Skiing at Roterberg (again)

With all the snow we have been getting in Vienna, we decided to go skiing at the local hill near the house one more time! This time, we invited our friends Peter and his wife Beate (neat name, pronounced – Bay-Ah-Ta). We we...

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Skiing at Roterberg (again)

With all the snow we have been getting in Vienna, we decided to go skiing at the local hill near the house one more time! This time, we invited our friends Peter and his wife Beate (neat name, pronounced – Bay-Ah-Ta). We we...

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Christmas Market Heidelberg

On the way home from Frankfurt we decided to take a slight detour in the old city of Heidelberg to see the old town square Christmas markets. Here is Oliver showing great interest in all the grilled hotdogs and sausages. The...

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Temple Trip

You’ve heard of the Last Temptation of Christ? What about the Last Temptation of the Follower of Christ? Temple in one direction, cigarette machine in the other. Whatcha gonna do? Actually, adding further coolness to the...

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Nuremberg Christmas Market

We went on another trip to the Frankfurt Temple. This time we stopped off in Nuremberg on the way there to see the huge Christmas market. Unfortunately the weather was not great, with cold rain/snow coming down on us. But it...

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Goose Dinner

Every November is goose season in Vienna. Chris’ MBA class got together for a goose dinner at a restaurant here in Vienna. Since Grandma was visiting, she agreed to watch the kids, and we headed out to dinner!It was snowing...

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Rathaus and Freyung Christmas Markets

We have had a great time with Grandma visiting the past few weeks. When she was first here we took her to a couple of Christmas markets to show off how great Vienna is in winter as well as summer, and so she could Christmas shop...

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More Skiing in Vienna

Elora found this huge snowball chunk. She called it her ice cream cone and started eating it with Ollie.We brought the little frog tent out with us to have a little shelter from the wind. It made for a nice “base...

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Thanksgiving

Our church had a Thanksgiving party, so we packed up some turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie and headed over to the dinner. Oliver hadn’t taken a nap, and fell asleep just before we arrived. He spent the...

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