Opa and Amy feeding the fish in the backyard pond. Amy loves that job - rain or shine!

She also loves to play soccer - I can see some real talent (hits the ball with an amazing power).


Another favourite job is watering the plants, again rain or shine ;-) here with Jana

Mae with Maria's bear that she takes places (well, most of the time it stays in bed because Mae forgets it)



My godchild Nadine finished school this year and I was able to go to her prom night (makes you feel quite old)

Night out with Carmie and Susie feels like the good old times...


















Mae and Amy at the Brenzpark (a huge area with flowers, greens and play areas for the kids)

Getting around these days in my parents Golf Plus - not sure where the Plus is as I feel like a sardine everytime. Think thin Meli!!! ;-)

again Brenzpark this time with my brothers little one Jana

my brother Marki

my sister in law Dani looking as pregnant as she is - a few more days to go...

Special activity at school (sweating instead of sitting) - incredible hot day, poor kids really were sweating...

Mae is so lucky that she is able to be a part of her old school class again.


Those 2 girls are sooo cute, wish you all could be here with us.

Jana and Amy always have a blast playing with each other. Barely notice the age difference of 1.5years.

Sunday trip to the castle. Mae loves castles and all the stories that go with them...here Schloss Hellenstein, Heidenheim


Canonball Mae


Cuties...

Nice view of Heidenheim
Ryan, notice the empty space where Ploucquet was? It's huge and looks unreal...


Amy and Knut the neighbors dog


Trip with Josefine,
Mark and our
girls to the
Charlotten-
hoehle (cave).

The kids had
such a blast with the water settings there.

Look how sturdy little Amy is ;-)


At Taddy's place with her little girl Finnia (the big kids Mae and Jona hit it off right from the start and didn't leave his room - glad she is only 8)

Took the bus past Wednesday and was on the phone when I got in. Driver asked me to turn it off and pointed to the sign - I was shocked!! How pathetic is that??

Kinderfest at Mae's school (like a carnival). Motto was 4 elements, Mae's class got 'earth' so they decided to dress up as vegetables.
Can you guess what Mae is?

I just loved the boy dressed as a salad!

They march through the middle of Steinheim in a parade.

Mae's fantastic teacher Frau Hensolt. She is unbelievable nice!

Girl with ponytails is Mae's good friend Lea (lives across the street from my parents). They play together all the time.

2nd and 4th grades had to do a dance