Longest Day of the Year!

(the picture above in the middle is our place where we’re currently living)

literally…i guess june 21st is the sommer solstice so that explains why it is 9:30 at night as i type this and outside it looks like its noon! geez…putting brynn to bed was NOT FUN as her room was fully lit and she was fighting me to get in her crib. wish i had those roladins like every other person in germany has! is our apartment the only place in this area without them? yeah, the 3 layers of ghetto sheets over her windows arent doing their job at keeping it dark in her room…

so yeah, other than that, things are puuurdy good here. steve and i headed down to landstuhl/ramstein area today to looks at bikes (he really wants to get a trek bike so he can pull brynn behind him in one of those trailers) and checkout the sale that european country living was having. DUDE! i love that store! i wish i could get everything they carry! we did however put money down on a table and bench (we couldnt decide on what chairs would look best…so rather then getting something we didnt like, we decided to hold off and check back in the next few months to see if they get any different styles in) as with the sale and a VAT form we saved about 40%. we are super excited about this table! cant wait to see how it looks in our place. im not into the antiques that a lot of people get while here, so im happy to have found a store thats more of my style; simple and clean.

http://www.europeancountryliving.de/

we had an american family move in this past week to the apartment behind us and they are super rad. they have 3 girls (ages 4, 7, and 13? cant remember…) and are really laid back and nice. we are really excited to have american neighbors this close as sometimes it helps with the isolation that some people feel if not living on base. luckily, i have not had that problem too much since getting tv back in the summer of 2006 as oprah and tyra banks have become my best friends! hahahaha! yeah, im addicted…its nice to feel connected to the states and hear/see whats going on back home.

so yeah, brynn was THRILLED to see that there are kids living by us now (because everyone knows that europeans dont have kids…dogs are more important). she was running full speed up and down the sidewalk between our two apartments screaming (happy joyful screams!) and flailing her arms as the other 3 girls starred at her…hahahaha, yeah shes nuts. i bet that family is like, “dude, this will be interesting to live next to these people!” WELCOME TO GERMANY BABY!!!

HELP! does anyone know how to post pictures on here without having them show up at the top of a post? im trying to space them out so i can explain each picture…

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