Weekend News!

I didn't have much time at all to blog this weekend so I'm just going to update you on this past weekend all in one blog. Friday we cleaned house. After cleaning, the girl's stayed out all day playing with their friends. Saturday we went to the Volksfest Platz Carnival. It is right across the street from our housing area. So we were able to walk. We went to the carnival with some friends and everyone had a blast! We spent a lot of money while we were there, yet I plan to go back to the carnival with just the girl's sometime this week again.








Sunday night we went to the movies and saw Night At The Museum Battle Of The Smithsonian. It was a good movie!



Sunday night Joslyn spent the night at her friend, Joyce's house and Joyce's little sister DaSheta spent the night over here with Allison. A fun weekend!

Last Day of School

Today was the the girl's last day of 2nd and 4th grade! I was able to take one last picture of Joslyn and her friends at school, but I wasn't able to catch up with Allison. They had a fun-filled day!

I also received Moriah's swing in the mail today. So far she really likes it and I am able to do more around the house, while Moriah is entertained in her swing.

Yesterday I finally tried a new recipe! Joslyn has been dying for me to cook ribs, and I would always tell her we would have to wait until Philip came home so he could B-B-Que the ribs because I have no idea how to cook ribs. Well Wednesday I found a really good recipe on the Food Network website. It is Melt-In-Your-Mouth Barbecued Ribs by Robin Miller (I wish we would get the Food Network channel on cable over here, but we don't...I miss it a lot!) I tried it out yesterday and my little "food critics" Joslyn and Allison gave it 2 thumbs up!! I'm going to have to keep this recipe and use it a lot more. I can't wait to cook them for Philip when he comes home too! Its so easy and the meat just falls off the bone!

So Many Awards!

As Joslyn finishes 4th grade she had one last award ceremony. Joslyn did very well all year long. During her 4th grade year Joslyn experienced many changes in her life outside of school. She made a huge move, left all her friends and close family back in Texas, adjusted to living in another country, watched her Step-Dad leave for Iraq, welcomed a new little sister into the world and watched her dog leave for Texas (I was so glad to see that dog go back with my parents). Yet through all these changes Joslyn endured during 4th grade she kept an "A" average through the entire year. She was in the Talented and Gifted program, participated in the Science Club, made a Science project for the Science Fair, she is among the few at the top of the school's reading level, participated in the Art Show and she played Fall and Spring soccer. We will celebrate all her great success sometime this weekend. WAY TO GO BABY! MOMMA'S SOOOO VERY PROUD OF YOU!!

All "A's" Certificate and Reading Level Certificate

Certificate for making all "A's" for the entire year!

Certificates for participating in the Science Club and her participation in the Science Fair

Pictures

Moriah's Birth Announcement!

Moriah in her Daddy's hands!

Moriah Faith Windhorst!

Philip and his Baby Girl (she has her Daddy's hair)!

Derek Sholl

This past Saturday the girls and I went to the park behind our house to see Derek Sholl perform live. He is on his Armed Forces Entertainment Tour. I honestly had never heard of Derek Sholl. After hearing some of his songs I was impressed. We had a good time. Joslyn and Allison caught up with some of their friends while Moriah slept in her stroller and I had a beer. The girls got free autographed CD's from Derek and his band!

Memorial Day

Freedom Is Not Free
Kelly Strong

I watched the flag pass by one day.
It fluttered in the breeze.
A young Marine saluted it,
and then he stood at ease.
I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud,
He'd stand out in any crowd.
I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil?
How many mothers' tears?
How many pilots' planes shot down?
How many died at sea?
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
No, freedom isn't free.

I heard the sound of TAPS one night,
When everything was still
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times
That TAPS had meant "Amen,"
When a flag had draped a coffin
Of a brother or a friend.
I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.
I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves in Arlington.
No, freedom isn't free.


Thank you for your service Julian

Thank you for your service Dad

Thank you for your service Honey

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Dan Crow Concert

On Friday Dan Crow came to Schweinfurt Elementary. He sang CRAZY songs! The girls had so much fun singing along with Dan Crow and the other kids! They had a blast!!