Christmas Market 2008

Jeff and I took the kids to the Christmas Market. Alex and Thorsten also came to meet us where we enjoyed some Gluwein and good ole German brats. :) Trey and Faith got to ride the Merry Go Round which means mommy had to ride because Faith is too small to ride by herself. :) Then we walked down in the city and stopped at a cafe and had some hot chocolate. We love Christmastime! :)

Faith enjoyed her first sucker thanks to Alex :)I think she really liked it, ha!

Daddy got us all on video riding the merry go round :)

Here are a few pictures of what the Christmas Market looks like

Christmas Concert

Trey had his first school Christmas concert! He had so much fun on stage singing Christmas carols and even did a good job singing one of them in German :)

Here Trey is walking into the auditorium
Trey and Kate After the program we all went back to the classroom and had snacks and juiceTrey waiting patiently for his present from Santa :)Faith is checking everything out..
Look how handsome he is :)Faith loves playing in the classroom :)Trey and Faith occupying themselves :)And this is a look into my future...Trey's friends fighting for Faith's attention..HA HA!Then offering presents when conversation doesn't work..ha ha :)

Here is Trey singing Jingle Bells (don't mind the camera work, Jeff was multi-tasking between taping Trey and holding Faith-What a good Daddy :) )

Lucas Family Visit and Trey's Birthday Party!

Bryan, Jane and baby Hudson came to visit us last weekend! Their visit has truly been the highlight of our season. :) Only wish it could have been a longer visit, but we had so much fun! Before leaving for Trey's birthday party we wanted Hudson to open his gifts from us..

He wasn't too sure about this haha..

Faith thought she would help Hudson out :)
How cute are they?!All by himself :) I think he likes his car :)

Pics from Trey's Birthday Party...

Here is the homemade Spongebob cake that Jane and I stayed up til 3:00 a.m. working on, of course with the wonderful support of our husbands :) And thank you to JB for saving us on what could have been an icing catastrophe ha :) Trey and a couple friends from school
Hudson and Faith were so cute together :)
Trey and I on the go-carts ha!
the boys on the slide
This is not just for the kids as proven here by Jeff and Bryan!!


Trey, Max and Julius
Jeff and Faith on the slide
Trey, Max and Kalaia

A few videos form the party!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TREY!

Our little boy turned 5 today! I got to be "THAT" mom who brings in cupcakes for all the kids in the class to celebrate Trey's birthday. He had so much fun and felt so special. All his classmates got together and made him a big birthday card, and all individually drew him a picture. After school he got to come home and open his gifts from Jeff and I, then Alex and Thorsten came over and brought him gifts. He also got to choose 6 kids from his class to invite to his birthday party over the weekend. He was really excited about that and couldn't wait!

A little recap of the things Trey is into right now. Of course I can't remember everything but here are a few things...

- Spongebob is still his favorite character and cartoon!
- He absolutely LOVES basketball, the highlight of his week is getting to go watch Daddy play.

- He shoots basketball everyday

- started soccer a little over a month ago and loves it. although during soccer practice he sometimes picks up the soccer ball and starts dribbling it like it's a basketball. ha!

- loves school and always has stories to tell after each day.

- loves to read!

- loves painting!

- loves anything to do with numbers!

- Daddy and him always watch NBA.com top 10 plays of the day.

- loves to sing and sometimes makes up his own words :)

- enjoys teaching Faith how to say words and tries to get her to do everything with him unless it consists of him sharing his video game or basketball. he will usually go get her a different ball to play with.

- during the day he would rather have a peanut butter & jelly sandwich than any cooked meal.

- loves macaroni and cheese!

- loves bowling!

- he is learning more and more German and likes to speak it with Alex, Thorsten and Tim. Trey always tells me to say Dankeschön rather than Thank You, ha!

- loves getting phone calls from family members back home but acts very shy when actually talking on the phone.

- always asks where mema is and when I tell him she is up in heaven with God and watching over him he looks up in the sky and smiles as if to smile at her. :)

- he thinks Daddy is king of the world, he loves bragging to his friends at school that his daddy is a basketball player and his daddy can do everything. He wants to follow Daddy everywhere he goes and wants to be just like him.

- loves his little sister and gets upset when people don't give her attention right when they see her, ha. He always points out that Faith is here and to talk to her, ha. He's very protective of her already!

- he feels bad when people get sick. His teacher was sick one day at school and he walked up to her and asked if she was ok. He said "I know you're sick, I hope you feel better" and gave her a hug.

Pics from his little party at school...

At home opening his presents...

Loves his new game boy!

Opening gifts from Alex and Thorsten. He loves his Spongebob snack box and Spongebob game!

Happy Birthday to my sweet boy! We are so blessed and so thankful to have such a wonderful and loving son!