tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29789733660238197222024-03-13T21:29:52.974-07:00Our Family StoryLayton Family BlogThe Laytonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03359728696702011976noreply@blogger.comBlogger157125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978973366023819722.post-31368846870514968202014-05-30T19:53:00.003-07:002014-05-30T19:53:54.305-07:00A Family in Lederhose & Dirndl's<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For 2 Birthday's and a Christmas Paige has only wanted a Dirndl dress from Germany. It would have been much better if I had know how serious (very serious) she was about this gift when we were still living in Germany. But I didn't and ordering one online is ridiculously expensive. So ... the next best thing is having a coworker who owns all of these German clothes. Yay for good friends! We borrowed them for our own German Fashion Show.</div>
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(after this picture was taken our little man took a VERY long, and much needed, nap) </div>
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This is the result of our mini family photo shoot ... that we did ourselves. </div>
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We hope you had a great holiday season! </div>
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<br />The Laytonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03359728696702011976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978973366023819722.post-60561189922888249592014-05-30T19:43:00.001-07:002014-05-30T19:43:08.318-07:00A Day at the Seattle Zoo (Woodland Park Zoo)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It was military appreciation day at the Seattle Zoo so we decided we better take advantage of the discounted prices and head up there and explore. We LOVE the Zoo!</div>
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We saw just about everything we could possibly see. Our favorite? The Bird Feeding!</div>
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We purchased bird feeders, basically bird seeds stuck to the end of a popsicle stick, for each kids and let them roam around the enclosed building. It was so fun to see the looks on their faces when a bird actually landed on their popsicle stick!</div>
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Check it out ... Can you see the baby kangaroo peaking out of its mother's pouch to nibble on some grass? We stood here for a very long time waiting and watching. I love baby animals.</div>
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Happy Halloween!!!</div>
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From a fancy Venice Girl, a Scary Witch, Iron Man, a Cheetah, and a darling Monkey!</div>
The Laytonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03359728696702011976noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978973366023819722.post-89919853974789771792014-05-30T19:14:00.000-07:002014-06-01T19:35:18.558-07:00Ashley Creek Pumpkin Patch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Second attempt to find pumpkins. This time around it was more successfull. This little farm was darling and oh, so neat! Everything was on the honor system and you had to pay in cash. I love the goodness of people like this! I just makes you want to tip them and give them a big hug. They even sold homemade salsa and garlic spreads, which were delish! The kids loved the different kinds of pumpkins to look at and even found one that resembled a dinosaur egg. </div>
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<br />The Laytonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03359728696702011976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978973366023819722.post-19175870167111419172014-05-30T14:30:00.001-07:002014-05-30T19:12:35.386-07:00Pumpkin Patch at Lattin's Farm<br />
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We were in search of the perfect pumpkin ... which we didn't really find since it was too close to closing, too late in the season, and everything was picked over and rotten. But we definitely had fun looking and getting dirty.</div>
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<br />The Laytonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03359728696702011976noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978973366023819722.post-77890507851983350972014-05-30T14:26:00.001-07:002014-05-30T19:11:39.428-07:00I Miss Germany!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: center;">I absolutely LOVED living in Germany. I miss it dearly now that we are back in the states. Here are just a few reasons why I would do anything to go back to Germany to live again!</span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span><span style="text-align: center;">* My children are got an incredible education! Germans have some serious math skills! My 2nd and 4th graders were given the most abstract math questions that even I didn't understand. It's also just plain cool that 4 of my children understand German, 3 of those can speak it very well, and 2 of those are fluent and are being taught and tested in German grammar.</span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span><span style="text-align: center;">* Saying "Guten Morgan" every morning. Some say the German culture is cold and unfriendly but I have to strongly disagree. Every morning when I took my children to the kindergarten everyone says Morgen, which is Good Morning. Unfortunately, when someone didn't make eye contact with me and/or didn't greet me with a "Morgen" they are usually American. Isn't that ironic?! And sad?!</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">* The Bakery's! YUM! They have the most delicious pastries and breads. Every Tuesday after school I took the kids to the bakery. We came to love that tradition and miss it so much.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">* Family Time! Life was more simple over in Germany. Life wasn't so hectic and chaotic. I feel like I'm running around like a crazy lady most of the time here. I miss our simple, family-oriented, life. </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">* Kid Activities were CHEAP over in Germany. My kids (the three oldest) took tennis lessons for 6 months for only 30 Euro. Soccer was basically free since we couldn't sign a year contract with them. The Germans bent over backwards to help us out, they just wanted the kids to have fun and learn how to play soccer.