Our next of kin

We are expecting the next happy Holzer on July 13th!

My Little Buttercup

Almost as good as the original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Mw9F5zawRQ

Grandma the Entertainer

Happy Holzer Holiday

We finished off our American Holiday Adventure by enjoying the plush accomodations of the Holzer Hotel. The vacation was complete with great food, lots of love, constant entertainment, and great people.

I'll be home for Christmas

This year due to a VERY generous and WISE husband I spent Thanksgiving and Christmas in the states. That meant a very nice long stay at the home I grew up at in Boise, IDaho. It also mean the girls got some great time with Grandma and their tease of a grandpa. We enjoyed the front porch swing, leaning to make beet juice, sleigh rides with Grandma, feeding Sadie dog a million dog cookies, and our first time playing in the snow. What a great trip and what awesome grandparents for being so good to us!!

Ward Christmas Concert

Next to me is Bishop Vandam and his wife and then Lisa Widmann.
I really like this song (oratorium) by J.S. Bach

Esslingen Middle Centuries Christmas Market

Christmas Markets are plentiful in Germany around this time of year. But this one is a bit special because it focuses on activities that would have at Christmas markets hundreds of years ago. Axe throwing, beer drinking, wooden ferris wheels, eating worst around a open hearth bonfire, etc,. I went with a work friend since my normal Christmas Market companions are currently in Boise.
Ferris wheel:

Me next to a huge Christmas Helicopter:

Criche exhibit (isn't it great that Germans aren't politically correct):