Happy Thanksgiving!

Here are "before" and "after" pictures of Walter's turkey (not sure if it's actually the same turkey or not... it kind of looks like one of those cooking shows the way I posted the pictures, doesn't it?). Anyway, in honor of Thanksgiving, I wanted to post Walter's turkey. Sorry you can't be here to celebrate Thanksgiving in the U.S., Walter. Have a happy Thanksgiving in Germany!

Dinner with Julian

Julian had fun eating pizza with Grace, Zachariah, and Anastasia. He also enjoyed playing with the train set, playing cars with Traffic (the cat/Kutz) and chasing the cat a bit too. Do you think he had a fun night?

More of Melanie's Birthday

I found one more picture of the staff of The Rainforest Cafe singing "Happy Birthday" to Melanie as the fire on the volcano dies down. And yet, another surprise for her!

Melanie's Birthday

We celebrated Melanie's Birthday with a "surprise" party at The Rainforest Cafe. I think she was quite surprised to know so many people in one place! You can see Anastasia getting better acquainted with Julian too.

After dinner we watched the kids play on the GIANT Food in the play area at the mall.

Happy Birthday, Melanie! Welcome to the U.S.!

Halloween, 2007

I'm finally catching up on a few posts again. Here are the kids with Grandma and Grandpa Vogtmann before they went trick-or-treating. Zachariah was a pirate, Grace was a cat (of course), and Anastasia was a teddy bear (a Forest Fairy at school, though). They got GOBS of candy and it is taking forever for them to eat it all.

Fishing Trip - August 2007

Zachariah catches a very small fish.
Grace terrorizes a crayfish!
Anastasia poses for her pictures (what else would she do.. she IS a princess!)