Another Weekend Update

Hello my lovely friends! How was your weekend?

Ours was a busy one, but a great one! We were definitely not ready for Monday to roll around so quickly!! Here's what we were up to:

Friday we helped a friend put together some furniture in his new apartment, which is located in our building. We spent several hours hanging out, helping him unpack a little, drinking some good German beer and eating pizza! Yum.

Saturday we headed for a day trip to Limburg, a town about 40 minutes away. Limburg is an adorable little medieval town and of course I captured a couple of pictures.

A wine festival was going on in Limburg this weekend, and as no surprise, we stopped to try some local trocken Riesling. This vineyard/winery Mohr had a very tasty wine, which we enjoyed for the rest of the afternoon.

After we left Limburg we headed back toward home, but stopped on the way so I could capture a couple shots of Jon. I was trying some new things with my camera in preparation for my shoot on Sunday. Here are some of my favorites.

Sunday was the day of my shoot with Georgina, Josh and their new baby Addie. I got up early, jotted down a couple of notes to remember while taking the shots and we headed out at 10:30 to meet up with them. It was a beautiful day outside and I was extremely happy for the great weather! We did several shots inside and then made our way outside to a near by park to take some outdoor shots.

I took over 450 pictures during the shoot and afterward spent the rest of the afternoon and into the evening looking through them and editing them. For my first attempt at this, I was really pleased with the outcome. Althought I have A LOT to learn, I had a such a fun time and I look forward to taking more pictures. I can't wait to show them to Georgina and Josh! I hope they're very happy with their photographs.

Check back tomorrow, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from the shoot.

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. This week is a busy one, full of softball games and tournaments.

I'll leave you with a sneak peak.

Isn't this the most precious face:

Have a great Monday everyone!

Some Random Things

1. I think my husband was a hobbit, or elf, (or whatever those things are), in a past life.

He loves tiny doors....

and tiny cars.
Silly guy ;)

2. Jon and Steph are some happy campers at the moment! We got to watch the first three episodes of season 2 True Blood. Thank you technology! (We don't get HBO in Germany.)

Can I get a HOLLER! or holla..... anyway we're super stoked for this season. The first episodes were great as usual and have left us craving for more.... darn vampire shows/books.

3. The 4th of July is this weekend. Sadly, the forecast calls for rain and thunderstorms all weekend, starting tonight! Yippie for German weather. This will be the first time in 26 years that I haven't seen or done some sort of firework display. Weird! I stupidly asked a German the other day, "Will there be fireworks anywhere for the 4th of July," and she replied.... "why?"
DUH Steph, why would Germany celebrate America's Independence?
Oh well at least we got to see a little firework show at Elton John on Tuesday night.
I guess I'll just have to rock out with my matching t-shirt and short set for the 4th of July on my own.

Yup, that's my brother and me!

4. I finally hung some of our pictures from Paris. I think they bring a nice touch of added color to our dining room.

5. I think we've finally found a buyer for our home in Norman. It's only been ONE YEAR (darn economy) since we've had it on the market. Please keep your fingers crossed for Jon and me, as it would really be a HUGE weight off our shoulders to finally sell it.

6. Jon and I are investing in some fans tonight. There are no air conditioners in homes here and to say we're VERY hot is an understatement. It is 80 degrees with 61% humidity. This morning when I woke up the humidity was 82%. Whew, are we back in Oklahoma or something? So it is definitely time to buy some fans. Our bedroom is 79 degrees right now. Needless to say we've been stripped down to our skivvies at night. Can you blame a girl?? ;)

Hope you all have a great Thursday!

A Couple of Things....

First.....

My real life friend Sarah is doing a giveaway on her blog! Check it out, she has some super cute stuff. The awesome thing about her giveaway is you get to choose the perfect gift for you from a list of items and have it monogrammed! How cool is that?? So head over to her blog and enter her giveaway!!

Second.....

I was tagged from another wonderful friend Jenny.Lee. Thank you Jenny, this made my day!

Here are the rules: These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbon of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.

I am giving this award to:

Learning to be a Wife
Mrs. G.I. Joe
Living Our Own Fairytail
Windowboxes and Weissbier
Mr. and Mrs. in Training
Lesley
Just Another Day in Paradise
French Kiss

And I award everyone else, because really I have made so many wonderful friends through the blogging world! What a great blogging world it is ;)

Third........

I was looking back at our pictures from Ireland and came to the conclusion that I must have a thing for doors. What do you think?

No wonder Jon kept asking me why I was taking another picture of a door. I have 20 pictures of just doors!! Oh well I just love them and the fact that they are painted so bright and colorful in Dublin. I had to take pictures of them!

I hope you all have a wonderful Friday! Thank goodness the weekend is finally here!