Preschool...

Whitney: I've been attending preschool for a couple of weeks now. I go to preschool with 2 other friends and we rotate whose house it is at each week. We have it two mornings each week and our moms are the teachers. Each week we learn about a different letter and have a different theme for each day. Last week we learned about the letter D, eating healthy food, and good hygiene. Here are some pictures from my first day of preschool!

Sprechen sie deutsche?

Guten tag! No sprechen sie deutsche, but we better learn some soon. Daddy says we're moving to Germany next summer! You will have to come visit us! The first picture shows on the map the town where we are moving (Landstuhl), the second a picture of that town (notice the remains of the Nanstein castle on the hill), and third is a cool castle in Bavaria, Germany that we'll have to visit.

Neptune festival...

So we went to the beach again yesterday. Did we mention how great it is living so close to the beach? There was a big festival going on down at the boardwalk at Virginia beach so Mom took us down there with some friends. It also meant there was a lot of traffic and it took a long time to find a place to park. I kept asking Mommy why we couldn't just park where we'd been stopped for awhile and she said something about how parking in the middle of the street was not allowed. We walked around the festival for awhile but then headed down to the beach to play in the sand. The coolest thing we saw were these huge sand castles. (Mom will post a picture once she gets them developed this week.)Maybe one day I can make a sandcastle that big!

The missionaries..

Whitney: The other night Mom was going out on an exchange with the sister missionaries. While getting in the car to take us to our friends house, I took the opportunity to teach the missionaries about repentance. I told them, "My friend hits me and that's not nice so...then Jesus does his thing."

Dolphin watching...

Whitney: On Saturday, we headed down to Virginia Beach with some friends we've met through Daddy's work. We headed out on a boat tour to see Atlantic Bottlenose dolphins swimming in the ocean. It was really cool as some of them swam right next to the boat. Afterwards we walked over to the beach to play in the sand and waves. My favorite part at the beach was swimming and floating in my life jacket out in the big waves with my mommy.

Maren: I had fun crawling around in the sand and water and trying to do everything the big kids were doing.

Whitney: After the beach, our friends came over for dinner and to play. It was a long day but super fun.

Berry picking...

Last month we went down to Virginia Beach to pick blueberries and blackberries. We enjoyed all the fresh berries. It was a fun day but hot and humid. Here are a few fun shots!

Recent pictures..

Here are some recent pictures for the last roll of film that mom developed!