The website is not working, but this will hopefully fix the problem.

For the first 3 months here in Northwest Germany, we have had really really horrible weather. I was thinking I moved to Seattle, but in Germany!!! We have had lots and lots of rain with nothing but a minute of sun once in awhile. I was ready to move anywhere south in a hurry. Then out of no where, March 21st was here and we had SUN!! It was very strange that the first week of spring came and the rain went. Since this time, the cities around here have come alive. People are walking into town, kids are riding bikes, people are rollerblading..amazing, there ARE people here.

Well, since coming back from Michigan October 19th, we have been keeping busy with friends in Ye Old Lippstadt. There was the Herbstwoche Festival (celebrating the arrival of autumn) which was a lot of fun for the kids and the adults too. Jason has posted those pictures on this site. Addison went on a lot of roller coaster rides that would scare other normal 3-4 year olds. Kylie went on her share of little kid roller coasters. The food at this festival was your typical fare of brats, pommes and of course beer (apfel shorle for the kids).

Well it is past the half a year mark here in Germany, and Elisa and the girls have been here nearly 6 months as well.  Since the middle of September Elisa has been in the USA helping her mom.  I have been here with Addison and Elisa has Kylie back there.  But one more week, and we will all be back together.  And a week later we celebrate 5 years of being married.

I have now made it so that you have to log in to access the pictures in the gallery. I had always had it open, and I have now recently thought more about it, and there is no reason for the general public to see the pictures. If you want access, just click on the register button, and I will grant you access if I know you....

Thank you for your understanding.

We went to visit Jason's extended family in Nordhausen, Germany the weekend of the 8th. We stayed with Jason's 2nd cousin, Christian and his wife Connie. They were the nicest people I think I have met in Germany yet! They understand a bit more English than I understood their German. So needless to say, it was a "German Weekend" for me! Their children, Katja and Stephen we there too. Connie kept us fed so well the entire weekend; I wanted to get every recipe from her.

July was once of our biggest travel months so far! Whew...Denmark, Sweden, Hamburg, Munster and Berlin? When did all of this happen? We already added most of the pictures with the exception of Berlin.  Berlin's pictures should be up on the site in the next couple of days.

Once we landed at Helsingborg, Sweden we then had to drive down Sweden to our hotel at downtown Malmo. This only took 30 minutes if you can believe it. We checked in late; I of course went to a local "grocery store" and then we all went to sleep for a full day planned of sight seeing in Malmo on Saturday.