A Newfound Tackiness

Last weekend I ventured out to OBI, which is similar to a Lowes or Home Depot. I was going to buy a vacuum bag and came out with a lot more than planned. I purchased lots of flowers for our patio. It was a VERY rainy Saturday afternoon; hardly anyone was out shopping, so I got an excellent selection of flowers :) To the point of my blog, we have 4 big pots for the flowers and needed extra soil. So we headed to the store only for me to stumble upon the "tacky" stuff that I have always known others to decorate their flowerbeds with. Maybe I am getting old, but I had to buy these figurines. They were just so tacky they were cute! I chuckle to myself each time I walk by them.....

Here we go again......

2nd Springfest of 2009

Jessica & Elena

The waiter...who thought half of our table was his to sell drinks....

Spring is officially here!

and.. that means Frühlingsfest...aka Spring Fest in Germany! Frühlingsfest is a big party celebrating spring. It is similar to Volksfest in the fall, just a little smaller. It is kinda like a really big county fair. They have all kinds of games, carnival rides, and of course very large beer tents. The fest kicked off this weekend and we had tickets to get in the beer tent. Man, the Germans know how to party! Dancing on tables, singing, you name it. We had a blast!

Waiting for the train

Jessica & Tina

Prost!

Brian & Brian

Tina & Brian

It was VERY hot in the tent!

Malaga Spain

This weekend we went to Malaga, Spain to see my cousins Eileen and Mike.

We had an awesome trip! Thanks Eileen and Mike!

Here are some pics from our trip.

View from the room

My model pose.......

Strike a pose..

Eileen & Mike

Eating lunch at a little restaurant hut on the beach

A park we stumbled upon

Mamma hen with her chic's. They were just wondering around the whole municipal.

Mickey Mouse even stopped by for a visit

This was a sign up in the bathroom...thought it was interesting.

Beers and a few too many Sangria's

View from the plane of the Swiss Alps

Our luggage. We barely had time to catch our connecting flight and were thinking our bags wouldn't make it, but there they are! YEAH!