July already?

Summer is just going by so quickly!! Here's an update on what is new with us:

1. Bean is entering a Cookie Contest at our base's 4th of July festival on Tuesday. She came up with this recipe all on her own and did a test run on Friday. They are AWESOME (and I normally don't like cookies once they are cookies - I'm usually only in it for the dough!)! I hope she will win!

2. We had our piano recital this past Friday. Bean did well for her first time playing in front of a group of strangers. I, on the other hand, was a complete nervous wreck! I was completely falling apart when I finally told myself, "Hey! You know how to play this song, now let's do it!" Things went much better after that, thank goodness.

3. We are going to paint inside our church's new building tomorrow. The kids in Bean's class voted to have their room painted Light Blue. Did you know that they don't mix paint for you at the stores here in Germany? They sell you the base paint and the color and you have to mix it yourself. Yikes! I'd never be able to get two containers to be exactly the same color. I think I'll stick with my all-white walls here in this house and paint when we get back to where the nice paint guys at Lowes or Homey-Depot can mix it for me.

Hope everyone has a great 4th of July!

TTFN!