Of Beans and Sprouts
Yes, we're joining the group of people who think that their lives are interesting enough to write about on the web. Now that we've reconnected with lots of family and friends on our 'round the USA trip, we've decided to post some news about what we're up to and where we are and where we've been, so all you far-flung folks can keep up with us (hard sometimes, I know.). Hopefully we'll get the hang of this blogging thing and make the site interesting and full of photos before…
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Sick days
Christoph and I agreed-Thursday night was the hardest night we've had yet as parents. Gabe had a fever on Wednesday night, but didn't sleep too badly. He laid around the whole day on Thursday, though the fever seemed to be gone, sleeping some, but mostly just wanting snuggles. His fever came back in… Read more
The snow is melting!
More pictures in Winter 08/09 and a blog update!… Read more
Snowing and snowing and snowing
Oh the snow is coming down and so much for my dreams of an early spring. Gabe and I have been playing lots of hide and seek lately (which Alma generally puts up with unless I shout BOO! too loudly.), and otherwise trying to amuse ourselves. Alma is getting sweeter and sweeter and as long as we get her… Read more
Sick
Winter still isn't over in this part of the world, to my utter despair and frustration. It snowed more again today, to add to the two feet that's already on the ground! It's really unbelievable, but when Christoph said that this part of Austria is in the snow region, he wasn't kidding (although even… Read more
Alive
Yep, still alive over here, though not as healthy as we could be. Check out our blog update and some new photos in Winter 2008/2009. … Read more
Bandaids
Gabe loves bandaids. He loves the colors, all the different shapes. Whenever he can, he gets one of us to get him more from the medicine shelf and he stores them away on his special shelf in his toy corner. He puts them in his pockets and drops them all over the house (he says that he wants them in… Read more
How do you make.
Dandelion seeds? Glass? A steam roller? Sand? Babies? This plastic bowl? Watermelons? Gabe is in a serious question phase, specifically, "How do you make.?" this or that. Some are not too hard (sand, for example), but others leave us scratching our heads. How DO you make dandelion seeds? It… Read more
Is there anybody out there?
Oh boy, is this overdue. But really, you should take it as a good sign that I don't have as much computer time these days. We have a vegetable garden! We have seedlings and tomatoes in the greenhouse! My free time, such that it is, is now taken up by garden tasks, which makes for a happier Nessa all… Read more
New(er) car
In other news, we traded in our handed-down 18 year old Mercedes station wagon for a newer car-a 2006 Peugeot 307 station wagon. It's quite nice having a car that doesn't smell bad, and whose seats aren't falling apart. Also, it gets great gas mileage! There's a picture in Spring 2009 that shows how… Read more
Forward motion
It's official: Alma can crawl! Beginning the last day or two of May she has figured out how to go forward, doing some kind of army crawl with her elbows and pushing with her feet. She still gets up on her hands and knees all the time and kind of rocks back and forth trying to figure that out, but so… Read more
Four
Four years ago yesterday we got married! So far we haven't done all that much on our anniversary, but yesterday Gabe went to his grandparents' place for the evening and Christoph and I (and Alma) went out to dinner. Great food and more relaxing than normal, with only one of our darling children with… Read more
Summer
It's been a very cool and very rainy summer so far, though every now and then there'll be a really hot, sunny day thrown in. The wettest June since they've been keeping records apparently! Now Kate and Bekah are here and we're having a great time (especially Gabe), and Christoph leaves for his Grand… Read more
Update
Mushrooms and plums, oh my! News photos and a little update on our lives. Fall is here!… Read more
Carnivals and canoes
More pictures of our beautiful kids! … Read more
Carnivals and canoes
This past weekend was the festival to honor the patron saint of Salzburg, called the Rupertikirtag. It's a big carnival in the old part of the city, with rides and beer tents and lots and lots of sweets. We went with our friends Teresa and Steven and their daughter Bethany (who's Gabe's age) and the… Read more
Where does the time go?
A beautiful late summer day, it's been cooler and feeling Fall-ish lately. The herb spiral got a massive trim today, it having been overgrown with lemon balm, a bush of sage, flowering parsley, and (of course) stinging nettle. I saw a toad in among the rocks, which was wonderful-a natural slug-eating… Read more
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