Saturday, August 30, 2008

Entertaining Friends

Today we paid our neighbors back for all their help this past year with a Mexican meal. Shopping for ingredients was a bit of a challenge. Nowhere could I find the fresh cilantro nor Monterey Jack cheese my recipes called for. Cheddar would have to do. We did succeed, after trying jar after jar of salsa over the last year, in finding a certain brand that was not sweet and didn't have the consistency of ketchup.

Frau and Herr Müller live next door, but in a newer house. They brought over a photo album and explained how our house was where Herr Müller grew up. In fact, he was born in Micaela's room.

That smiley-faced two-year old was Herr Müller?

The brick wall behind our friends Anne and Björn was part of the original barn that was connected to the house.

James' birthday cake was the last cake mix I had from my trip to the commissary. It's hard to use that last box!

Becca and her friend Jonna. They will be in the same Kindergarten class in November.

We put up this ladder for the kids to climb our awesome tree in the backyard. The tree is so large, though, that even our big kids are a bit intimidated by it.

Jonna and Bex barely speak to each other, but have a great time together.

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