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">* The people! I miss the connection and the kindness. I miss the love and the sincerity. I miss the feeling of deep, rich, friendship. I miss the feeling of going to church and knowing that anyone in the congregation would help you with anything you asked because we were there to support and love one another. We were away from family so we were each others 'family', each others support system. I miss feeling the wonderful and beautiful spirit of the German Saints that willingly give everything to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I miss seeing and feeling their strong testimony through their eyes and their kindness in serving.</span>The Laytonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03359728696702011976noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978973366023819722.post-22222404773473441612013-11-09T12:18:00.002-08:002013-11-09T12:18:36.874-08:00Burfoot Park, Thurston County in Washington<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I don't know why, but I have always wanted to go to a lavender field. It just sounds beautiful to me. Guess what? There just so happens to be a lavender field 15 minutes from my new place. We had to call ahead of time to make an appointment, but we made it happen. </div>
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Here is the gang. Pictured above with cute smiles and below with silly faces.</div>
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I mean, come on, this place is adorable! Just a couple of weeks before her son got married and they held the ceremony here. Wouldn't that be so pretty?</div>
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Right when we were getting ready to leave we had a few surprise visitors. My Aunt, Uncle and Grandmother showed up to take a tour as well. I just had to take one last picture before I rushed home to put my baby down for his afternoon nap.</div>
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My little brother is no longer in Utah. He is also no longer 12 either, which is the age he was when he dressed up like a hotdog for Halloween and the age I remember him the most. He is actually all grown up with 2 adorable little girls and living in San Fran going to Dental school. So ... we had to visit him!!</div>
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Above is the gang standing at the base of Lombard Street, also known as the winding road.</div>
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Next Stop ... Coit Tower. Did we climb it? Of course we did, our European habits die hard. </div>
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We had Clam Chowder AND Lobster Chowder</div>
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Last stop ... Dinner in China Town</div>
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LAYTON FAMILY REUNION 2013</div>
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Well, we haven't seen these lovely family members for over 2 years. It was time for a family reunion in San Diego again! California here we come!</div>
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I subjected my children to 2nd degree burns on the day at the beach. Expired sunscreen will do that to you. I felt so bad! My poor poor girls and their shoulders. At least they wore smiles for a little while, at least until the sunburn hit them with full force and made the rest of their trip misery.</div>
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The traditional eating at In N Out Burger</div>
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S'mores on the beach at the resort. We met some people that spoke German here and forced our kids to talk to them. We are awesome parents!</div>
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Spending another day in the water out in the sun. My little guy loved the sand!</div>
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All the adults were able to take a trip to the San Diego temple. It was such a neat experience!</div>
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This is the whole lot of us!</div>
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All the siblings</div>
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All the Grandkids</div>
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I can't forget just my kids ... aren't they cute?!</div>
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This was our last little trip to the Czech Repulic ... I know sad! I am so glad we made the effort to come, this place was incredible! It was quite the drive out, but the scenery was beautiful and the town was so fun to explore.</div>
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Showing off the hand carved wooden chairs</div>
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Thumbs up on the left and a giants bottom on the right. Admit it, we are one classy family!</div>
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The royal family, with one feminine looking King </div>
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We LOVE Trdelnik's, which is basically a glorified cinnamon and sugar toast. I love European food and all their little traditions. We always get one of these when we come to the Czech Republic.</div>
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More people loving on my kids. I get a kick out of this when it happens and I always make sure I post these for my sister Michelle because he happened to her and her boys so often when they lived abroad too.</div>
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This little restaurant is where we ate lunch, which I highly recommend! Czech food is very similar to German food but I have a slight obsession with other cultures food and I love trying new things. It was really good and the perfect way to end our day exploring.</div>
