Another Language Calamity

It's still raspberry season in Poland,
uuuuummmm, good!
So, I thought to myself...
"I'll make another delicious raspberry tart."
Looks delicious, doesn't it?
Well, this tart came out with a rather odd smell...
As I studied the cream cheese package more closely,
I noticed that it said that a tastey ingredient had been added...
GARLIC!
"And how did it taste?" you ask.
Well, let's just say that I won't be winning the
Pillsbury Bake Off this year!

Safe Water

When we were in the MTC we were instructed on how important it was to drink only purified water. Only bottled water should be used, even for brushing our teeth. When we got to Poland, the mission doctor emphasized that even the water that we rinse our dishes in should be purified. Now of course we don't use bottled water for washing and rinsing dishes, so they taught us how purify it ourselves. You can boil it and then put it through a coffee strainer, or the more simple option is just to add a few drops of Clorox to the water. Naturally that sounded like the easier and more practical solution.

However, we've started noticing an attrition in
the number of clothes we can wear in public!

Somehow those couple of drops of Clorox find their way onto our clothes.

Even the pajamas have been
under attack.



What's a girl to do???
Go shopping, I guess!

Food! Glorious Food!

Have you ever noticed how much fun kids have eating?
No worries about drips or spills or getting it on their clothes
or all over their face...

No counting calories!

Wellllll..........., it's fun most of the time.

Maybe calories do count.
It seems it's a lot more fun to eat cake, chocolate and ice cream
than vegetables and pasta !!!

What's More Fun Than A Birthday Party!

It wasn't exactly their birthdays yet...
but close enough!
So we decided to celebrate while Milla and Avi were here this week.

2 candles for Avi---
and 4 for Milla.With a twinkle in her eye...
Avi talked about the cake all weekend
Milla's favorite part was opening the presents!
I think we should have got two pairs of glass slippers.
The tutu was the hit of the day!!!
But for us---
the best part was just celebrating them!

Another Day at the Park

What could be better than spending an
afternoon at the park in the fall???

Spending an afternoon with your
family
at the park in the fall!!!

We enjoyed having Jen, Alex and the girls visit with us here in Poland for a few days.











We captured
some great memories.

Anyone Seen Cinderella?

The Niedzica Castle on the Hungarian border of Poland
was recently the setting for a ball that lasted
til the wee hours of the morning.
A captivating woman appeared and
completely
enchanted
Prince Charming,
but she mysteriously fled
as the clock struck midnight.
The prince searched high and low
throughout
the castle for the woman
who had won his heart.

Could she be hiding behind these dark walls?
Or perhaps she climbed the great tower.
Oh look! He found her---and they lived
happily ever after.

Slovakia

Last week we took a tram to the top of Kasprowy Wierch...

From there you can walk the ridge of the Tatra mountains
and step into Slovakia.

Although, by Colorado standards it's not very high, 6,000 feet,
it felt like we were on top of the world....
looking into two different countries at once.
I must confess it made me a bit homesick for the mountains.