March Madness Recap!

For all of those basketball fans out there, I'm sorry to disappoint. This is not, in fact, a post about basketball (even though I DID come in second in our family pool.. I know, crazy, right?). 
This is my attempt to cover some of the super exciting stuff that happened during the month of March... through pictures, because I don't feel like writing a novel or attempting to condense into a short enough post.  Condensing hurts my brain.  It does not come naturally.

One of the most exciting things that happened in March was spring!

The temperature reached upper 50s, maybe even some lower 60s, multiple times last month!

This was cause for much celebration.

The warm weather meant we were able to walk around Lupburg in tanktops and flip-flops.

It meant haircuts on the backporch and swinging at the park.

 Awana game-time outside! 

And, on the rare occasion when we didn't/couldn't make it out into the great outdoors, Abi and Bear set up shop in the living room.  This shop was open for everyone and anyone to come and buy an assortment of items.  Some of which may have even been sneakily removed from your very own bedroom.

"If you want your hairbrush back, you're going to have to pay 15 euro cents. And we accept donations!"

We are full of creative ways to make money.

~ RM

Back to the Burg (and blogging)

There are multiple steps involved when preparing for a trip... Most people pack.  Sometimes they even figure out exactly where they're going, so that the 3 hour road trip doesn't become an episode of the Amazing Race gone wrong.  If it is an annual trip, some people like to sit down, flip through pictures and talk about all the fun they had last year.

  My fellow members of Crew 303 and I did all of the above this past month ... with a few additions.

The first weekend of March brought the second annual Venture Adventure Weekend for our crew. This year, the theme was Monty Python's Search for the Holy Grail ... meaning we had to:

• watch the movie at least twice. 
• obtain coconut halves.
• make and/or buy medieval costumes.
• work on our English and French accents.
• steal my brother's sword. (with permission, but that doesn't sound near as exciting.)
• quote the movie until we could quote no more.
• learn the song "Brave Sir Robin" by heart ... because road trips are just so much more fun when there is singing involved.

...all before we left.  It was an exciting prep time, to say the least.  And my outraaaagious french accent has been much improved (heh ;P).

This year, my friend and I got the privilege of staying on the fourth floor of THE TOWER.  Which meant lots and lots and lots of stairs....We forgot something in our room once..never again...

The 'Caped Crusaders' participated in many exciting activities, including:

Posing for pictures. (Dramatic? Us? Nooo.)

Photobombing.. ;)

Geocaching! Or searching for the Holy Grail throughout the town of Rieneck and surrounding area. With the added excitement of dodging killer-tractors ...
Good times, good times.

Ropes course, anyone? I've come to the conclusion that I want a giant swing in my backyard.

Badly.

This time around, being the "experienced and adventurous" Venturers that we are, we decided it would be fun to ride the swing upside-down.

And we were right.

I still want one..

Then it was on to the 'tree of truth' 'baby stick' 'wobbly log of death', whatever you want to call it.  And, unlike last year, I was able to complete this activity!  Hurrah!   

Did I mention we like posing for pictures?

"...And that, my liege, is how we know the earth to be banana shaped."

-- RM