Stop and Stare, by One Republic (Kaelei and Kali's new favorite song)

Church with Anna and the BBQ

The first picture is of Pauline's house. She will be staying with Lisha's family. The second one is of Anna. She probably wouldn't like the picture, but it's funny. The third one is Kali with Tyler. The fourth one is just to get an idea of what everything looked like at Pauline's. The fifth one is of us in front of Anna's church. It was really bright, and that was the best picture we could get. Jeffrey is in that one with us. The last one is of Anna's church. It was really cool-looking on the outside, and even cooler on the inside, but we didn't get a good picture of the inside. Sorry. ;-P

Well, today we didn't go to the LDS church, we went to church with Anna, who goes to a Protestant church. It was cool-only an hour long. We had really great timing, Anna was performing on the flute for the hymns, and the mayor of the town of Burgdorf came to speak after the meeting. We got a picture with him! Quinn says she has lived in Burgdorf for 10-ish years and she says she's never even seen him before, so we really were lucky. We went to Anna's house for the first time and hung out with her and her family for a few hours and then went home to change out of our skirts before the BBQ. Again, did I mention we went to church by bike? Well, we did. Have you ever tried riding a bike to church in a skirt? I wouldn't recommend it, it sucks. Anna's house is way cool though, and we love riding bikes everywhere-it's so nice! The only thing that could make it better is if we had our cell phones, but we're happy anyways. Today after Anna's house we went home and changed into better clothes before we rode our bikes (again!) to the BBQ at Pauline's house. Her house is HUGE! Her back yard is ENORMOUS! It was a LONG bike ride from Quinn's house to hers, but it was so fun that it was worth it. At her BBQ we met Valentine and his family as well as Pauline and hers. We ate sausage and bread and french fries and noodle salads and all sorts of yummy stuff (lots of meat). The dessert was AMAZING! Quinn made it. It's called Quarkspeise. (kwark-spiza) There was a pool in her backyard (a tiny one) but we didn't know about that before we came so we didn't bring our suits. :( But Kaelei and I are going in the morning so it's all good. Lisha didn't want to go (for some odd reason...but honestly, isn't that what summer is for? To swim even more? Just KIDDING!!!) The pool isn't very far away so we will just ride bikes again at 6 a.m. We are very excited for Southern Germany tomorrow, we still need to pack tonight. The jet-lag is horrible! We have been so exhausted lately that we are completely crazy! It's hilarious! Anna is so much fun. We have missed her a ton. There was a soccer game tonight, and the city literally shuts down during games, and we went on a bike ride with Quinn during the game. The streets were empty. I think we passed a grand total of 3 cars and a couple people riding home quickly on their bikes. It was really quiet untill a passing train just about scared us out of our pants went by. There is a train station down the road that we pass all the time when we ride our bikes. Tomorrow, instead of going to Germersheim (Toby and Connie's home town) by train, we are going with some college kid who needed and extra seventy-five dollars and heading the same direction, so he's giving us a ride. Apparently they do it all the time in Germany, but it still makes me nervous to be going with some random guy who posted his car available on the internet, but whatever. There's safety in numbers, and there's three of us, right? Anyways, we need to pack. We miss everyone! Love you!
-the girlz

We got there, that's all that matters, right?

Well, we got here safely. None of us were able to sleep on our ten hour flight to Paris, France. We had a big, bright, STUPID(!) TV screen right in front of us and it was so bright that we couldn't sleep! And it's hard to sleep on the plane anyways.We were all laying there with our sunglasses on trying to block the light but it didn't work very well. So, our total amount of sleep on the fifteen hour flight was about an hour. Each. How gay is that?! So, we watched movies all the way to Paris. It was very boring. On our plane from Paris to Hanover, Germany, we were stuck in the plane for an hour and a half while waiting for clearance to take off. It was very boring! So our flight was delayed. When we FINALLY reached the airport, got our bags and all that fun stuff, my Auntie Quinn and Anna (my German buddy) and her family were waiting for us. Quinn said that her whole family wanted to meet us at the airport but there just wasn't room for all of us in the car. The kids were waiting at home and ran out to meet us. After we put our bags away and had dinner, we went to the "city" (Burgdorf) and got some groceries at a store called Aldi. After we finished getting stuff for Quinn, we explored the city a bit and had ice cream. Did I mention that we went by bike? There were six of us who actually went to the city. Me (Kali), Kaelei, Lisha, Tori (Victoria, my cousin), Anna (my German buddy), Laura (Anna's little sister). Quinn's last name is so cool...it's Schulze. Okay, this keyboard is driving me nuts! The z and the y trade places on the German keyboard and all of the symbols are in different places and there are extra letters. It's really hard to type. The past two days sort of blur together since almost all we did on Friday was sit in a plane, as well as most of Saturday. Anyways, I'm probably boring you. The point is, we're having a great time. We miss you all! Have an amazing summer! Love, Kali, Lisha, and Kaelei.

In Delta Airlines we trust

Well they are officially on their way. Since they are literally still in the air I thought I would give their blog a jump start by posting fun pictures that Lisa took at the airport before they left. I can't wait to read about their adventures! guest blogger-Gusti

What Hurts The Most, by Rascal Flatts-Kali and Kaelei Fav.

3 years ago- April 2005

Wow- don't we look young?

Water Polo swimchicks