From the 2nd half of our trip to the states this past summer

These are the three muskateers 

(in the Winter, but it's such a cute picture).

L's mom hosted us while we were in the DC area.

S is looking too cute here.  

We visited Mom and Ray

We visited our bestest buddies in the whole wide world!!!!

We visited my sister (in the middle) and her husband and 

daughter (2nd from the right) and son-in-law.  

We had a beautiful sunny day swimming at my sister's house  

- although J doesn't look so happy toting the girls around

the Hills are alive.....

I dont know why this insists on 

underlining - 

it's frustrating me!!!  

And the pictures are in reverse 

order...

 dag nab it.. 

We went to Austria over the long weekend, 

and were at about

 8000 ft above sea 

level. 

 The countryside was beautiful.

A day at the park

A day at the park.. 

On the roller coaster

on the bigger roller coaster.  That's S in the front on the left w/ H

and another roller coaster 

and the water flume 

and another water flumer... 

The flower market on Saturday

A friend discovers German markets with me

My girlfriend came into town and we went straight away to the Markthalle in Downtown Stuttgart.  We enjoyed the largest croissants I've ever had, and then we meandered around the market.  Enjoy!!!!

And if you look real close you'll see that this little bitty truffle sitting on the scale cost

 (I believe) 75,00 euros.  (That would be about $100).   

Trying to catch up

Here are some old pictures from over the past year. I'm gonna set myself a goal of getting pictures on this ol' blog of mine with S's help. She'll help me pic the pics and the titles.

These are pics of the Zugspitz - we had a last minute opportunity to go to Edelweiss last January.

Somebody's Birthday.....

We celebrated Joe's birthday when we got home..... 

and S and J's birthday on the road

J / S - end of Year Music Programs

Royalty / Soccer / kitty cats

S and J in LaLa Land

J finishing the soccer season

S and her new kitty cat

the Latest

S on Ice Skates - she skates 4 times a week - loves it...

J being promoted to Bear

The kids after a day at the zoo