Last day of 2010!

We went to the Aquarium on Wednesday and it was really fun. A bit crowded, but not too bad. We saw them throw some food into the big tank for the sharks, piranhas, etc..so that was fun for the kiddos.

Yesterday Evan had a 1 hour violin lesson (usually they are 1/2 hour) and had a blast. He said he could have stayed another 1/2 hour. The teacher is amazing! We also went to have lunch with Eric and get some groceries at the commissary. The kids begged Eric to stay a few hours to see how he works. We thought they would get bored and cautioned against it, but they were determined. (we hadn't packed books, crayons, DS's, etc..!) Anyway - turned out fun for all as I got a few errands and a run in! whoopee!

We are just cleaning up our apartment today so we can head into the new year with an organized place. We just hung some more little shelves in the kitchen to try and deal with our storage issues :)

We hear downtown has a ton of stages etc... set up with dancing and stuff for kids during the afternoon today so after Eric works 1/2 day we are going to head to the inner city and check that out. It is REALLY cold today, so we will see how long we last. I am putting a pot of chili on and we invited some friends back but not sure if they can join us. Fireworks are HUGE here for New Years...apparently HUGE shows go on downtown. (alhtough it is also a free for all so not a safe place to be with kids we hear) I think we are high enough up that we may be able to see things from here....or we may venture to a colleuge's apt with a rooftop view downtown. We'll see. We also bought some at the store to set off ourselves - these HUGE bottle rocket things that would be very illegal downtown. **Horners if you read this - Evan wishes Garrett was here!!!*** Kind of like our 4th of July in December!

Thanks Cabes for Skyping with us last night - it made our day!!

Well, I could get all thoughtful on you considering this is my final post of this year, but that would be uncharacteristic for this blog I think. Hee hee

I will say I am looking forward to the New Year and praying for health and happiness for all we know. I have never made a real New Years Resolution... do you do this??? Maybe I should try it this year. Hmmmmmmmm

Guten Rutsch!!! (which translates to Good Slide.... the Austrians don't say Happy New Year before the New Year as they think that seems silly (kinda is I guess) so they say "I wish you a good slide into the New Year" prior to the first.

So.... Guten Rutsch zu Alles!

Mit Liebe,

The Smith Fam