Sunday

Yesterday we had a busy but fun day. At 11:30 in the morning the sponsors cup started. Over at where we play our games the sponsors who put a team together had their own baskteball tournament. It was quite big. There were 17 teams there and each team had way more than 5 people. Some teams were a little smaller, but there were also teams there that had 13-15 people. A fast food place that serves salads - Tom and Sallys - has been the reigning champ for a number of years and they won it again this year. Katy and I went over for about an hour and watched some of the games. Some of the teams were pretty serious while others looked like they were there more so to have a good time. Katy's coach, for the team she played on here, in Krofdorf, was playing. Some of the guys and girls on his team were wearing big afro wigs, or funny hair wigs, when they were warming. We got a laugh out of seeing them warm up with their big hair flopping everywhere. We were hoping they would wear them in the game, but I think that might have been illegal. The tourney reminded us of the alumni tournament back home. One of these years we'll make it back.

After the Sponsors tourney we went over a family's (that we meet here around Giessen) house and had a barbeque. The weather was great and as soon as we stepped out our car at their place we could smell and it was fantastic. Even though its been a while for us it reminded us of summer and grilling out. So we sat with them and had a great lunch. Here the lunch tends to be the big meal and dinner is just something a little bit lighter.

One of the families relatives was over and he took us out for a drive. I had mentioned before that I thought it would be fun to drive on the autobahn fast, as the car we have doesnt really go that quick. Well the relative is part of a drving school and had his car, the driving school car with him. He let me drive it on the autobahn over to his place and it was cool to have gone quite fast, as it was a nice car. Then he pulled his convertible out of the garage and we took it for a ride. We drove around the state we live in here in Germany, Hessen, and got to see places that we didnt know about and see some new castles that were pretty cool. It was a gorgeous day for it and we had a good time. One place we stopped at was on top of a hill and you could see so far in every direction. He said it was his special spot, but we know where it is now :)

When we got back we sat down and had some dinner together and tossed the football/baseball/volleyball around the yard, all in turn with the kids. Katy even bounced on the trampoline a little and might have even got a flip in there.