We had a great few days with Darrell and Priscilla, Daniel, Jared and Matthew. It was such a treat to have them with us although the time went by WAY to quickly. Much of that time was spent with Mark and I in orientation classes and the rest of them at home working. They were able to get lots done for us...putting together wardrobes, some painting, cleaning up, moving furniture, setting up computers, cleaning out vines and dead flowers from the courtyard, etc.. Lots got accomplished.

We tried our hand in the big dorm kitchen where we used the industrial convection oven for the first time. I can see we're going to really like having that in the dorm. Cooks fast and with many levels inside. Feels strange trying to learn where everything belongs. It was interesting having the Derksens explore through the place with us as we discovered new things together.

We went out for supper one night to the Kabob place. Lots of food and the pitas barely fit into the biggest of mouths!


We went to the Lorrach castle which is about 10 minutes away from us. It's an old castle built around 700AD. It was so beautiful. We hiked through a forest for about 20 minutes to get there. The sun was hot and the scenery was gorgeous.



There will more pictures to follow...we are on our way to write our drivers test...later.