Our Life

Our Home:

I know you are all jealous of the size. It is huge!

Our Kitchen:

See the whole 2 burners we have! Also note the can of spaghetti sauce. We have been eating a lot of that and also a lot of Hamburger Helper, Chicken Helper, and other easy one pot meals. You can't do much else with 2 burners, one pot and one small skillet and no spices or sauces and stuff. We don't have room to haul those around every weekend. We will be so happy to have a real home cooked meal when we return!

Our Dining Room:

Kinda cute, huh?

Our Closets

We live out of our suitcases. These have taken quite the beating the last 2 months! We unpack every Sunday night and pack up every Thursday night. We have to take everything with us because we check out every weekend so that we can travel Europe.

Our Lake

This beautiful lake is a 5 minute walk from our home.

Our Park

This park is right behind the lake. The playground is a little scary, but Zack stays away from it. He only climbs as high as he feels comfortable. If you turn the metal wheel, water comes out of a little spout and down the long metal pipe. Zack loves this!

Our Race Track

Zack uses the pipe as a race track for his cars and a river for his boats.

Our Sand

Zack also loves playing in the sand. Our sand sparkles. Plus mixed with the water, it makes great sand castles!


Our Drinking Fountain

We were so excited to find a drinking fountain. They are very sparse here. But when we got closer, we decided not to drink from it. Zack thought it was great!

Our Right Lake

This is the other side of the lake. Very Pretty!

Our Grocery Store:

Unfortunately, this is not as cheap as everyone says it is. But we are happy that we can find familiar food.

Our Car:

Okay, this is a picture of our car, but it is what our car looks like. I just keep forgetting to grab a pic of it. We love it! It is a very nice vehicle. Plus it has a great GPS. We would literally be lost without it!

Our Laundry Room

This is also just a picture of another laundromat. Ours is much smaller. It is wonderful to have all the clothes cleaned and folded in less than 2 hours. But the clothes never get as clean as they use too. It is not so fun to keep 2 boys entertained in a little room that is usually crowded with people. Plus it totally stinks to have to pay to clean your clothes. I know we pay for the water and stuff at home. But it just seems silly to pay $1.25 for a small load and then at least $0.50 to dry them. It is also no fun hauling all the clothes to and from the mat. I will be ecstatic to have my own washing machine when I get home.

Our Funner Than a Park:
Since we are in such a little room with not so many toys, there is a lot of wrestling and playing around the room. The boys love to ride us as a horse, or a nay as Zack calls them. Zack and I are getting very good at playing the drums on the garbage cans and make quite the marching band. We have a lot of fun together. The other day while Steve, Zack and Josh were playing, Zack shouted "Dad is funner than a park!" Pretty cute boys!

Our Friends:

It is crazy that we had to come to the other side of the world to meet a wonderful family that lives in our same city! But they have been wonderful friends! We are so lucky to have them here with us. They have made this experience that much better. Thanks, Hunters, for letting us hang out with y'all!