Antenna's Christmas

Merry Christmas to Antenna and to everyone else!!! Hopefully, everyone is enjoying the day - it seems as if Antenna had a fabulous day in the snow . . . I will post pictures of our Christmas tomorrow . . . probably :o)

Merry Christmas!!!

ENJOY!!!

Cold, Wet Snow!!!

So . . . I've complained about it being cold. Here's proof that we've had some snow. (This picture doesn't even really show the extent of it, but we were leaving a cute little Italian restrauant with the Bologna name in it and having fun singing the bologna song and . . . so we stopped to take pictures! Can you imagine us, "blending" in nicely like the AFN - armed forces network - tells us by singing b-o-l-o-g-n-a loudly!!!) Anyway, here's just a little taste of what's been happening here. I hope everyone is ready for Jesus' birthday tomorrow . . .

ENJOY!!!

Christmas Markets

So . . . I haven't put much on the blog lately, because we have been incredibuly busy with day to day life! We've also been trying to hit all the Christmas Markets we can . . . which of course even tops the list of doing Christmas cards or mailing boxes!! Just so you know . . . once again we will be making the holidays last even longer by getting things out late!! Here are a couple of pictures of the Christmas Market here in Wiesbaden. (By the way . . . we have snow here for the second time, I think so far, and it was 9 degrees the last time I looked - and that's Fahrenheit!!! Now you know the two older people in this house DO NOT like the cold!!!)

ENJOY!!!

Heilbronn/Stuttgart Trip

Make a Smilebox greeting

Just so everyone knows . . . when you watch this, be prepared to click on the pause button to stop the pictures so you can read the writing. It seems to go pretty quickly. Then you just un-pause it to go on.

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One More

Okay . . . so this is it for the clues . . . I'll tell you all about the place the next time I write, but not very often do you get a picture of John and I together, so I thought I'd share! ;o) For some of you, this picture will be a dead giveaway!!!

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A Quick Tease

Okay, so I want to give you a quick tease - not a strip tease . . . I do want you to want you to come back for more . . . Ha! :o) I wonder if anyone can guess where this picture was taken??? Hopefully for some of our dear followers it might bring back some memories . . . and that's as much of a hint as you're going to get! Now, if you know where this is, hopefully it will bring up fond memories and possibly make you want to come back to see more pictures . . . or not! :o) Hopefully, I have peaked someone's curiosity!

ENJOY!!!

Happy Thanksgiving

Well . . . here it is Thanksgiving in Germany!

Happy Thanksgiving from the Coxes!!

ENJOY!!!

A Pretty Sight

Just thought I'd add this picture of this church and vineyard that we see when we're arriving home from one particular direction that we often venture out in. John took this picture the last time we drove by the area. Anyway, I don't really have anything to say about it, but it's a happy place, I'm sure . . . it's a nice scene, and one that I hope everyone will enjoy . . .

ENJOY!!!

Fast Fun

Well . . . since moving to Germany and the land of fast cars, Mac has talked about having his birthday party at a go kart place. We finally found a place to go and check out to see if it would be an okay go kart place to take a group of kids. I took Mac and his buddy Sam. The boys had lots of fun. It's a smaller track, but close by. Sam and his family have been to this particular place several times, so we thought we'd pick this one first. The boys took the old dirt bike helmets and were ready to go. They really had a load of fun, so it looks like we'll be planning the party soon!!

ENJOY!!!

Rock Climbing Fun

So . . . Mac has been wanted to rock climb ever since he saw this super-fantastic rock climbing wall at the much talked about new BX/PX in Ramstein, Germany. Well . . . on the day of October 30th our hot water and heat were due to be turned off for 28 hours . . . until right before Trick-or-Treating on the 31st. We decided to drive the hour away, have a great American dinner and spend the night in the new lodging connected to the largest PX. We had so much fun shopping, eating and hanging out at the mall . . .oh, yea . . . and Mac had fun rock climbing!

Here's a picture that I'll be able to use for blackmail as Mac gets older! :o)

Look at the monkey go . . . he was super fast and made it all the way to the top!!

After this climb the "rope man" let Mac have one extra time going up again, because he was so super-quick! Mac was thrilled! I was amazed that he didn't do any "leaning back" on the rope in a sitting down position like I would do . . . talent, I guess!
ENJOY!!!

Birthday Boys!!!

Everyone has been wondering what the big excitement was around here??? Well the two boys of the house had their birthdays this week! John turned the big 5-0 and Mac turned 12!!! Here's a picture of them both being very cute for their birthday. (Remember they share the 10th of November as their birthday . . . so that makes it and them extra special!)

ENJOY!!!

Our Stairway

So . . . here's a look at our stairway.

It's nice to know that the landings are large enough to still have room to decorate them and have plenty of room to get by without stumbling!!!

More things to see on your way up!

A view of the phrase I "painted" above our wedding collage . . . I wished I had gotten the 2 lines parallel. (However, then you would have thought a professional had done it!)

