Safe travels so far!

Well, we made it to Germany yesterday morning with no big issues. We made it to our gate at O'hare with 14 minutes to spare...so a little tight maybe!

We flew from O'hare to Atlanta and then on to Frankfurt. The flights all went well and on time. We landed at about 9:00 a.m. Germany time (3:00 a.m. our time). Our hotel is in Wolfsburg (about 3 hours north of Frankfurt) so we took a nice drive through some cities on our way up.

We stopped in Koblenz and went to the Festung Ehrenbreitstein Fortress. We stopped at a little local pizzeria for lunch. We then went to Bonn to find Beethoven's house. We had a little difficulty finding it since our GPS wanted us to turn down walkways, but we did find it. From there we went to Cologne. Nate had been here on his last trip and wanted us to see the Cathedral. It was awesome!!!

We then finished our drive most of which in on the Autoban. Nate has way too much fun with that!! I took a little nap since we hadn't slept since we woke up Saturday morning (well, a little on the plane, but not much). We checked into our hotel and relaxed for a while.

We woke up this morning and tried to find a SIM card for the international phone Nate got for me from work. We then brought Nate to work and Uncle Doug and I went to the Bergen-Belson concentration camp about an hour away. This was the camp that Anne Frank died at. There is nothing left of the actual camp, since they burned everything down to keep disease from spreading. It was a very interesting place to visit. It almost seems park-like since there is nothing left of the actual buildings. But still a very somber place, just thinking of all the horrible things that went on there.

We are now at the hotel waiting to hear back from Nate. The phone we have is not letting us dial Nate's number for some reason and we don't have his German number, so we are waiting for him to email us back. Hence the reason I'm updating my blog. We had to pay for a whole hour just to send him an email.

Hopefully we will catch up with Nate soon and head out for dinner. The weather he is great! In the 70's and sunny today.

Also, I put more pictures up on Facebook of our day yesterday.

Fun & Busy Weekend!

Here are some pictures from the weekend.

Friday night we had my cousin Meri's wedding. Allison was the flower girl. She loved it! Her and I went to rehearsal on Thursday night and her and Aiden (my cousin Ben's little boy) did great! Friday she got to get her hair done and get pictures taken. She did so good all day...she told me "it's so much fun at the wedding mom". She made it through the reception and went right to bed when we got home.

Saturday was a beautiful day! Nate let me sleep in a little and played with the kids and read them some books in the morning. He also made them breakfast! So nice:) Then they all went outside and the kids helped Nate clean out the shed. Then we sat out in the sun and they played in their pool. They then told me they wanted to take a nap outside. So we laid out all the towels and they layed there for over an hour. They almost fell asleep, but we had to go away at night, so I put Andrew in bed after a while.
We then headed out to Nate's parents' house for dinner for Nate's Grandpa's birthday. The guys all went golfing in the afternoon and then we all met up for dinner.
It was an awesome night and I didn't realize it was 9:00 already, so we quick packed the kids up and took them home for baths.

Sunday was pretty typical. Church, then Sunday School, lunch, naps and church again. My cousin Kelly made confession of faith at night at Faith PRC, so we went there for that and had a lunch afterwards. Both services Andrew sat on Nate's lap in the back of church, we're hoping he can sit in church soon. He hates to go in nursery so we thought we'd try him out in the back. He does pretty good for a 2-year old!

Yesterday was pretty uneventful. The kids played in the pool for a little while, then they wanted to come in because they were hot.

Today was hot again! We had to go get Ally's 4-year old shots at the doctor this morning. She wasn't too happy about it, but did very well. She got an ice cream cone from McDonald's on the way home, so then she perked up quite a bit:) This afternoon we went over to my Aunt Mary's house to swim in their pool. The kids loved sitting by the pool, but not going in so much!

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Time for Vacations and Trips to the Beach!!

Also along with summer comes vacations and trips to the beach or park or zoo!!! I can’t wait to take the kids out this summer! We already have a long list of things we want to do for day trips, since we will only be going on one camping trip this yearJ

I just want to highlight a few products that we offer that I love when going out and about or going on vacation.

For the beach you will of course need sun block. You always want to make sure you are protecting your skin! I have used the kids’ sun block already this year and I love it! It isn’t greasy at all and soaks in very quickly without much rubbing (which is great when a 2 year old just wants to playJ). We also have sports sun block in a continuous spray form (SPF 50), and SPF’s 32, 52, and 78.

For snacks and drinks for the beach or trail, we have some great options for trail mixes, juice boxes, and snacks.

And if you want to look a little better in that bathing suit this year, we have a Trim Body System just for you! It comes complete with a 30 day supply of food bars and supplements to help loose those extra pounds by the 4^th of July! It also comes with a journal that has what you should eat and take for each day for the full month. It has recipes and shopping lists to help with healthy eating habits. And it also comes with a work out DVD.

Next is something that I always have in my bag with me…LOC towelettes. They are so nice if you need to quick clean something up or if you spill something on your clothes. And with kids…I never have them too far away!

For all those hikers out there we have some great meal bars and snack bars that are so convenient to take along. We also have energy bars that are delicious!! And you should always stay hydrated…we have sports drinks or twist tubes (add them to a water bottle for a little flavor!)

The new products for this month are: 12 oz. Cranberry Grape Energy Drink, Artistry Total Mascara, Meal Bar Variety Pack, and a Snack Bar Variety Pack.

We have an expo at Centerpoint Mall this Saturday, June 6 from 11-6 if anyone would like to come and check out our Artistry and Nutrilite lines. We would love to have you stop by and say Hi!

I have a few specials for this month as well. The Meal Bar Variety Pack ($25), Kids Sun Block SPF 60 ($9), Adult Sun Block SPF 32 ($8.50), SA8 Laundry Detergent ($20), and SA8 Tri-Zyme ($9).

As always, there is FREE shipping with any order of $75 or more and 100% money back guarantee on everything!