A little behind...

So, we are a little (okay, a lot) behind on our blog. Things have just been crazy around here, so the blog was forgotten. I will go ahead and try to get you all updated on what we have been up to the last month~

Let's start with Mother's Day. I had a wonderful day full of beautiful flowers! Carli walked over to the flower garden behind our house and brought back this huge bouquet of lilacs!

Then I went out to the porch and saw this beautiful plant!

Aren't the flowers so cool?!

I was brought breakfast in bed by my sweet kids and amazing husband, opened great gifts made by my kids, had a great time of worship, ate at my favorite Austrian restaurant, took a nap, and went to my favorite gelato place for dessert! It was a great day of getting spoiled by the most wonderful family a mom could ever ask for. Thanks guys!

The next big event was Cotter's Indian Festival. He got to dress up and sing songs that he has learned at Kindergarten, and they put on a performance for all the families. He even got to play the big drum. He was so cute and he loved being an Indian for an afternoon!

Then we enjoyed a family retreat up in the mountains of Austria at Schwarzwaldeckhaus. We were there for a weekend with about 10 other families. Josh spoke one morning about raising kids in a Christian family and he did an amazing job. I will forever be in awe of his ability to speak German. The kids had a pajama party (with a modeling show- organized and directed by Carli), and they really enjoyed helping in the kitchen.

Although I don't have any pictures from outside, the first day was absolutely beautiful. We enjoyed the hike up the mountain to the cabin and the kids loved to pick bouquets of wildflowers. But... this is what we woke up to Sunday morning!

Thanks to Jake, we didn't have to hike back down the mountain in the snow! We all got rides down in the Jeep! He was a lifesaver, because I definitely didn't pack the right things for snow! I mean, c'mon... it's May!

Well, that has been the highlights up until this past weekend. We just enjoyed another amazing weekend with friends and I will post more about that soon!