Saturday, December 31, 2011

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

Sunday, December 18, 2011

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

Saturday, December 10, 2011

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)

Thursday, November 24, 2011

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


Friday, July 22, 2011

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

Friday, July 15, 2011

Thomas Birthday visit to Cottonwood

Working all their gadgets!


Thomas Birthday

Nothing like mother's cheese cake!
At the Cottonwood pool


Happy Birthday



Sunday, May 8, 2011

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