Our second moving story... from the city to the lake!

Sorry...........

2006-09-06T17:11:00.000-07:00

Sorry it took so long to update our BLOG but we really had a lot of trouble with our computers.

BABY, IT'S HOT OUTSIDE....

2006-09-06T17:03:00.000-07:00

We have at least 100 degrees since the last weeks. At night it is still arround in the 90's. Our air-conditioning is running 24/7 !!!
To take a dip in the pool feels sooooo gooood !!!!
The gras turned from green into brown and i have to water the front and back yard to save the plants.

YIIIIEEEHAAAAA!!!!

2006-09-06T16:22:00.000-07:00

It was RODEO Time in Gainesville, Texas.... yiiieehaaa !
And like everybody in Gainesville... we went too. The annual Rodeo was the fifth for us (we came the first time 2002 on our summer vacation) and the twenty's for the City of Gainesville.
Bareback, Calf roping, Team Roping, Barrel Racing, Sheep Riding for Kids and Manu's favorite part: Bull Riding and a lot more. It was FUN like every year!!!

HAPPY 4th OF JULY

2006-09-06T15:46:00.000-07:00

The 4th of July Party at Stephanie's house was AWESOME!!!
Stephanie was Janina's and Jason's Speech Teacher at the Gainesville Highschool. She switched summer 2005 to another school :-(((( !

Manu made a "Flag-Cake" (Lemon-Lime-Cake in USA Design, soon you can find the recipe on Manu's BLOG), we had Hot-Dogs and got a ride to Lake Ray-Roberts on a Sport-ATV with Stephanie and her husband and us four in a little Trailer. It was FUN FUN FUN.

The firework was awesome, too. I have never seen a box that big with fireworks!!!

It was the second time we were celebrating the biggest Holiday in the USA with Stephanie and her family and friends. See ya'll next year, guys... we had a lot of fun !!!

Chillin` in Texas .......

2006-07-02T15:52:00.000-07:00

That`s chillin` in Texas....

Manu and Janina were hanging out in the Pool ...

while Konny was out at the lake surfing ....

.... and Jason was checking out some babes at the beach ...

Murphy was cooling off in the water with playing his favorite game ... fetch a stick!!!

Daggi was swimming some circles in her Pool ....

... while Erwin enjoyed diving in his little Pool !

Isn`t that a nice chillin` weekend ???

Daggi in the Pool!

2006-06-26T10:08:00.000-07:00

Daggi is a big Duck, and she is allowed to swim in the big pool now !!!!

We had to start over to fill our swimming-pool because we put it on the wrong place, it had to many wrinkles.
The Pool was filled with rain-water and we were trying to get it out. It was unattended for a moment and Daggi was nosy and checked out the biiiiiig pool. When we got back she was in the middle of the pool and was the happiest little duck we`ve ever seen!!!

House... where is the house????

2006-06-26T09:56:00.000-07:00

That`s left from the house ... the Steelframe!!! Konny wants to keep the Steel and use it on the new house. We have two big piles of wood in the backyard, one of `em is good and the other one is trashy.
We did a very good job!!! Everybody is exhausted! After beeing exposed to the sun we all got a Farmers Tan. :-))))

BBQ at Sunset...

2006-06-26T09:27:00.001-07:00

Saturday, after a lot of work at the house, we had a delicious BBQ with Steaks, Chicken Shish Kebab (Spieße), and Spinach-Salad. While we were watching boats, people wakeboarding and waterskiing, we enjoyed the beautiful sunset.

YES... we`re watching too !!!!

2006-06-26T09:27:00.000-07:00

This pic shows Jason watching the World Cup at Saturday... Germany vs. Sweden... and of course WE WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOAL!!! GOAL!!!

... and the pool is up !!!

2006-06-19T15:40:00.000-07:00

Sunday evening, after we came home from the lake, we started putting our swimming-pool up in the backyard.
It`s about time, because it is sooooo hot in Texas.
We just want to jump into the pool and stay in there all day long!

The house is down....

2006-06-19T14:18:00.000-07:00

As you can see on the pic, the house is almost gone. The only things we have left to do is the roof from the mobile home and the floor.
Saturday we took everything away around the house (frontporch, back-building floor) and cleaned up in the house (insolation, etc.). Sunday Konny made the roof to fall, by pulling it with his Pick-Up Truck.

Tearing down the house....

2006-06-12T11:14:00.000-07:00

After Konny had done a lot of work on Tuesday (on his day off of work), the rest of the Reimann bunch helped over the weekend. We tore down everything around the Mobile home.
Which is the only thing we have left. We hope over the next weekend it will be gone too!
We`re looking forward to the first brandnew brick!!!

Daggi...

we got a little pool for our baby-duck.

She`s getting bigger and bigger - everything is bigger in Texas!!!! She is now almost the same size as the chickens.Now she`s the boss! Ain`t nobody messing with her anymore!!!!

Tearing down the roof....

2006-06-06T18:11:00.000-07:00

As you can see on the pictures above, we had some helping hands to take the roof off. It took us two hours on a really hot day. We could not wait to jump into the lake. After swimming in the lake we had a BBQ with Texas-Size Steaks and homemade Burgers. Yummy!!!

