These are pictures of Judies first day here.

Here are the pictures of Judies first day. The second we walked out of the airport it started to snow. So here you go!

New Years Eve

We went to the Bowling alley for New Years. The boys had a blast. Colton and Jason of course are always competing in everything they do. SO it was a fight all night. Jayden actually lasted all night. It was a great way to bring in the New Year!

A walk in the Forest

We decided the day after Christmas that we needed a little exercise. So we went to the forest and walked on one of the many paths. The boys had a blast! (All three of them)

Christmas 2008

This year Christmas was a bit different. It was nice just being able to get up and not have to rush around, but we really missed everyone. The boys got everything they asked for. Except Jayden, who asked Santa to write his name on a piece of paper and frame it. We didn't do it because we thought he was joking. HE WASN"T! He sat a cried because Santa forgot. LOL And of course I couldn't not put a picture of our Charlie Brown tree. It came up to my shoulders. Hope everyone had a great one.

Our first Thanksgiving in Germany

Well, we have officaially made it through. It was a good day. I called mom a million times at like 1 in the morning for her. My can opener broke and I tried to plug a crock pot into the transformer and blew it. But, other than that, it went great. There are no pictures of Jayden because he wanted to play his games and not take pictures. LOL Hope everyone had a great day.

More pictures of the Tour

Rhein River Tour 11/15/2008

We went on a tour of the Rhein River and to a Wine Tasting at Stefans in St. Goar. We had a blast! The boat ride was 2 1/2 hours then we road the train back to the Winery. We tasted at least 30 different wines and Brandies. He even had a Kinder wine for the kids. Stefans Peach Brandi is #10 in the world and his wines are allowed to represent Germany. His Ice Wine (which is made only when the grapes freeze) is wonderful but very expensive. In the states the bottles go for around $200-$300. ( There has not been any Ice Wine made in 7 years. The grapes have not frozen.) You can get it from him for around 70E. Which is like $120 for us. We had a wonderful time and plan on going back. We got to se a lot of the castles and all the grape vines. It was aliitle cold on te boat, but there coffees and hot chocalates were great.