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!

 

Family Pictures

 We had pictures taken in our local forest this year! Our photographer was really nice. Tanja Heissenberger-Münster.

Our Peaceful Garden

And the grass is in!

It was a lot of work for Gregory and Nath to dig out the weeds and level it.

As a reminder, here is how it all started...

Now Gregory can get on with life! hahaha

Enjoying the Outdoors Nearby

Eva's monthly church kids' program met on Saturday, and they made kites! So naturally, she needed to go kite flying on Sunday! We have a perfect field for it nearby.

I have two labyrinths within walking distance. I have likely posted a picture of this one before, but I had to post another. It is so beautiful and reflective here.

I try to take daily walks in the forest, and on this particular day, the view of the Vienna skyline was stunning.

 

New School Pictures

It is challenging to type a paragraph in Word when you haven't yet learned to type...  Here we go.

Eva's enjoying time with new friends at her new school.

Sometimes (really just sometimes) it can be helpful to have a big brother who is at the same school.  Working on homework...

 

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

Blogging buddies

I think I have something like three years of blog posts to catch up on...if I ever actually do it. Anyway, I thought I would at least take a stab at it. My main reason for posting photos is to have a digital photo album for the kids and relatives and friends, so I am motivated to not give up on it just yet. The weather has been dreamy here the past few days, and so Eva and Tiger Lily have been sitting with me in the shade on the balcony after school. Shalom moments.