Baptised Today

Jacob, Haley, and Emma have all accepted Christ this past year and today they were each baptised...

 

 

 

Wine Festival Bad Durkheim

We finally go to a wine fest and it happens to be the largest in the world! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There were lots of rides and "fair food".  The kids loooved these swings! 

Here there was a live band and people dressed in traditional German outfits dancing on the tables.  Very lighthearted and old fashioned. 

This is the smallest glass of wine you could buy.  There were hundred of wines.  And no water!  I never thought I would pay 2.50 eu for a big gulp of mineral water and drink the whole thing!  (I never liked mineral water by itself), but I guess I will learn to drink it here, or go thirsty!

Nanstein Castle at Landstuhl

 

Looking out from the castle at the town of Landstuhl

 

Fabric Market

The girls and I went to a fabric market in Trier!  There are no fabric stores here, so this is how it's done!  I loved it!  It was fun and beautiful!  But I didn't come home with all the fabric to start my long dark winter's worth of sewing projects, as I planned.  Actually, I came home with almost nothing.  The pretty fabric was too expensive for me, and the cheap fabric was not cheap enough or not pretty enough! 

Haley found something to make a doll blanket with.  Emma and I got fabric to make a valance for her room and a pillow.  I bought a few oilcloths I liked, just so I wouldn't come home empty-handed.  They had the prettiest oilcloths.  I have no clue what I will do with them!

It wasn't a productive trip, but it was fun!  I loved the idea of the whole thing!
Next stop... JoAnn's.com!

You know how I love buttons!  I was disappointed that they weren't all piled into cute buckets sorted by color!  oh yeah, this is PRACTICAL.

 

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These were some of my favorites! So pretty! (and 17eu per meter!)...(about $22/yd)

 

Haley and Emma and their friend Lexi.  (My friend Robin and her daughter went with us!)