Monday, April 13, 2009

Happy Easter

We hope all of our friends and family had a wonderful Easter weekend. David and I spent the day with David's family. We went to church at Courtney and Cameron's ward in High Point and then came back to Greensboro for a picnic at the beautiful arboretum near our apartment.

After the picnic, we went and played on the swings. Now, when I say "we," I mean the adults. I think Courtney, David, and I had more fun than the kids!





Jackson and Caroline had a good time playing too!



It was a really enjoyable day. I love spending time with family!

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Monkey in Europe

Recently, my mother-in-law took a trip to Europe. She was nice enough to take Monkey with her and took some WONDERFUL pictures of monkey tagging along on her travels.

Monkey taking a bus ride in Koblenz, Germany


Monkey in Hitler's Congress Hall in Nuremberg


Monkey on replica of Gutenberg Press in Mainz, Germany


Monkey in the Heathrow Airport on his way to Amsterdam


Monkey in part of the Berlin Wall (He's on the side of the right panel)


Monkey holding his bus ticket (This is one of my favorites!)


Monkey on the door of St. Stephens in Mainz, Germany (notice the loaves and the fish)


Monkey with bust of Hitler


Monkey at the flower market in Amsterdam


Bet you can guess where this last one was taken...


So, I was extremely jealous when I found out that David's mom, Heather, had not only gone to Nuremberg but had toured the Nuremberg Rally Grounds where the annual National Socialist Rallies had been held. For those of you who don't know, I'm writing my thesis on one of the stadiums, the Zeppelin Field, within these rally grounds. I literally freaked out when I found out that Heather had actually BEEN THERE!!! (David said that he wished I had been as excited on the day we got married ;) Anyway, Heather, being the amazing person she is, brought me back two books about the rally grounds and the museum there, the Documentation Center. Aaah!! I can't tell you how thrilled I am! Thank you, thank you, and thank you again, Heather!!! My night will be taken up with reading!