Christmas 2023 with Opa and Oma

It was super special to have Opa and Oma visit from Michigan! We made special memories together, baking, playing games, eating, oh, and getting sick together. Yikes!

Christmas Market down the street from our home!

Eva was in a Christmas musical at church. She did a splendid job!

For Christmas, Eva and I were gifted with a mother-daughter two-night hotel trip, and we had so much fun together!

Nath even came to swim with us at the hotel a couple times. We liked sharing the fun with him!

December Happenings

Candle-dipping at church

the ''humble'' snowman our neighbors built (after it had melted four a few days)

stockings on St. Nikolaus day

sunbathing

a snow-covered vineyard on the train to church

we had more snow than is typical here

 

Random October pictures

new glasses!

Gregory and I unexpectedly had an evening when both kids were away, so we made fajitas and pico de gallo!

Nath started playing for a different team on loan. It is fun watching him play in games!

Eva took advantage of our grass on a warmer day.

Nath finally got an actual computer for school and leisure. The hand-me-down laptops just weren't cutting it anymore.

Gregory found some great spots in our forest for pictures.

Our church shares facilities with another church, and the other church bought a new keyboard. It is quite fancy, and for a few weeks in a row, a group of guys would gather around it after the service and play around with all of the settings!

 

Summer camp

Both of our kids attended a summer camp a couple hours away, this year during different weeks.  Eva and a few friends from church went one week, and Nath and a few friends from church went with teens the following week. Both kids had an incredible week. The theme was Narnia, and the camp staff was incredible. It must be so much work to pull off those camps. They stay in tents for six nights, and they have a team who prepares all the meals. It is impressive. We are so grateful for their ministry.

We had carpool duty to pick up the girls and take the boys, so here a few pictures from pick-up.

 

May 2023

Memories from May 2023:

Nath's painting at school:

Gregory sorting his office files before moving!

One last time at the labyrinth in Oberlaa

Nath's football haircut

A broken finger

Eating out together after leaving the hospital

Eva's first and only ballet recital (all the others were cancelled during pandemic restrictions)

Church retreat in Neutal... We had a friend of Eva's stay with us in our room, and Nath and a few other boys stayed in this tent-type room!

Our box delivery. It is getting real!

Beautiful weather and a beautiful girl trying out her Christmas skates

 

March 2023

We had a worship evening at church, and an incredible artist at our church painted during the evening!

We borrowed keys to our home to measure a few items and set up the installation of exterior shades. It was fun to be in the home briefly!

Nath FINALLY got to go on a ski trip with his class! What a blast! He was quite tired when he returned.  He has become quite the skiier!

Just on our way home from church one day, and the kids were fascinated with these big tires.

 

December 2022 Family Visit

What an incredible visit...