Weekends with Friends

Can I just say (again) that I am so very thankful that we have met such sweet friends here! We have become Insta-friends... The moms/kids are able to get together several times a week-which is a HUGE blessing to me, and it is drastically improving my outlook on being so far away from friends and family in the states! I have tried not to dwell on that too much on the blog...but, as you know, I am a "fairly" social person...and it is quite challenging being in a 624 square foot apartment with an 8 year old all day!!! I think it is fair to add that she has to be in this space with me too--away from school and all of her friends as well:) So it is awesome to meet a family who is in a similar boat! Thank you God for that blessing!!
Plus, Eden gets the experience of having a little brother around (which is hilarious to me). She is really cute with him, she tries to pick him up and carry him-which is funny because he is almost 3.. the other day we were at the park together and she played chase with him so that he didn't feel left out. Very sweet! She and her friend  Emma are precious together!  Emma is such a sweet girl and I am thankful that they get along!  I am enjoying having a friend to both hang out with and " talk shop"! I still think it is so cool that we are both Speech Pathologists:)
Last weekend they had us over for a chili dinner...and then this past  Friday night we had them over for some good ol' Pizza Hut.  Saturday our families spent most of the day together, shopping, walking around freezing together (it was sunny but sooooo cold!) and then ended the evening at a restaurant called Breakfast in America...Michael was craving a burger, and they had heard of this restaurant/diner. It was quite good! It kind of reminds me of a Denny's menu- you can get breakfast or burger type stuff.  Eden enjoyed a pancake, while we got burgers/fries. It's funny, if we were here on vacation, we would not have eaten at such a place, but when you are actually living here-you really miss certain foods!  Can you detect a theme?? The Oelzes love to eat!!!
I am putting some pictures from our adventure yesterday on here...Most of these pictures are also on Facebook too, but some of our friends are not on Facebook...so I am also putting them on here!