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A long time ago in Coburg Germany our ancestors once lived. Before leaving Germany we had to go and see where they lived, maybe walk where they once walked, and maybe just maybe see where they worked even.</div>
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Here is the town square. I love a good German town square.</div>
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A cute little drinking fountain.</div>
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While walking around the town we were directed to the records office but were stuck here trying to figure out where to go when we ran into the LDS missionaries. We seem to always run into the missionaries whenever we are out traveling, it is kind of awesome.</div>
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The records office had actually closed two minutes ago. Instead of turning back we took the chance and buzzed the bell anyway. Someone answered and let us in to read records. I distracted the crazy five children while my husband and his parents were able to look up specific names and get more information about where our ancestors lived and worked.</div>
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Check out this cool old book! Our ancestors name is in there and tells us where he worked! </div>
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This is where our ancestor worked! It's not the same as it once was but this is where he lived and worked. We went inside and talked to the pharmacist and the owner (who wasn't there at the time) had a record and a book about all the previous owners. We got their email address and hopefully we will eventually be able to get that book. How neat would that be?!</div>
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What is a German city without a palace?!</div>
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These kids are seriously troopers. We hauled them around with us almost every single day to a new city filled with walking, walking and more walking. They were amazing! Stockholm was filled with a lot of walking due to a marathon taking place and closing down all the trams and buses. We kind of missed out on being able to tour around in some of the museums because of the marathon but we still got to see a ton of Stockholm. I think we walked 10 miles that day.</div>
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Isn't this the cutest couple ever? Miles' parents are so cute and were so patient touring with us.</div>
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What is Sweden without a picture of a Troll? I love it! After this picture Anika sweetly rubbed his beard and whispered secrets to him. I wish I could have heard what she was saying, it was pretty cute.</div>
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Here we are down 'Priest's Lane'. See the symbol in the top right corner of the picture? This symbol, a flaming phoenix under red-crown medallions, it basically told the firefighters that they paid for insurance and their house could be saved in case of a fire. </div>
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The family in and around the Rick Steves telephone. Yes, we are that obsessed with our own personal tour guide throughout Europe that we got a picture of the phone booth.</div>
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This is Swedens own tiny statue, the Iron Boy. You can rub his head for good luck, or for wisdom. The statue supposedly honors the orphans who had to transfer cargo from the ships at sea to the ships on the lakes before the locks were built in Stockholm. </div>
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This is Stockholm's Oldest Square, Stortorget. When we were there they had an orchestral playing music, it was so pretty. The building on the right is the Stock Exchange (now the home to the Nobel Museum), right in front of this building is where the orchestra was playing. I personally love the old buildings straight back, right over those cute kids' heads.</div>
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I think Tallinn, Estonia had the coolest doors of our whole trip! Check these out! I love them!</div>
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The first day the kids spent the day in the kids club on the cruise ship. We decided that the Hermitage probably would be the best place for 5 kids. Best. Decision. EVER! On day two the kids had to come with us, they had to experience St. Petersburg. We drove around in the bus a TON and weren't allowed to get out and take a lot of pictures. But with the few stops that we did have freedom to walk around we took advantage.</div>
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First Stop ... The Church of the Spilled Blood</div>
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(my kids know it as the Candy Church because it looks like it has Candy all over it)</div>
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The kids with their new buddy. This cute little boy didn't speak any English or German but that didn't stop us from becoming fast friends with him. He was our good friend for almost the whole day ... until we were all tired and some perfect stranger took over the role of dad to help his mom out. Seriously, people can be so SO kind if given the chance. And, how could you not help this cute little guy? I mean, come on, nobody can resist that cute smile.</div>
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In the middle of the day we stopped for lunch at this building here. It was perfect timing and was pretty good food. The kids were so hungry.</div>
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Next Stop ... The Peterhof Palace</div>
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My crazy girl with the Peterhof fountain in the background.</div>
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Here are our family pictures (above and below) ... We were lucky enough to have Grandma and Grandpa come along with us on the cruise. I'm not quite sure if they felt lucky but we liked having their company.</div>