HOUSE, PROM AND DAGGI

2006-05-29T11:05:00.001-07:00

Sorry, it`s been so long...
...but there was so much around.

1. The Lake-house...

finally we decided to tear it down. We will start next weekend and we hope to get a lot of helpers. Konny wanted to keep the frame and the roof to build the new house around, but it`s too much work. Now we just want to start from scratch.

The house on the picture should be gone in the next month. Then we can start with the concrete for the new house. It will be bigger than the old one, but we are still working on the floorplan.

PROM 2006

This years Theme was: "Tropical" .

Look at the pics...isn`t she beautiful ???

Her date, Casey, picked her up at our house. They went to get there pictures taken. And as MOMS are, I followed them to take lots of pictures!!! - I think, she hated me for that! :-)))) After that, they went to Sherman for Lunch to the "Roadhouse". Later at night when Janina and Casey startet walking on the catwalk, i went crazy to get the camera ready! But as you can see, i got it all covered!!!! She had a lot of fun and didn`t come home till 4 in the morning! But what happens at Prom - stays at Prom :-)))))) !!!!

DAGGI ....

at Wednesday the 24. we welcomed our little-yellow-running around in circles-baby duck!!!

One of my co-workers asked me the day before if we want to save a little baby-ducks life. Of course we said "YES"! The duck was kept in a little dark box. They got her at Eastern and didn`t know what to do with her now. We named her "DAGGI" (Dagmar). She lives with the chickens and Murphy and has her own swimming-pool. A real nice Duck-Life!

...another working weekend

2006-03-06T17:45:00.000-08:00

We spend the weekend again at the lake from saturday morning to sunday evening.
First we bought concrete and center blocks at Home Depot because Konny wants to start with his shop. While he mixed the first concrete with his "brandnew" concrete mixer, me, Janina, Jason, and another helping hand, Jonathan (Jasons best friend) worked at the house (taking the panels on the outside off).
Manuela found some scorpions. She screamed so loud when she found them. Thank God they were dead!!

first postcards arrived !!!

2006-02-19T12:19:00.000-08:00

Look how many postcards we have now!!!
The very first one came right after we asked for postcards on the website.
And now they are more than 20. Look at the pic if you can find yours!!!!
If you want your postcard on the wall, send us one!!!

Look what Konny got!!!

2006-02-12T12:54:00.000-08:00

Yesterday Konny went to his first Auction at a farm in the middle of nowwhere. They had a lot of old stuff! Cars, Trucks, Antiques, .....! And Konny got a Concrete-Mixer. It`s about 20 years old and needs some repair... but Konny got it!!!!

Work...work...and more work

2006-02-12T12:31:00.000-08:00

On the last two weekends we removed more Outside-Wallpanels from the fronthouse, but we didn`t do a lot because the wind was very cold. We allways looked for a sunny spot to work and to warm up. The house is now an "Open house"... and you can look thru it *LOL*.

Weekend at Moss Lake:

2006-01-22T14:24:00.000-08:00

Three weeks ago we started by tearing down the kitchen, both bathrooms, 3 bedrooms, all inside paneling, and isolation. After the work we have done this weekend we now have one big empty room!

Boathouse becoming Hafenkneipe!

2006-01-22T14:22:00.000-08:00

Konny wanted to switch the boathouse into a partyhouse. His idea was to put a fireplace into the new becoming „Hafenkneipe“. Before the opening he had to sand the floor, put up some lights and some decoration which gave it a nice Country lookin`.
...we were ready for the New Years Eve party!!! Our first event in the new boathouse, or „Hafenkneipe“!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2006 !!!!!!!!!!!

2006-01-22T14:16:00.000-08:00

Trash!

2006-01-22T14:15:00.000-08:00

The first thing we had to do was picking up the trash all over the proberty. We found lots of cups, bottles, beer cans and also trash bags dug under the ground. There was even a bathtub hidden under rocks.

Closing!

2006-01-22T13:59:00.000-08:00

Finally on November the 9th we had our closing. Now we own a city and a lake house!
We are so excited!

House hunting!

2006-01-22T13:56:00.000-08:00

We started house hunting at Moss Lake in summer 2005. It had to be on a lake because Konny likes the water!!!!!
We had already looked at several houses before we found the right one!!!
The house was not in a good condition but there is also a guesthouse (which we have to remodel too), a boathouse, waterfront, and a huge beautiful proberty.
And the best thing: the price was acceptable.

RAIN...... !!!!!

2006-01-22T11:57:00.000-08:00

It`s raining!!! We were waiting for rain since Halloween. That`s almost 3 month ago!!! We really needed it so bad. More than 75 percent of Texas counties have issued burn bans. The number of burned homes accounts for about 20 percent of the community's structures.
People should always treat every day as a red flag day until we get rain!
Which happened today!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-01-12T16:17:00.000-08:00

The real Texans!!!

Our moving story

2006-01-12T15:48:00.000-08:00

We moved from Germany to Texas on July the 7th 2004. Thats 18 month ago... now it`s time to move again....

read our new story soon!!!!!!!!!