I'm an aunt!

My sister-in-law Christie had her baby girl today!!! Taylor Noe Fincannon was born in Dallas at 1:46pm. Check out that cute family! :)

It never gets old...

I showed this pic to my German instructor the other day, and she laughed so hard she cried. I know a tiny version of it is already over there on the right -----> but it's so tiny that I thought I'd share the large version again ;)

Guten Abend!

Sorry for the lack of blog posts lately! To start off the new year I signed up for German classes - it was about time I learned how to say something other than, "weisswein schorle, bitte!" I am in class for 4 hours every day, which is fantastic - not only does it get me out of the house, but it forces me to practice German daily, immersion style. 

I started off taking classes at the GLS (www.gls-german-courses.de), which is in itself is a fantastic school, but unfortunately I think I was at least 10 years older than most of the people in my class. Not to mention the fact that these kids were basically just sent to Berlin to "live a little" while their parents "wintered" in places like Greece... so yeah, I felt like an Old every time I walked in the door. So I switched programs and now I'm taking classes at the Tandem school. It's fantastic, much more my style, and still really close to our flat. The class moves really quickly; we're only in our second week and we've already had to turn in an essay! 

The hardest part of learning a new language has got to be the grammar. And not just because it's grammar in a foreign language, but because I honestly do not remember the logic behind proper English grammar! I mean, seriously - when was the last time you tried to wrap your head around things like dative, nominative, accusative, etc?? Deutsch ist schwer.

Tonight we are heading to see Yelle - yay for French electro pop!