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Lastly, our lovely tour guides! Our English speaking tour guide, Daria, is on the Left and the French speaking tour guide is on the Right. See how skinny they are? Russian women are seriously skinny, at least all of the ones that I saw walking around the city!</div>
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Check out Evan's cheek in the picture on the left. Do you see the HUGE bite marks? Guess who did it? You got it, the little boy in the picture on the right, the one looking all cute and innocent. Gotta love it. I remember a neighbor telling me years ago that their little girl was a biter, and right then and there I wished to never have a toddler that was a biter. Well, my luck ran out and I got myself a biter.</div>
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Sleeping on the Tram ... I think we all fell asleep that day! We have had a lot of days filled with endless touring and fun.</div>
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This is hilarious! We just so happened to come along this cute married couple taking pictures while we were taking pictures below the Lutheran Cathedral. The bride stopped me and asked if I would let the girls get their picture taken with them. Why not? It totally reminded me of my sister and their experience with their boys while living in China. I thought it was so funny! </div>
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On the side of this church was a huge wooden horse. We had to climb up and take a million pictures!</div>
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The kids love the prayer candles in each church we enter. I swear, all kids LOVE fire. </div>
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This little girl of mine can be a bit crazy, and that is exactly why we love her so much. "Mom, take a picture of me!" This happens over and over with all sorts of facial expressions.</div>
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There are statues all over this town and this was our first one of the day. Everyone took a turn!</div>
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This is the site of a church that was burned down ... can you see the plastic statue of a church in the background? It was pretty anti-climatic to be honest.</div>
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The kids rubbing the lucky button and making their very own wish.</div>
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Mom, put these flowers in my hair to make me look beautiful!</div>
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After we drove in a taxi for 45 minutes from the port of Gdynia we arrived in Gdańsk. There was some run going on and our taxi driver, with a little help from some random little old lady walking around the city, was able to sidestep a few barricades. It was awesome! This little lady just moved the barricade for our driver like it was nothing. That was when I fell in love with the Polish!</div>
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I love these two pictures (above and below)! We had just gotten out of the taxi and Emi followed Kenneth to this fountain. This isn't anything 'special', special as in it doesn't show up in the Rick Steves book, and yet it is beautiful and so characteristic of Europe.<br />
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Eating a pastry in the town square of Gdansk, Poland. Life doesn't get much better than this!</div>
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Emi was taking a picture of the pirate ship, so naturally I took a picture of her</div>
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This is our 'Kenneth Sandwich'. Grandpa Kenneth and baby Kenneth sandwiching Miles. I guess one could also call it a 'Miles Sandwich'. Emi thought she was so clever when she came up with it. I love that girl!</div>
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In front of The Crane (Żuraw) from the 15th century</div>
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This is one of the many souvenirs we got. It is a bird whistle. You pour water inside the bird and when you blow into the whistle part it chirps and sounds just like a little bird. These were everywhere!</div>
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Can you tell we are tourists? My orange raincoat doesn't stick out at all!</div>
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We bought a Gdansk watercolor from a street vender in the market square similar to this mans. I can't remember if it was this man we bought it from but it was so neat to actually see him in the middle of drawing a picture. Emi was fascinated!</div>
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Every kids loves a puppy!</div>
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And yet another puppy. Kenneth was playing hide and seek with this puppy. I'm not quite sure if the dog knew what was going on, but Kenneth was having a blast!</div>
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Our first port stop was Bornholm Denmark. This is actually a really important stop for our family and our family history. On my husbands side, this is where his ancestors were converted to the LDS church and left their homeland in search for American and the prophet Joseph Smith, the leader of their new faith, the first prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.</div>
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Here are the kids waiting to catch a bus to the small city where our ancestors were baptized and where a lot of family members were supposedly buried, Nyker.</div>
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The kids in front of the domed church where our ancestors once lived (not in the church in the town). The kids are holding onto hooks where people would tie up their horses when attending religious meetings.<br />
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This is how we kill time when we are waiting to catch another bus. We visit with strangers puppies, catch ladybugs and snails. Strangely enough the Danish speak perfect English. Everyone speaks at least 2 languages in Europe ... seriously, what is wrong with me? I really need to learn another language stat!</div>
