March: Herman lost his brother Harry (Texas)

May:   Trip to Germany, mainly to visit Elfriede's brother Gerhard and his wife

June:   Elfriede's brother ; lost his battle with cancer.

July;  Had visitors from Austria, Dieter, Doris Brosz, daughter Lara, son Tibor

September: Trip to Loveland, CO to visit friends, Richard and Elizabeth     Cellan-Jones

November: Thanksgiving at the Cliff Castle Casino, near Cottonood, with
Glen's family
December: A nice afternoon with Rachel, Alexis, and Luca, at the Phoenix Symphony Hall, enjoying the Nutcracker Ballet

Neighbor's Visits

Table all set for Coffee and Goodies

Our Stollen, Elfriede's recipe

Some baked, some bought..

Visitors:
Carl & Dolores .
Jeff & Charlotte .




















Not shown; Glühwein also served

Nutcracker Suite

The foyer of the Phoenix Symphony Hall

  We took Rachel, Alexis and Luca to see the Nutcracker Ballet by Tchaikovsky.

Alexis 

Rachel, Alexis, Luca

Proud Grandparents

 The performance was by the BalletArizona, the holiday scenery was impressive and the music of course a classic (Nutcracker Suite)

Thanksgiving

 Thanksgiving dinner at the Cliff Castle Casino,
buffet style. Everybody liked the selection

Glen's family came for a visit

Late night snack on Thanksgiving Day

Visitors from Austria

View of Grand Canyon

At the Chapel in Sedona

Tibor with funny hat he bought at the BlazinM Ranch in Cottonwood

Dieter, Doris, Tibor, Lara, Herman at the Grand Canyon

Elfriede with niece Doris Brosz

Thomas Birthday visit to Cottonwood

Working all their gadgets!

Thomas Birthday

Nothing like mother's cheese cake!

At the Cottonwood pool

Happy Birthday

Germany 2011

Elfriede's Birthday

Hiking the forest around Pyrbaum

Herman 

We had relatively nice weather while we were in Germany














In Neumarkt, Elfriede's brother was in a clinic for palliative care.

Cruising on th Danube

Flagstaff

At the Snow Bowl near Flagstaff

Alexis 

Looking at stars ...

 A visit to the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, with Alexis

A meteorite?

With "Opa"  in Flagstaff

Luca enjoying the snow

Luca's "A to Z" Graduation

 Luca's  A to Z Graduation

in Chandler

Visit to the Blazin M Ranch

 A visit to the Blazin M Ranch, in Cottonwood, Arizona.
They had an open house to promote the facility

Western Music

 Food

Birds

Luca's Birthday, January 6

Luca's Birthday! One of the events was a visit to TGI Friday restaurant in Chandler

Yummy! Those ribs taste good!

 
A new bike, of course he had to try it out right away

up on the roof of the house to check out the new solar panels