Wedding..

In August I took pictures at my friends wedding. Funny enough it was me who actually encouraged them to marry. On Easter I talked to them and just said that they really needed to get married. They have have been dating for 7 years and it really was time for them to put a ring on that.. They never really thought about it, but a couple weeks later SHE proposed to him!
4 months later I got to take some pictures at their wedding..

The one between her arms is her husband!

Totally inapropriate but it makes me laugh!!

See I was there too!!!
And I enjoyed the best food I have EVER had in my life. Seriously!

Time...

seems to be flying by...

I finally have a topic for my bachelor paper.

"Wenn du nicht hörst, dann schick ich dich ins Heim"
Eine kritische Betrachtung der hist. Entwicklung der Heimerziehung

("If you won't listen, I will send you into a children's home" (this is a threat some parents use here, when they are frustrated with their children) A critical examination of the historic development of children's homes.)

I am going to write about the horrid circumstances in children's homes during the time of 1945-1970. Children were imprisoned in these homes, forced to work and beaten. These home's were actually Christian homes, which is quite unbelievable to me, especially since all of this happened right after WWII.
I want to write about the past and then about these homes today and how they have changed. I want to analyze why we have a negative image in out heads when we think of them and if it is still justified or outdated. I really need to get started, considering I have to be completely done by August 1st (corrected by 3 people, boned(?), mailed).

Summer still hasn't kicked in. We have been getting more rain than ever before. Or at least it feels like that to me. Sunny days are ALWAYS followed by rainy days. The outdoor pool that is 2 blocks away from my apartment will be opening in 2 days and I doubt there will be many people swimming there. Talk about financial losings for them..

The apartment is as clean as it always is during my finals time. I just cant get motivated to read for papers or study for finals if there is a single dog hair on the floor... Since Momo is shedding like crazy that can give you an idea of why I haven't been able to start yet.

Someone who has been like a mentor/father to me a couple of years ago might have cancer. This has hit me hard, since he is such a great example when it comes to living a healthy life, being obedient, godly, caring, adventurous, full of joy, hard working.... the list could go on forever.... He is such a great father to his kids, the best husband anyone could ever hope for, a friend that will go 10000000 extra miles just to help you out.... You get the picture... I am praying for him and his family...

All done...

The bulletin boards are done!!

These are for my mom! They will be hanging in her craftroom and I am sure she will find some nice pictures to hang on them!!

These are for 2 of my friends!

It's raining, it's pouring.....

Fathersday......

(Ohhh isnt he the cutest dog in the whole wide world??? I thinks o!!!)

Is there such a thing in the states?? Well yesterday was fathersday/mensday here. Basically all men celebrate, they dont necessarily have to be fathers! Normally the men meet and walk and walk and walk for hours and drink! Yeah... does not sound like fun!!
I am not a father, nor am I a man but I still thought it would be nice to walk and walk and walk and drink.. Haha... just kidding! If you know me, you know I dont drink! So we had a much better idea!!

The weather had been quite nice the last couple of days. We only had thunder storms and rain in the evening. We decided to invite some friends over (early) to bbq. Nicole, Momo and I sat on the balcony in the afternoon waiting for our friends and the rain started!! We just sat there and watched it and prayed it would stop later..

Friends arrived and it stopped..

So we decided to get the grill started!! This is Susis way of starting it!!

Well someone had other plans for us!

The rain came down and wouldnt stop! I watched from the dry balcony and said things like these: "Ohh look, it's looking nicer over there, just a couple of minutes and the rain will stop!!"
"I think the sun is about to come out again!!"

I think I jinxed it!

It got worse...

and worse.....

It took forever until we could start eating!! But finally around 8:30 we were done and we brought out the game!!

Peter and me!!

He had to draw something wearing orange glasses and drawing with an orange pencil!! It was so funny having to guess what he was drawing, since he couldnt see anything!!

We were really enjoying ourselves!!

Now it was Susis turn to make something out of the green string! And I was guessing like a crazy woman!! I look so stupid in this pic!!

The others were watching as well!!

So that was what we did yesterday!

I really was lookign forward to a sunny afternoon in the back yard with cold lemonade and brownies! I was looking forward to my friends and the good food!! I was looking forward to the fun we would have!!

Sometimes we have to stop looking for the perfect things!! It just frustrates you...
Sometimes the things that we dread, are not as bad as they may seem in the end!!
It just depends what you make of them!!

We really had a nice day... The rain gave us many good laughs!! Everytime it almost stopped and we went outside, it would start all over again!! Everytime it stopped and someone made a thankful comment about that, it would start all over again!!

We made the best of it!!