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We then headed to Klemensker, another city that is important to our family history.</div>
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A nice family portrait .... followed by silly faces below. My mother-in-law is going to love me for this!</div>
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I don't know which one I like better, the top or the bottom, the before or the after ... at least from these two pictures. Before his haircut, when his hair was dirt, it kind of looked cool, when it was clean it looked girly. With this new haircut he looks handsome, sophisticated, and oh so cute (still)!</div>
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I love this little boy of mine!</div>
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(adults 5 Euro, children (age 6-17) 2,50 Euro)</div>
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The kids watching a HUGE train exhibit.</div>
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King Ludwig II's decked out royal coach</div>
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This whole area, 4 square miles, is considered the Rally Grounds (Reichsparteitagesgelände) for Hitler.</div>
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Above is the insides of the Congress Hall (Kongresshalle) and below is what it looks like on the outside. The plan was to have a roof and skylights but was never completed. This place is HUGE!</div>
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Above is the Great Road (Grosse Strasse) - it is 200 fett wide, big enough that the Allies used it as a runway after the war. </div>
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Above is looking out from the platform over the grounds below. Huge, huh?</div>
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Yet another view of the Congress Hall from across the lake. This time you can see more of the red brick instead of the white marble, and you get a better idea of how unfinished it is and what it could have been. </div>
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With the kids in German school we had always planned our vacations around when they had their holiday breaks. They got a two week break for Easter (that is when we went on our Mediterranean cruise) and then they got a two week break in June. For the break in June we planned our second cruise: A Baltic cruise. Sadly, we decided this would be a good ending point for the kids and their school (we would only have a few more weeks after the cruise until we moved). The kids needed to start saying goodbye to their friends, their music teachers, and their school. Words cannot express how heart-wrenching this was. We absolutely LOVE the Germans! We have LOVED our experiences here! We feel so blessed to have been able to be welcomed into their lives, country, and culture.</div>
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I went over to my SUPER, AWESOME, AMAZINGLY talented friends house and asked her for help. Seriously people, she is amazing and I am so grateful I have her as a friend. She came up with these cute bags and boxes full of cookies with the ties and the little DankeSchon's attached. I handed these out to almost every German that touched our lives in Germany. I even handed it out to the little old man, the towns cobbler, who didn't speak any English and I didn't speak any German but we always said Hi to one another and tried to communicate with hand motions. One day I will be able to thank him properly for what he did for me out there, and how he touched my life.</div>
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Our flute teacher from The Czech Rebulic. She loved my little girl and always made sure I knew how musically talented she was and how special she was. I remember her pulling me aside (repeatedly) to make sure I was going to keep her in flute lessons so her talent wasn't wasted!</div>
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Our piano teacher, who we saw every Tuesday. This man always had some random story to tell us that we tried desperately to follow but could never understand the entire thing. It was seriously hilarious!</div>
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The Violin teacher! What violin teacher would drive your daughter an hour each way for three days in a row for her to attend a violin workshop all day? Actually, who would trust their violin teacher to do that? We did, and we loved our violin teacher!</div>
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Just one of my daughters many school friends. This little girl with 8 other girls were sooooo great to my little girl! Honestly, I couldn't have asked for better classmates. They even threw her a surprise going away party and gave her tons of gifts! We miss them so much!</div>
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These little ones had a love/hate relationship that comes with the age and the gender. We still talk about going back to Germany and playing together. I am so glad that she still remembers her but sad that it might not ever happen.</div>
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This teary eyed girl had a REALLY hard time saying goodbye to her friends at school. The gifts eased her pain just a little, but I think she really struggled with moving. My little girl who read and spoke German better than she did English.</div>
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Oh, how my husband misses this lovely car and how fun it was to drive around on the autobahn.</div>
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Isn't Germany beautiful!!</div>
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And we can't forget Nutella!! Don't let anyone tell you differently ... the best way to enjoy Nutella is on a spoon.</div>
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In Bavaria the rapeseed is beautiful!! We just had to take advantage of the beautiful yellow and the perfect lighting. One evening we headed out to get some pictures ... dragging our company along with us, which included my sister with her four kids and grandma and grandpa.</div>
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