I knew Grandpa just for three years.. but it feels like he has always been my grandpa. When i was pregnant with Ally and new to America, he drove me to all my doctor's appointments and waited all the time patiently. Grandma used to say that grandpa and i are having a date.
And that he was a great man and well known and loved got visible when there was the visit for Grandpa on Friday. Around 350 people showed up to say goodbye! It was so wonderful! And not talking about all the flowers people sent. I've never seen so many flowers before. I know grandpa got a kick out all of that! And specialy out the fishingpull and GONE FISHING sign he got put into his casket. I know he loved that!
The broken Chain
We litle knew that morning, that God
was going to call your name.
In life we love you dearly,
in death we do the same.
It broke our hearts to lose you,
you did not go alone;
for part of us went with you,
the day God called your home.
You left us peaceful memories,
your love is still our guide;
and though we cannot see you,
you are always at our side.
Our family chain is broken,
and nothing seems the same;
but as God calls us one by one,
the chain will link again.
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Is it only me here who get's followed by bad weather and storms or are there more of me out there???
guess what i bought me yesterday.. fit flops! and i can just say.. i love em! they are so comfortable and on the other side i can already feel my legs working!! i have to admit.. i am in love! 
i bought them in silver, cause i thought that it would be a great color to wear with everything.. from sporty to even more resort like outfits! i love to wear linen pants and i believe they will look fantastic with them.
But i am already thinking about gettin me RED ones too! so if you wanna give your legs a workout while getting some groceries or just going for a small walk.. go and get yourself some fit flops!
I found this amazing store this morning.. what great things to put on your wall!! You so have to check this store out!!!!
And all the vinyl prints are so affordable. Just great!!!!
Originally the sandbox should have been white and with butterflys painted on and stuff.. girly sandbox of course.
And even if it is not super girly and full of flowers and butterflys i think it is on of the coolest sandbox's ever. Ally seem's to have a blast in it.. and that's what counts!
Crazy how time flys by and we already have now a one year old daugther! And how big she already is in how she acts and does! How fun to see her all excited about her cake and the presents.
Or when we we're at the zoo.. she was sooo excited about the animals and the giraffe's in particular!
And i was totally freaked out by those koi's. Have you ever seen that before??? They been almost lifting themselves up out of the water to get food from the people. Crazy!!
So if you happen to life in iowa.. Blank Park Zoo is really a nice and fun Zoo to go to. Ally loved it.. of course Omaha rocks! but Des Moines is really worth the trip. Specially for younger kids cause they can feed the goats and donkeys. What Ally was so crazy about.
We got the best bars and restaurants i've ever seen.. not because they are so fancy but there is everyday something for everybody. From the little bar on the corner where you can drink your beer after work to the little beergarden where you can eat your sausage with sauerkraut to the big fancy restaurant on top of a city tower with the greatest food and the biggest prices!
If you are happen to be in Germany, don't miss out on Regensburg and our historical city. Ride on the Donau, visit the huge cathedral, eat the best sausages in town at the Wurst Kuchl next to the Donau and please grab yourself a good beer and enjoy a beergarden with a wonderful bavarian view!!!
What a great writer! I read her books mostly in german.. and it makes me feel home! Probably cause I am from REGENSBURG.. the most northern Italien City, if she would be Italien! kinda.. whatever.. go to Amazon and get you a copy of her fantastic books! Feels like an Italy vacation!
And you know what.. that makes me sooooo happy! I feel so much closer now to home since i can watch some of my favourite show again!!! I hope that internet tv will get more and more popular and they will continue this forever..
Thank you so much to Enni from Germany, who whispered me this little non-secret over at my Scrap the night away blog!!!! Saved kinda my freetime, Enni!! And my germany-blues!!!!
without a picture but just as invited as anybody else is FLO.. the second barkeeper from the diner i worked with and a buddy of Fabio too. YEP i think the Jägermeister won't last too long!
..and Jon and mine dearest friends Ilihana and Daniel. We can't wait until they move to Texas and we are not seperated by an ocean anymore! Just by a couple (ha ha) of states!
Michael on of my special five's.. he has to get named seperate cause he is family. Would have almost been my brother in law.. but oh well.. i think the girl he is dating now is perfect for him. Even if she is not my sister!
and of course the guys jonathon worked with in germany/hohenfels! we had so many fun party's with them in this small time! and Jonathon even more fun experiences with them laying in the mud side by side.
A very special friend of Jonathon.. Afoa.
... the rest of the party! What a fun fun party that would be..!!!!
OH and the live music of course would come from the FOUR DRUNKEN DADDIES.. Fabio's band!
so LET THE PARTY BEGIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (i wish i could only invite my old figure too!!!! lol)
my sister-in-law's senior pictures in the backyard.. without getting snowed on and all frozen!! Even if i didn't got es much good shots as i wanted too.. how wonderful to have the warm sunshine back!!
but all the things are really needed! i need lotion, my ipod, lipglosses, sunglasses, hats, my glasses, the bag for groceries (cause i am green) and all that other wonderful stuff.
oh and i also right now need that little blue pregnancy fairy i got froma dear friend in germany.. when i was pregnant with Ally. Cause Ally is terribly ill and suffers sooo bad from it. She got the flu bug kinda combinated with an ear infection. gosh i wish we would already been to the doctor and she would feel good again. my poor little thing.
so the pregnancy fairy is another cute story.. i got her from Franzi in hope she would bring me luck. i had a little terrifying start with Ally, cause i figured out that i was pregnant way to early. And so when i came to the doctor for the first check, he couldn't see anything yet and something with the pregnancy hormons in my blood weren't right either.. so he thought it could be that the egg is not where it is supposed to be but somewhere on the left or right.. which would mean i had to get surgery and i would loose the baby.
we were so sad and i had to go to the hospital every second day to get my blood checked if the hormons doubled and than in maybe a week or two they said that they could tell me more. so the day i went to have a ultrasound she gave me that little fairy and wished Ally and me all luck in the world.. and later on in the ultrasound.. there was Ally.. at the right spot, just a little later than the doctor predicted. so this little fairy is very important to us and whenever somebody in the family is in need of her, she walks along with them for that while!
