school this past week. At the Wilbur Award Ceremony Allison recieved a certificate for improving her reading skills. Along with recognition, a certificate and ice cream from the principle I gave her a cute little elephant. I tried to find a piggy since the Pig is her mascot but I couldn't find a pig. She was thrilled and I'm so proud of her!





I am 37 weeks pregnant. In 2 days I will be 38 weeks. Only 2 more weeks to go!!

A Nice Weekend

The girls and I started this weekend off with the monthly 172nd Battalion potluck. The dinner theme was Italian. Our company was responsible for bring side dishes. I brought Cesar pasta salad to share. The girls and I played BINGO in hopes of winning one of the 10 crystal prizes. Allison did get a BINGO, but she won a basket full of chocolate candy. So now we have Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's Day and St. Patric's Day candy with Easter just right around the corner!! Friday night Joslyn spent the night at her friend, Mia's house. On Saturday Joslyn went to Discovery Lego land with Mia and her mom. They went with an organization called B.O.S.S. (I could have gone with Allison, but I am not in any condition to take a bus ride for about 3 hours and be on my feet all day. I'll start taking trips through B.O.S.S. after the baby is born and I have most of my strength and energy back.) Joslyn had a blast!! Of course I don't have any pictures to share, but we will go to Lego land as a family someday. Saturday Allison and I went downtown and shopped. I also recieved a phone call from the commissary. I entered my name in a drawing and they told me my name had been drawn and I WON Guitar Hero 3!! I was so excited, I dont even know how to play the game, but I was just so excited I had won something! Then Saturday night Allison and I went to a neighbor's house for a Mary-Kay party. It was at one of Allison's classmate's houses so Allison had a good time with her friend while I sampled and bought some make-up. I promised the girls that if I had money left over from getting my car fixed and paying our monthly bills I would buy the Wii for them. So Sunday after church we went to the PX and I bought the Wii. I also gave the girls a heads-up that I might not be able to figure out how to hook the system up, so they may have to wait until Philip comes home next month. Well the girls helped me out a lot! They knew EXCATLEY what they were doing and most likely could have hooked the system up themselves. They knew everything! I didn't even look at the instructions. They were amazing (they saw their dad hook-up his Wii back in Texas) It was amazing! The girls were off from school today (teacher work day) so the girls came along with me while I ran a few errands. We went to the Schweinfurt "Hot-Spot"...the new mall !! We haven't been to a mall since we left the states- so almost 9 months now. It was very nice, even the parking was easy (Im not sure how it is on the weekends though, we will find out next Saturday, I plan to go back) The girls and I looked around a bit and bought another Wii remote. We had a nice weekend!

As Good as New!

After a total of $850 my car is fixed! I'm so happy! I took my car to the car wash and then the girls and I did a little detail job on the inside. I have not vacuumed the inside of my car since my car arrived in Germany! It feels like a brand new car now! I'm just so thankful it is fixed. I would feel my anxiety rise every time I drove somewhere. I was so worried my car would just break down somewhere and I would be without a car. I'm so blessed and thankful I had the funds to have the car fixed especially before my parents come in a couple weeks as well as before the baby arrives.