Since Jentz is the only unbirthday kid at this time of the year, we'll spotlight his awesome gymnastic abilities. He had a state meet last weekend. It lasted all day! It made me really appreciate and feel bad for my mom when she had to sit at our meets all day with all her little kids. Wow! Well, just when I thought I wouldn't last another minute Jentz got his first medal. It made the long day worth it to see his excitement. We are so proud of him. He got the bronze medal on the parallel bars.

Hanna had birthday number 3. It just so happened this year that her birthday was very eventful for many people. In Germany, the 1st of June is Children's Day (kindof like Fathers' or Mothers' Day). It was also Pentacost Monday, which is strictly observed in our part of Germany. Finally and most exciting, she had a little baby girl cousin, Olivia Jill Kerr, born on her birthday and almost at the same time. They will be exactly one decade apart. Cool birthday, huh? Julie and Derek also came all the way from Utah to celebrate with us.

Max had birthday number two. He turned 4. For his birthday we went to this amusement park where we have a season pass. It was fun. He is a sweet little boy and very funny - the clown in our family.

Obviously I am very new to the blogging setup, so that last one wasn't really in the right order or anything. Oh well. I won't give up just yet.

Yes, I'll admit it, our family planning isn't the ideal. We have three of our four kids' birthdays within one week. Needless to say it is like Christmas in July (well, May and June). Lucky for me Hanna is the only one so far who has to have a "friend party". The coming years will just get crazier!

Anyway, Heidi is lucky birthday number one on May 23rd. She turned 2 and we took her to her favorite place, a little town called Gernrode, where the world's largest cuckoo clock is located. She could stay there all day if we let her. Just to prove her excitement for the this place, here are a few videos...

(For a fun little effect, start the first video and then 27 seconds in, start the second video.)

Heidi was also thrilled about the bubbles she got from Oma and Opa. She even had a delicious princess cake to look forward to when we got home from our little outing. I guess it just wasn't meant to be her perfect birthday because on our down from a big lookout tower in the area she got a huge sliver in her hand. We had to take her to the emergency room. They wanted to operate, so we decided to come back to Halle so we wouldn't have to pay for a hotel. In Halle, we waited a while and after two attempts, a scalpel, some blood and lots of screaming and tears the doctor got it out without having to operate. Whew! We decided to have the princess cake the next day. ha ha!