Happy New Year!

We had a great time with my parents over the past week. The trip got off to a rocky start as they missed their flight from Atlanta to Frankfurt due to weather/radar problems. They arrived Sunday morning and after Jack woke up from his nap we headed to Paris! It was a LONG day, but lots of fun! We took Mom to see the Eifel tower, had an epic Jack-attack at the Louvre, made it out to the D-Day beaches, and back to Zemmer for a nice quiet New Year's Eve. We were all in bed by 11:45!!

Now on to the next adventure.... the movers will be here from Mon. to Thurs. and then we head to Portugal on Friday for one last hoorah...and hopefully some warm, sunny weather!

Frohe Weihnachten!

Wishing you a Christmas filled with peace, joy, love and laughter, and many blessings in the year to come. May God bless you all.

Love,
Michael, Jenny, Jack, Luke and Jazz


"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord." Luke 2:11

YUM!!

Mmmmm..... Luke says there is nothing better than rice cereal! This is his first solid food... he loved it. Jack never did like the stuff :o)

This is Jack's new posing face :o) This seems to be the face he makes every time I pull out the camera. Hopefully we can get some good Christmas morning pics with his eyes open!

Jack and Luke on Mommy and Daddy's bed. Jack was really cute and gave his little brother a big hug and kiss. It has taken a little while for Jack to adjust to the changes, but he is becoming a wonderful and loving big brother to Luke.

BUSTED!!

Jack has recently figured out that the wrapped things under our tree might possibly be exciting new toys for him. I don't know where he learned to unwrap the presents.....?????...... Promise, Mom... I only unwrapped the sweaters you sent, and that was while he was napping :o) Anyway, he was carrying around this box for about an hour. He kept asking me to open it and I kept telling him we had to wait. I went into the kitchen and started making dinner. I peeked into the dining room and saw him starting to pull apart the wrapping paper. I knew what was coming as soon as he saw that choo choo on the box. There was no turning back. I thought we were going to be able to get away with just unwrapping the box, but we had to take the whole darn thing out. Again, sorry Mom...he must get the itch to open presents early from Aunt Christy!! Here is a picture of our German tree. This is acutally the best tree we've had since we've been here... it actually resembles a Christmas tree :o)

A few pics

There is really no theme to this post... just a few cute pics for you to enjoy. Jack spilled his water in this photo and we turned it into a splashing bonanza! If you can't tell... he really enjoyed himself!

Christmas Tree Fun!

We put up our Christmas tree this past weekend. Jack is LOVING it! He goes around the entire tree and touches every single ornament he can reach. I feel like a broken record repeating the words, "Jack, don't pull on it." He loves all of the "Ho Ho Ho's" (Santas), the snowmen and the balls. I am just waiting for him to take one of the balls and throw it across the room :o)

Weinachtsmarkt in Trier!

On Sunday we went to the Christmas market in Trier. It was VERY cold, but a lot of fun. It was really crowded... and Jack loved running around all of the street vendors. We had some pommes frites and some incredible mushroom dish.... and if you look closely in the pic of him and Santa you can see me chowing down on an icing puff. Not sure what it's really called- but it was literally a ball of icing covered in white chocolate.... a dessert dream come true! I hope we have time to go back before Christmas!