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Thursday, January 5, 2012

vacation

We just enjoyed our family vacation of the year in Austria/Germany! What a lovely place we get to stay in the Austrian Alps! We left on the 26th and arrived back home on the 3rd. We enjoyed time snowboarding/skiing/sledding...
Hannah snowboarding for the first time!
Rachel

Nathanael learning to ski  
baking Christmas cookies together....

playing games, sewing and doing puzzles....




Enjoying the last day of 2011 together, including our traditional ice cream and toppings meal and the showing of "The Great Muppet Caper"...
Nate and Tom worked for hours to make these fabulous snow forts.  Check out the still-falling snow!

toppings plus some healthy additions including some meats and cheeses.

One happy 5 year old!

Matt and Amy

After opening our New Years "poppers"!

Hannah, Amy and Matt in the snow turned to rain and their snowman named something creative that Hannah named it.
 A great trip to a vogelpark (bird park) in Austria New Years morning.  It was really slushy out there as it was warming up.  We all had wet feet at the end of this trip, but had enjoyed a beautiful walk together.
Matt, Amy and Rachel

Matt using his new camera...his graduation gift early!

Rachel

At my favorite Christmas store in Garmisch, Germany.  Taken for my mom!


Seen on the way home on the 3rd...

aqueduct
north to Garmisch

recognize this, Sue????
and this Pizza Hut?  One of our regular stops in Garmisch.

SMILE

hmmm

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

awww- thanks so much for the pics. Love the little organist! Anita

Anonymous said...

Love the pictures. Beautiful family! Kathryn

Sandy Wittevrongel said...

Thanks for the pics. so happy to see Amy with you. Love the new years tradition. SAndy

Angela Josephine said...

Great pics and fun family times! What a super location you live in to be able to vacation in the Alps! And having Amy home must have been nice. Thanks for sharing these and Happy New Year!!