Happy Thanksgiving!

We hope that you all had a great Thanksgiving full of family and friends. We did something this Thanksgiving that I bet not many of you did. We had parent teacher conferences at Carli's school! It's just an ordinary day here! We did celebrate at the OC castle with some new and old friends and we will celebrate again on Saturday with friends from Germany. We are truly blessed!

old Testament

Who says that saying the books of the Old Testament can't be fun!

Graz

We just got back tonight from a great weekend in Graz, Austria. Josh had met a man at the men's retreat (Wolfram Schrader) who was speaking at the church in Graz this weekend over the book of Romans. We were able to get to know several Christians in Graz and we were really encouraged by our time with them. It was so nice to go to a church that was so welcoming and friendly as this church was. Everyone immediately made us feel welcomed and treated us as if we were part of their family. We were able to worship with them this morning and we saw so much joy in their worship. One special couple, Thomas and Petra, went out of their way to make us feel welcomed. They had us into their home for breakfast and took us on a tour of Graz. We even ate Indian food with them, which was actually amazing! We really enjoyed our time with them. It was great to see what God is doing in the lives of His people in Graz, and we were blessed to be a part of that this weekend. 

Pumpkin Festival

I'm sure you have all been waiting to see pictures of my favorite festival in Vienna! We went with our good friends and had a lot of fun. It was a really cold day, but we found ways to stay warm...

by pretending to be statues,

Caleb jumped on a giant trampoline,

Cotter had a hot dog,

I had some Gulash Soup,

I pretended like I was 8 years old again,

and the boys swung on a giant swing.

It was a great day!

Happy Halloween!

So, I'm a little late. We had 2 fun Halloween parties to go to this year, and the kids had 2 days off of school, so that made for a great Halloween! The OC students put on a party for the kids up at the castle and then Brian and Alisha had a great party at their place! We carved a pumpkin and even made caramel apples! And we finished the week celebrating Abby Haskews 5th birthday! Here are a few fun pictures..