Ups and Downs…but Mostly Ups
We are driving back to Marietta today after our week visiting Utah and Missouri. I will fill you in on all the details next week. In the meantime, enjoy some photos of our adorable grandsons, Teddy and Peter. Have a great week! Teddy and Alex at the National...
A Little Bit of Everything
This will be a quick post as we are traveling this week.
Having Fun!
It’s good to be back in the U.S.! We are staying in the beautiful town of Marietta, Ohio, about a 30-minute drive from our daughter’s home in Waverly, West Virginia. We are loving our new grandson, Hugh! He is a sweetheart and we are already over the moon for him.
Until Next Time
We have just about 24 hours left here in Mainz and we have spent this week saying goodbye to this chapter of our life. We made a list of a few things that we didn’t want to miss and all the food we wanted to eat before leaving and we checked everything off our list this week.
Portugal, Germany, and A Little Friend
Hello to you all! We had a lovely week of exploring and relaxing. We traveled to Portugal for a few days to visit friends and we even managed to squeeze in a couple of little outings in Germany. And…we also welcomed a new grandson!
Music and More
This week started with a return to the church of St. Stephan for a choral concert. We also returned to Frankfurt for an orchestral concert, some excellent Mexican food, and some not-so-excellent comedy.
Teddy loves Ice Cream!
Apples in the Garage
Harbor, Stockholm
Teddy & friend
Waterfall in the Pyrenees
Eiger, Mönch, Jungfrau
Rheinfall
Jill and Nephew Ammon
Laziz with Emily and Kevin
Hughman
Chicago Theatre
Nathan & Max
At the Airport
Peter with his new Duplo
Happy Halloween!
Silver Lake
Lighthouse and the “Teepot” cafe – Rostock
Mission Concepcion
Interlaken
T.Rex
Utah Symphony
Liz & Christian at the Schilthorn
Walensee
Poppy with th Hagenbuch cat
Gone Fishin’
Old Town, Tallinn
Nathan & Poppy at Rheinfall
Sognefojord
Peter on the ‘rain
Huck & Piper
Aqueduct – Segovia, Spain
Sunken Trace
Piper in the Red Dress
Santiago de Compostela
Vickburg Battlefield
Archie
Thrill Walk, Birg
Muscle Shoals Studio
Don’t you love Colonial Era Headstones?
Bern Switzerland Temple
Piper & Grammy
Arthur
Huck: Ready For Adventure
A Day at the Park
Rostrevor Forest
St. John’s College, Oxford
Teddy and Bubbles
Big Gator Friend
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Beverley Minster
Carters Vintage Guitars
Next Purchase…A Bigger Bike for Nathan
Happy Independence Day!
Piper and a Lego friend
At the Schloss
Ohio River Trip
Tacos in Dallas
Cocoa Time
Luzern Kapellbrücke
Passing under the Great Belt Bridge
Huck’s adventure in the woods
Fish Market, Kristiansand
Peter & Teddy Bikes
Nathan at Langafoss
At the Waterford Crystal factory
Kayaking the Thünersee
Peter Playing Choo-Choos
Royal Opera House
A wet day in Konstanz
A Prairie Home Companion
Jana & Hugh
On the Üetliberg
With the girls (and one English boy)
Parade Route
Piper Riding the Little Train
Guggenheim Bilbao
Max in the mountains
San Antonio Skyline
Alpine Cow
Matt R. Horn
Teddy Pilot and Peter Pirate
Great-Niece, Sariah (Lydia’s daughter)
The Big Fish, Belfast
General Rufus Putnam, Nathan’s 3rd cousin, 8 times removed
Beethoven String Quartet
These instruments were given to Beethoven ~1800.
Ready for presents
Hill of Tara
Just a Drop of Maple Sap
Red Rocks
Grand Ole Opry
Little Buddy Hugh
At the Hagia Sophia
Nathan and Lauren
Little Gator Friend
Peter
Hugh Linnell
Swiss Alarm Clock
Lego!
