Family

The First Pata

Got the news that my great aunt Tante Gretel passed away early this morning in Germany. She was the last surviving sibling of my grandmother and would have been 100 years old today. Imagine all the changes she saw in her life. She was my…
Isla Mujeres - Mexico Travel Photos

All Our Photos From Isla Mujeres, Mexico

Much like one of our last big trips (London), I am trying to capture a photo slideshow of our travels here – seeing as it truly is the place that holds all my memories. We went to Isla Mujeres, Mexico – a small island just…

All Our Photos From Vancouver

Much like our trip to London, and several other trips before that, I am behind on writing travel posts about our experiences, but I am trying hard to get photos up to share the fun with friends. Also like London, Vancouver was a college tour…
London Skyline

All Our Photos From London

In the old days, I used this blog to share the personal details of our lives, especially with my family back east. I also used it just to save my memories since I have so much trouble remembering things. I have vowed to get back…

Oma’s Christmas Gift

My family always gathered at Mom's house for Christmas Eve. I think it started from having large sections of my Dad's family to visit on Christmas Day, but the tradition continued my whole life, until even now with our best friends here in Denver. Christmas…
Langenargen Germany

Schloss Montfort

We shipped one of those Pod things from my aunt's house in MD and it arrived safely today. Mostly we sent mundane stuff like the mattress Heidi had just purchased so Dex can finally have a new bed. But the single most important thing to…

Dear Heidi

It's been over a week since you passed and I haven't been able to really talk about it. I have so many thoughts and feelings, it's a little impossible to sort it all out right now. I knew when mom died, you wouldn't be long…