New Year's Eve

New Apartment

Uncle Andy, Steffi, and Jeff left the kids with Oma and Opa and drove to Munich to prepare our new apartment... no where near finished, but we had to make it livable for a 1 and 3 year old...

Christmas Eve in Castrop Rauxel

Jingle Bells

Christmas at Kyreinstrasse

we celebrated early Christmas in our old apartment before we flew to Castrop Rauxel with the kids to celebrate with Oma and Opa.

Sledding with Friends in Munich

St. Nicklaus Eve

and the kindergarten had a party for the parents...

in typical "international" fashion, the kids sang in English, German, Hawaiian, and the attached song is, of course, Spanish ... (apologies for poor quality)