Teil 1: Heiligabend

Heiligabend: Cookies, candles....


getting together....


and of course, presents:

Arrived.

We've successfully landed in Germany and have made it home. We look forward to doing more blog posts once we've slept a bit.

Sledding in Mount Vernon

The new house is now really the new house

So we've nearly finished moving into the new house and should be done by Saturday morning when we start off on our holiday travel. We're enjoying it a lot so far.


You can also see some of the new carpet that we put in for the bedrooms.


This is a night-view of our neighbors' tree. By the way, Sammy is very very excited to see everyone over the holidays.

Emma und das Pferd

Geburtstag Nr. 1 von Emma

Presents for both kids and muffins which Sam helped to make. Oh, and shots at the doctor's office for the birthday girl! You're welcome, Emmy!

House news, zoo pics

The good news is that all of the transaction business for the new house is finished! We did the closing on Nov. 15th, which happens to be the late Great-Grandpa W's birthday. So happy birthday to Great-Grandpa W and thanks for your help with our new house. Thanks also to Barbara and Volkfried for all of their help and persistence with wiring money and dealing with the frequently-frustrating bank system!

(Keep in mind if you are mailing anything to us that we won't be taking up full-time residence there for a while because we are going to be doing some work on the place up to our Christmas travels. So for now you can use the old ABQ address.)



Anyway, the kids are more interested in our weekly trips to the (very nice) zoo, so here are some shots from our last few trips: