So, here are the highlights of what we have been up to since my last posting:
Kids started school--Sarah goes to the Otto-Hahn Gymnasium (college-track Jr./Sr. High), and hasn't been late for the train once! Madeline and Emma are in 3rd and 4th grade at the Friedrich Kammerer Schule here in Ehningen (which they walk to rain or shine). Kira has a blast at the Kindergarten (what we would call preschool) at the end of our street.
We celebrated 4 birthdays, Halloween, Thanksgiving, St. Nikolaus Day, St. Martin's Day, the 4 Advents, our 12th Wedding Anniversary, Christmas, and New Years.
During the above celebrations we ate way too much chocolate, candy, and food in general--but we aren't really complaining.
We have been busy, busy, busy in our Tübingen ward, where Chuck started his second year as Bishop, and I work in the Primary.
The kids have been constantly slogging through WAY too much homework (just ask them).
We went on a New Year's trip to the very Eastern edge of Germany. After enjoying a few lovely, relaxing days in Forst with our friends, the Gäblers, we headed south to the resort town of Oybin. There we stayed in a rustic and cozy vacation home and played games and went sledding to our hearts' content. We also popped into Poland and the Czech Republic (just to say we've been there) and took a ride on an old narrow gauge steam train. It was the perfect way to start the New Year--only problem was that we had to come home and jump back into work and school again.
Here are a few photos from our trip:
Dinner at the Gäblers'--with Papa, Mutti, Omi, and Yvonne.
Sledding with Yvonne.
Go, Madeline!
The water tower in Forst.
Haus Isabelle on the outside...
....and on the inside.
We had lots of snow and there was a fantastic sledding hill just across the street!
Racing down the hill!
The train from Oybin to Zittau and back.
The Czech border...about 100 yards up the road.
Heading into Poland.
A power plant in Poland. I'd never seen so many reactors in one place before. As we left the area, we noticed that just a few miles away, on the German side, there was a big field of wind turbines. It was an amazing contrast.
Castle ruins above Oybin.
A frosty sign post.
Sarah and Chuck walked a half an hour up the road to this tower...and spent five exhilarating minutes sledding back down. "The BEST sledding run, EVER!" (according to Sarah, anyway).
Some shots out the window at our winter wonderland.
3 comments:
I'm so happy for you that your family is having such a wonderful time "abroad". Happy, but jealous too!
Yea! Yea! You're blogging! You're blogging! I love hearing about your adventures!
Wow! I can't believe you did all that traveling. I'm afraid that it would be a little bit too much for me, but it looks like you had tons of fun. (I'm such a homebody). It's so fun to read about your family news. Keep it up!! :)
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