Happy Birthday to Carrie!

For my birthday this year, my first outside the U.S., we went out to dinner with a big group of friends. Our friend Ashley's birthday is January 26th and being the nice girl she is, she let me share her day with her! We had a delicious Italian dinner followed by cake and ice cream afterwards at Melanie and Adam's.

On the 28th, Kurt spoiled me and cooked me a wonderful chicken dinner. He also gave me a crystal vase from the Czech Republic and as well as red and orange tulips.

Here are some pictures from both days:

Happy Birthday

New Year's 2008

Danielle and Jonathan invited us to get dressed up and ring in the New Year at their apartment in downtown Wiesbaden. We had a ton of fun and were excited to experience our first New Year's Celebration in Germany.

New Year's in Germany, is crazy! Everyone purchases fireworks and sets them off from mid-afternoon on New Year's Eve and on through New Year's day. At mid-night, we all went on their balcony with champagne and watched a ton of fireworks being shot off from every street corner. The smoke from the fire works was so thick it was hard to see down the block! After welcoming in 2008, we all went back inside to dance the night away until about 4am!

The next morning, after helping clean up after the party, several of us had a big brunch together.

Look at our album to see how much fun we had!

New Year's Eve