Weekend happenings

Well, we are in the swing of our busy activities here during the Christmas season. The funny thing is that only one weekend activity had anything to do with Christmas. Friday night, we went to the first home basketball game. That is always fun. Jeff and I were able to sit by ourselves while all three of our kids were busy. Sarah was quickly taken away by students who played with her in the stands. Jacob and Anna played with their friends. Jeff and I enjoyed watching the game and eating yummy baked goods. It was almost a date for us! Saturday saw us shopping in France. We were able to find american candy canes and 7-up for some good holiday drinks! I was surprised in the higher cost of meat and dairy in France. A woman who spoke english told me it was because of the war in Iraq. I did find some good ingredients to make a yummy quiche and of course we bought some great french pastries. How can you go to France and not have those! Saturday night, Jeff took me swing dancing! It was our first time and we had fun learning some easy steps. My feet were pretty sore when we got home at 11 p.m. Sunday, Jeff performed in the High school Christmas concert. He played his trombone in two numbers. By last night, we were pretty bush from our weekend. Only three more days and then Christmas break can offically begin for us. I am baking cookies all day today so Jacob and Anna can pass them out tomorrow to the German neighbors around their school. I think our schedule should quiet down during break as fellow staff travel back to the states to spend three weeks with their families or travel around Europe. As for us, we plan to stay put. Thanks to the weak dollar over here, we are happy to have a warm home and a place to rest our head at night.