Greetings from Germany...

I`m writing from a confessional at a monastery in Germany. The whole place with all of its buildings have been restored as a hotel resort and this beautifully carved confessional booth has been set up in the lobby as their public internet access for their guests - really neat!

So far most of our trip has consisted of tours of various factories, etc of the Claas company which is the company that builds the combine we are using in our farm operation. It has been impressive and informative and this is our last night in this area of Germany. Tomorrow we head south for a couple of more typical tourist type of days.

This morning was open for the ladies and so I chose to rent a bicycle and off I went for two and a half hours. I did get a little lost but it was an adventure that I won`t forget. I saw much of the countryside and even stopped for a coffee and danish at a little bakery. Germany has bicycle paths everywhere and so it was a pleasure- especially coming from a rural area that has gravel roads...let alone paved bicycle trails! And I took lots of pictures.

Cute...

Funny expression...

So do you think he's enjoying his school work or is this really a pained grimace?

Germany...here we come!

I may have to pinch myself...because I'm having trouble believing I'm really going to Germany in a few days - leaving Saturday. Part of the trip is a tour of Claas which is the parent company of Lexion/Caterpillar combines. They are flying us over for a week that will also include some sightseeing along the Rhine river and the Cologne Cathedral. This is the first big trip L. and I have taken without our boys since...well since we had the boys *grin*. And the first time either of us have been across the ocean.

So stay tuned for pictures and updates of our trip.

Indescribable

It's soooooo cold today! But I'm not complaining....no sirree! It's a great day to stay home, read and in my case I had the chance to work on the song I'm singing tomorrow "Indescribable" by Laura Story and Jesse Reeves. If you don't know the song, here it is sung by Chris Tomlin.

I've arranged it quite differently but I'm hoping it will go over well - to capture just a little of just how indescribable God is.

And here's a link to a message by Louis Giglio that in entitled "Indescribable".

I'm excited to be starting with this next week...

Believing God: Experiencing a fresh explosion of faith! (Beth Moore)

Can't wait!

Last night was a 'ladies' night out" at our church. It was a really nice light-hearted evening. I (and the evening's organizer) ended up dressed up in toilet paper and pink tissue paper. She looked cute - I'm sure 'cute' wouldn't have been the word for me - no offense to the ladies' dressing me up.

Today was an awesome "I have nothing up" kind of day that I got to catch up with some house work. So now, I'm going to grab a cup of coffee and a book and enjoy a few minutes before supper.

The finsihing touches....

And VOILA!

It was a mild day and I thought the snow should be good to pack into snowballs. Was I wrong! I don't know how many buckets of water I brought outside that afternoon but in the end we managed to make this little guy!

The cutest snowangels ever...

R7 and two of his cousins. I especially got a kick out of the cousin who tried this face down!

A Note about the pictures currently in my photo album...

It was really cool to be part of a band backing Keith Kitchen for the launching of his new CD, "Broomtree". I had just got my new keyboard a few weeks before we started working on it and it was a really great way to break it in. Here's his website: http://www.keithkitchenmusic.com/. You can listen to some of his songs and you might even spot me in the video in the gallery a time or two!

Field trip...

I'm amazed at how weather has been nasty all over the place this week. PEI has an ice storm. Lots of snow and miserable weather is heading to Ontario and the Maritimes. We've just had some of the coldest weather in years - down to -57 degrees celsius (-70 F). The schools were closed for three days but everything was back to normal today and off I went to spend a day giving music lessons at the elementary school.

Tomorrow, a group of us are touring the post office. My boys can't wait to see what's on the 'other side' of our post boxes *grin* They both spent the evening making something special to send in the mail - so they're all stamped and ready to go.