More Special Visitors

As an early birthday gift, my parents and sister visited us during the kids' semester break. It was their first time in our home since our move, and it was such a special week together! My sister is awesome about remembering to take pictures, so here are some highlights.

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!

 

Forests and Vineyards

We live on the side of hill which has either forests or vineyards. It is ideal. We take daily walks in the forest together. And last weekend we were able to have a date in the vineyards, stopping by three local stands to try their seasonal ''new wine''. It was such a gorgeous evening, and the atmosphere at each stand was special. We enjoyed the walking and sitting and talking and admiring the beauty in nature and the community around us.

A rainy morning walk

A date to visit three vineyard stands in Brunn am Gebirge

2023 Summer Staycation

With our move to Maria Enzersdorf in July, we decided to use our week-long vacation in August to explore the area and do fun outings every day.  We ate a lot of delicious food.  We discovered a great local lake for swimming and an awesome pool complex in Baden.  We overdid it at Jumpin Warrior. We took a day at Family Park (it was soooo hot).  The kids taught us Minecraft. We went to a couple look-out towers in the woods nearby.  And did I mention a lot of great food?  It was definitely a FULL week, and I am not sure I would do it that way again, but we had a blast and loved getting to know our area better.

 

Miscellaneous Moving

 Moving is so much work. But it is worth it. We are so grateful to be buying.

We had our front entry tiled. It was formerly a weed garden.

Ikea furniture delivered and assembled before the actual move

This was my solution for hiding the cat litter box! It turned out great!

When it is incredibly hot out and our splash pool is packed... 13-year-olds get creative.

On the last day of school, we went out to our local restaurant near our old home and had a final family meal together before moving the cat and our overnight bags.

Speaking of the cat, she has done really well. She seems do be just fine as long as she is where we are.

The big move days finally arrived. We had an incredible company which we would highly recommend.