Nymphenburg

This was taken from the Euro tour web-site....

Munich guided sightseeing tour. Nymphenburg palace: lots of good, beautiful paintings, room of beauties. Crazy drivers! I have never seen so many u turns in my life. Also I went to the bathroom next to a computer hard drive. The food was good though and not to expensive. Dachau: To be completely honest we are speechless. The feeling as we walked in was one I will never forget. Everything was just silence even the talkative girls hushed their voices. As we drive away the only thing I wish more from the experience was more time. From being there I have a sense of sadness but I am also determined to do all in my power to keep the holocaust known so it will never happen again. However words will never be able to describe the experience. After visiting Dachau we went back to Marienplatz and did more shopping and exploring. It was fun and unique. For dinner we went to Hard Rock Cafe; the food was awesome! On our way home we took the tram and called it a night.*****Devan, Sara & Angelica****

Rebecca's Euro Trip

Somewhere in Germany...

Sometime yesterday...

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I haven't seen any of Rebecca's pix on her site yet, so here's one from the tour web site.

Dad

Busy Weekend

This is a busy weekend. Rebecca has a softball tournament. James won 3 events in the Hershey Relays in Sioux Center and has qualified to run in the State meet at Marshalltown, Iowa. Michael has a baseball tournament. I work. At times like this, it would be nice to be a stay at home(although traveling with kids) Mom. I'm jealous Janet! I just hope everyone tries their best and enjoys what they are doing.

This and That

It's rainy and cool out today here.
Michael has strep throat and is now on antibiotics. He stayed home from school yesterday and today.
Loren is spreading manure today.
JANET, notice the new paragraphs that are indented for each new thought. :):):) Do you think Charity will notice?
By the way, it would be fun to meet at Worlds of Fun with anyone who can make it.....sometime when it's not quite so cold and rainy though. Let us know when you all plan to go and we'll see if we can swing it.

The snow is melting!!! YEAH!!! We can see the gravel driveway. It's not all gone yet but it is 50 degrees out and we see some lawn!!! The cats don't huddle around the drier vent as much....And I found a fly IN THE HOUSE. A sure sign of spring. :)

The flu bug bit

When Michael came home saying that 1/2 of his class was sick with the flu, I knew it'd be a matter of time before it came here. Michael and Charity and I are the only ones not feeling sick yet. Mark and Sarah, and Phil and Judy have left on vacation. Charity is sitting for Andrew and Casey at their house. Andrew was sick when Mark and Sarah left and now Casey is also sick. James was sick on Friday and stayed home from school. He is still running fever today, Sunday, February 17. Sarah started running fever today. Loren and Rebecca are not running fevers yet but are not feeling real good either. Oh well. Makes life interesting. :) Jolene

Frosting on our Trees

The dense fog and the bit of snow we had made our trees beautiful. It has been icy here but is getting better.

Eugene, James, Michael and Dillon went tubing at Inspiration Hills. The snow was just right for tubing.

James and Michael and Derek had a Snow Derby with the Cadets. They had to start their own fire, pitch a tent, treat someone with a "broken" leg, and tie two different kinds of knots. There were several Cadet groups from the surrounding areas. Each group had to bring their own supplies and try to finish first.