Happy Halloween 2019!

A scary witch!!

H’Owl!

The kids had fun at the Halloween carnival at their school. It's called the H'Owl (since their mascot is an owl).

Driving lessons

This is from a couple of weeks ago. Clearly Gramps is having fun ("don't drive to Marble Falls!"). And Portia is very concentrated!

Life is Good!

Happy Birthday, Ralf!

We even got to celebrate Ralf's 24th birthday yesterday... with pecan pie, of course.

Initiations and Throwbacks

Well, we haven't done a good job keeping up with the blog lately. But better late than never...?

Maren, our seventh (!) au pair joined us a little bit over a month ago. You may have noticed she 'snuck' into our blog anonymously in the photo of all the visiting au pairs! In any case, here she is (at left) celebrating the first fish she caught at the lake - welcome Maren!

Meanwhile, the string of au pair visitors has continued. We've had a great time over the last month with Maggi and Jessy, plus Claudia (who left for Germany last week - good luck!) and Maren's arrival. Now Ralf (at right, remembering what it's like to hold a fish) is back visiting, too! He just finished his education as a pediatric nurse, and is in the US joining his girlfriend for *her* post-au pair year travel month. So... count 'em... over the last month, our house (and the lake!) have been host to a total of no fewer than six au pairs!!