A little bit of this, and a little bit of that...

We have been a little neglectful of the blog lately, so here is a little update. After nearly a week of solid rain and freezing temps, the sun finally appeared yesterday and today is going to be beautiful. Finally!

This past weekend we went to the Nürburgring for the car races. Jeff was in heaven looking at all the amazing cars. We have a new friend who races on the weekends and invited us into the pit, so we were right in the middle of all the action, which was pretty neat. The Nürburgring was built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg, so it is situated in a really neat area.

We were able to get into our shipping container this week and get some of our things. It was really fun to see all of our stuff. We got our bikes, some clothes, DVD’s, the grill, our pillows and some things for Cooper. We are feeling good having some more things even though we will have to move them again to the new house.

We went to the new house yesterday and measured everything so we can plan our kitchen and other improvments. Unfortunately the woman living there has treated the house VERY poorly and it needs a ton of work, but we are up for the challenge. We won’t know until next week when we can move in but hopefullyit will be August 15th. We have been busy thinking about all the things we will do to make it nice. Its too bad our families are not closer to help with the construction, because we have BIG plans, and could use some help!

Cooper is doing well too. He is enjoying his daily walks and the freedom during the day to nap and relax. He dosen’t get locked up much anymore and we think he is happy about that. He went to see the vet last week for a check up. We got some good information that will hopefully make it easier to travel between the States and Germany with him. He had to get a puppy passport, which we think is pretty funny!

Well, that’s about it for now. Here are a few photos from the past few weeks.

Jeff at the Nürburgring

In the Pit

Wonder Cooper, So cute!

At the pub

Finally a place to call home!

After a VERY long and challenging search, we are excited to report that we have finally found a place to live! It is a single family home with a HUGE garden, it needs a ton of work but we are looking forward to making it our own. We are not sure when we will be able to move in but are hoping it will be mid August or early September. We are so glad that the search is over and are now able to focus on getting settled here in Attendorn. Now that we have a place we just need visitors, so come see us!

Happy Birthday Miles!

On July 5th, Miles Oury Christensen celebrated his one year B Day! Happy Birthday Miles, we wish we could have been there to celebrate with you!

Amsterdam Getaway

We had been feeling a little down last week…our house hunt is not going so well and we were a little homesick. So we decided what better way to celebrate the 4th of July and to get our minds off things than to take a little trip to Amsterdam. We left early Saturday morning and arrived in Amsterdam about 10 a.m. Amsterdam is about 2.5 hours away from us, so not a bad drive. We checked into our hotel and quickly went out exploring. What a wonderful, amazing city! Amsterdam is filled with history, canals and friendly people. We spent the 2 days wandering around and taking in the beautiful sights. We had a great time and Cooper was very well behaved for his first stay in a hotel. We posted some photos of the trip at: http://picasaweb.google.com/deidre.weber

We are back in Attendorn, it’s a new week and we are optimistic that we will find a house in the next month. In the meantime we are going to focus on our next trip…