Country Life

I am living in a little village named Georgenhausen. It is a nice little place to live. The village is surrounded by fields. It is not unusual to be stuck behind a tractor when driving down the road. Sometimes, I look around and think 'this must be the place where the fairytales take place'. Castles, fields, forest are all near by and somehow seem 'enchanted'. Robin and I were driving through the fields the other day and I was struck by the sudden urge to sing “The hills are alive, with the sound of music…” It just seemed fitting. Here are a few pictures of the area.

Fields of yellow flowers grow here in the spring. It is so pretty to look out over the hills and see patches of yellow here and thereRobin and I at Jagd Schloss (the hunting castle)

More of the pretty yellow flowers

Tractor made of hay.... I have no idea why, but it looks cool

Typcial German village 1

Typical German village 2

Two of the three billy-goats gruff (the third one was behind the camera)

Robin's Car

This is Robin's car - a Fiat Panda. Isn't it lovely? It gets us from point A to point B without any trouble. It goes about 70 MPH on the freeway (it just takes a little time to get up to that speed). Most cars here in Germany are manual transmission, so it has been fun re-learning to drive a stick in this car. It is a pretty fun car to drive actually - very easy.

Flour and Chocolate

I wanted to make Chocolate Chip Cookies but I was missing a few ingredients... flour and chocolate. I asked Robin if he had flour or chocolate at his apartment. No, he didn't have it. So I asked if he had some time, if he could pick some up. He would try. As he was leaving he asked if I had any particular flour in mind.... Ummm, no, just regular white flour that you can bake with. Oh! He thought I meant "blumen" or flowers! :)He had flour at his apartment, but he would see what he could do about the chocolate. When he came back, this is what he had - chocolate and flowers. How sweet :)

In Utah

Robin came to Utah the week before General Conference. We had a great time. We saw lots of friends and just had fun spending time together for the first time in 3 months. Here are some pictures.

At Ensign Peak

At the airport

With Jessica

With Raquel and Krista


At Ensign Peak


At Conference

Engagement Photos

Invitations have been printed

I picked up the invitations from the printer on Monday. They look great. I started putting them in envelopes and putting postage stamps on them. I spend about 20 minutes a day working on them, and I will have them done in no time. I am trying to get everything ready before I go to Germany. Robin is coming here on the 29th of March. We will have a week full of visiting friends, packing (for me), and just enjoying our time together. Then April 6th we fly to Germany.

Erin

A good foundation

I began to study the Proclamation on the family.
I started with:
Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities.
I studied esspacially on forgiveness. What a wonderful gift!
Robin