Family Reunion

As soon as Banana's party was cleaned up we piled into the car and drove three hours to where our god parents are stationed. We'd been anxiously waiting for nearly a year for them to finally move over here, and we were all really excited! The ever-efficient military had managed to misplace their car, so they'd only been able to venture out on foot or via military shuttle bus. Workable during the week, but with no Sunday bus service they hadn't been able to make it to church since arriving a month ago.

What a good sport! Doesn't the girls' cap look lovely on Uncle Greggy-poo?

After gorging ourselves on Uncle Greggy's fantastic bbq sammies and Auntie Debbie's phenomenal potato salad, the kids ran off to play while the grown ups tried to catch up on the last 2-1/2 years. The next day we piled everyone into our cars and went to church. What a blessing to worship with our dear friends! It was amazing. Any further descriptors will only sound mushy, so I'll leave it at that.


We brought Katie's best friend, Guitar Girl, back home with us for the week. (One of the many joys of homeschooling is the freedom to do things like this!) She brought her books and the two girls did their work then played and talked and sang and talked and laughed and talked. Oh, yeah, they also talked. Guitar Girl is a very spiritually deep young lady and a joy to have around. We considered telling her parents we'd lost their daughter so we could keep her.

Fall is soup weather in our house, so one night I threw together a pot of this wild rice soup. Wild rice, leeks, carrots, vegetable broth and herbs. This picture was taken on day two, so the broth had become a bit cloudy, but it tasted every bit as good. We ate it with thick slices of warm whole wheat bread. Yum!

"K" and I took Guitar Girl back home over this past weekend which gave me and Deb some much needed one-on-one time. After Mass on Saturday we dropped the girls back at their home and Greg and Deb and I went into downtown Weisbaden for dinner. Weisbaden is HUGE and has a beautiful downtown; when the Christkindl Markt opens it'll be breathtaking. We had dinner at the Ratskeller, which has great ambience and delicious food. Of course, the company was so good I would have been happy with a plate of french fries!