The window with the faux stained glass stuck on. This was another new craft for me . . . although it looks green in this picture it doesn't at all in real life. It keeps people from seeing in, but we can see out through the border and more importantly we can open the window!

ENJOY!!!

Main Entry Hall

Standing where the coat rack is located.

On the stairs above the coat rack looking into the hall and part of the kitchen.

Now I'm standing in the office looking down the main entry hall. (An ASSORTMENT of rugs meets you on the WHITE floor!)

Looking down the hallway right by the office - that will be shown at a MUCH LATER date!

Standing in the kitchen looking out to the front door with the office down the hallway and the bathroom to the left of the front door.

I know, I know you thought you would not, could not see anymore Americana in our house . . . little did you know there was more to be seen! (Who knows, by the time you see the next set of pictures - but not of the office . . . there may even be more!) I hope you're now able to look back and see how the house is all situated on the main floor . . . next time, we'll start up the stairs!

ENJOY!!!

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!!!

As you can see, Antenna must have had a VERY Happy Halloween! She is really loved by her grandparents! Have you ever seen her coat looking so silky and shiny?? She also got quite a few treats . . . her friends Chui and Oliver would have been happy to see that! I didn't include the picture of her wearing her witch costume that's on the side of the wagon there, but Grandma even got her a costume! (She is living the life!!) I guess, that's one reason I haven't made the phone call to get her to Germany - she's treated much better with her Grandparents - she may never want to come and live with us again! :o( Oh well, soon I hope . . .

Thanks to the grandparents for taking such good care of our Antenna!!!

ENJOY!!!

Our Entry Way Inside

So this is just inside the front door on one side wall. There's a 4 foot long hallway with the guest bathroom off of it. I had fun with my friend, Deb, hanging all these different Americana "treasures". (For those of you who know Deb, you know it was fun since she doesn't like a lot of "things" on the walls. We had fun picking through tons of choices.
The other side of the wall.

Over the door frame - looking into the kitchen thru another "entry hall."

You can see that one in the next post . . . remember, I'm pacing you!

ENJOY!!!

Dining Room & Family Room

So, here's the view standing in front of the famous "chicken chairs". I guess they're officially in the dining room - but I'm not even really certain that's true. Remember it's still a work in progress, so things are changing daily. However, we do have Antenna's bed ready! (See it under the church pew???) Oh and where did the fireplace go???? I wonder?
A view of the piano and antique secretary that now is holding Americana stuff . . . not enough room for the grandmother's silver. Oh well . . . maybe next move.

One of the interesting things about this picture is the small table to the left of the secretary. It holds all the TV equipment, phone and computer router . . . Now're we're really having to live wirelessly. (Oh and where did the door to the backyard go?? I wonder???)

A view from the family room.

A view of the dining room looking into the kitchen. (Thank goodness we sold our dining room set and haven't gotten another one yet - there's no room!)

The sideboard from Fort Huachuca. :o)

Standing in the kitchen looking over the bar.

Still in the kitchen - notice the little antique rocker is coming in handy as a purse holder. :o)

The antique wine barrel from here in Germany that I wanted to match the tequila barrel. YEA! (There's no room for a glass top for it now, but one day, it will make a great pub table with the tequila barrel next to it holding the drinks! Dream on . . .)


So that's it for now with another posting of "home pictures". You can stop me now, if you want . . . or come back tomorrow for the entry way!

ENJOY!!!

Wiesbaden Homecoming

Azana, Andrea, Katelyn, Maddy, Teah Well . . . last weekend was homecoming for Wiesbaden High School. Katelyn and her group of girlfriends decided a few weeks back to attend the "big dance" together. (It's funny - they're still the group that I spoke of earlier from the first day of school that ate lunch together . . . they're still having lunch and they're still hanging out. The remarkable thing is . . . they're all new kids to the high school this year.) Anyway, they had a good time. They met before the dance for pictures and then went to a restaurant for pasta or pizza. They stayed until the very end of the dance. (I don't know who had more fun . . . them or Maddy's mom and I watching all the kids coming out of the dance and seeing how they were all dressed!) They all seemed to have a wonderful time and now have created another high school memory!

ENJOY!!!

Favorite Food

So . . . today after church we decided to venture out on our own and find a great place to eat. We were successful in our findings!! We found our favorite type of food - Mexican!! This restaurant was even started by a family with the name of Ramirez - pretty authentic, huh! (They're even from San Antonio, Texas!!) What more could we ask for?! Well, kids eat free on Sunday, so Mac was cheap enough. The rest of us just had normal, regular Mexican food complete with rice and beans . . . The pricetag was high, but it was worth every penny! Here it was $63. (They included the equal dollar amount on the bill . . . why, I'm not sure - maybe to scare us off!) In the states the same meal would have been right at $30. Amazing, is all I can say. Just thought I'd show some of the pics we took before anyone else came in. Fabulous that I've learned to use the timer on the camera, now maybe we can all be in the pictures!

More pictures of the house tomorrow . . . just to keep you wondering . . .

ENJOY!!