Huck & Peter
The Aqueduct – Segovia, Spain
Finnish folkloric show
Grammy & Teddy on the Train
So many Steps
Personalized Toblerone care of Cousin Simon
Emery & the Little Big Band
Delta Blues Museum
River Cruise
Lunch Crew
Kilkenny Castle
Jill in Nooksia National Park, waiting for her mushroom soup lunch
Nathan’s sister, Liz, and her husband, Christian
Blossoms on the Hill — we can see many trees in bloom from the kitchen window
Boarding
At the Chocolarium
Family Fun
Colorado Rockies
Nathan at Dunmore Head
Cathedral, Kristiansand
Bridge of Sighs, Oxford
Christmas PJs
Maxim Vengerov
Huck in the Woods
Tower Grove Park in St. Louis
Bell Canyon Hike
Christmas Morning
Zephyr at the Science Museum
The Vasa
Em and India Saturday Cartoons
The Mueller Quartet
Our Shack–The Crossroad
Kylemore Abbey
Öeschinensee
The Band
I Went Down to the Crossroad
Skjolden
Workin’ at the Ball Factory
SweetArthur
August Snow Storm
Peter
Constantine statue in York
On the Trail
Kinsale
Sternwheeler Fun
Nathan atop Gowbarrow Fell, Lake District
Huck and Piper on the river trail
The Crazy House
Seealpsee
Grianan of Aileach ring fort
Dragon Piper
Piper at Work
Piper cropped
Ice Skating
Teddy’s The King of The Swingers
Peter and the “rains”
January ’25
On the Bike Trail
At Whitney Plantation
Archie
Teddy & Peter at train night
Ohio River Trail
Santa Cruz Sunset
On the Moon
With the Emerald Princess
Bob, Jill, Jana, and Torr
House of Blues
Mt. Chocolate
Huck ready for Legoland
Some of the great entertainment on the ship: James Doughty
Ebenezer Baptist
OMSI with El and Adia
Boys in the Back
Dragon Huck
New Orleans–Jackson Square
Adam showing us the ropes in Nashville
Up the Beanstalk
Jill – Copenhagen
Sarah & Poppy and Bran Castle
Kastellet – Copenhagen
The Hikers: Lauren, nieces Emery, India, and nephew Bodhi
Teddy PlayDoh
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Kilkenny Castle
Climbing Croagh Patrick
Chester is cool!
Circuit de Pineta
World of Coke
All-Terrain Archie
Huck & Piper Bikes
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Our Missouri Loves
Piper, Hugh, & Huck
Rucking in Mueller Park
Nobody Expects THE Michael Palin!
Storytime with Grandpa
Emerald Princess, Rostock
Ayyyy! The Fonz
Grotto
Weekend in Atlanta
Peter in the Gravel Pit
Skyline
Luzern
Norway!
Belfast City Hall
The finished cookies
Shakespeare’s birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon
A Tribute
Sibelius Monument
Teddy
Teddy
Peter in the Discovery Room
Time for a show
New Year’s Eve
X marks the Spot (for treasure? No! the spot where we were!
Niece India and Nephew Bodhi
Cooking Pot at Dunfanaghy Workhouse
Thomas the Tank Engine Story Time
Bay of Kotor
Nathan – Copenhagen
Thorvaldsen’s Christus
Matterhorn
The Ohio Company Land Office
Nathan in the Pyrenees
Wildhaus Holiday
The Vippefyret
Amongst the Ferns
Nathan, Poppy, & Liz
Teddy Giggles
Goofy McGoofball
Nephew Michael
Max
Demonstrating a proper bow hold, Max is eagerly awaiting the go-ahead from the doctor so he can play the violin again.
Lauren
Photography Reality
Musicians Hall of Fame
Bloody Foreland
Christmas Market-Berlin
Bikers
Traffic Jam
Teddy & Pumpkin
To Southampton
Piper & Grammy
MLK Center
Simon, Poppy’s newest fan
Jared on the Schilthorn
Tuckered
Max and Margaret
A Hike to Slieve Martin
St Regis
Rock of Cashel
Nathan with a statue of Pablo de Sarasate in Pamplona
An Ovine friend
Positano
Enoch
Peter & Pumpkin
A Day in Bern
Sunrise at sea
Margaret, India, Hugh, & Archie
Airboat Tour
Derry from the Peace Bridge
Cervantes, Don Q, & Sancho
Irish beauty
Jared doing a handstand at the top of the Üetliberg a la Grosspapi
Royal Albert Hall
Alpine Beauties
Children’s Museum
Rostock, Germany
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Carrick-a-Rede suspension bridge
Monks’ Mound
Hadrian’s Wall
University of Cork, Stone Corridor
With the ship
Hugh Smiles
Cotswolds cuteness
Wildflowers everywhere in the Alps
Peter and his Bumpa
On the Camino
Concert
Torc Waterfall, Killarney NP
Mt. Etna
Max Violin
At the Schloss Kyborg
On our bike ride in Waterford
At the summit
Museum del Jamòn – AKA a Spanish place of worship
Derwentwater, Lake District
Kayak Jill
