Fun Times!

There are some pictures that I have to share cuz they're just so dang cute!

First Day of School

All of our great digital cameras have broken so now we're temporarily down to taking pics from our camcorder! They're not the best quality but I just compare them with the pictures of me when I was little in the late 70's and I'm pretty pleased with what I have! Caleb is now is first grade. In the picture he is holding up a warm fuzzy that he got from his teacher that day. Adam is wearing his Spiderman hat which he likes to wear no matter the temperture outside And Joshua is showing off his big cheesy grin.

Our French Holiday

Monet's Garden in Giverny France

Omaha Beach

Caleb and Adam are standing next to a cement guard post that the German's used on the beach

Frank, Caleb, and Adam are by a D-Day boat and cement beach obsticle displayed at a museum near Omaha Beach

Omaha Beach and English Channel

Caleb standing near a display at the American Military Cemetery over looking Omaha Beach

View from the cemetery

What these men died for . . . .

Cathedral in Bayeux, France where we stayed every night

Point Du Hoc

What was left after all the bombings

View from Point Du Hoc which lies between Utah and Omaha Beaches

One of the bigger craters from the bombs. The boys loved running in and out of them.

Memorial at Piont Du Hoc

At the top of the cliffs. . . .

Mere Saint Eglese near Utah Beach. A paratrooper got caught on the church and ended up being one of the few survivors who landed in the town. The town keeps a dummy up there with a parachute in honor of the event

Joshua at Utah Beach

Frank at Utah Beach --low tide

Beautiful dune grass and sand at Utah Beach

Mont Saint Michele from a distance

And up close!

Inside Mont Saint Michele. Adam is holding a plastic turtle. At every stop he was holding some type of animal that he would carry around with him all day and take very good care of.

View from one of the Kights homes inside Mont Saint Michele

Adam and Caleb in one of the courtyards. Frank was already in the car with cranky Joshua at this time.

Paris and the Eifel Tower!

These next four pictures are of our time spent in Rothenburg Ob Der Tauber. It was a fantastic experience and very beautiful! When I was 16 years old I promised myself I would go here some day. I'm grateful I married a man who has fulfilled so many of my dreams in so many ways.


Thanks to Adam who really wanted to go down some random hidden away staircase that led off the main road we discovered the outer wall to the city! Here the boys are poking their heads out between the battlement.

This is the clock tower I had seen in pictures when I was young.

Another clock tower in the town. Me and the boys.

Caleb and Adam throwing rocks in the moat and a fabulous Snow White type building behind them. This was Saint Wolfgangs church which also served as an outer wall defense--hence the moat.

The next three pictures are of the grounds at the Resident Palace in Wurtzburg.

Here we are at the Resident Palace in Wurzburg. The grounds were beautiful and it was a very nice day. Wurzburg is the first town that you come to if you are going to drive down the "Romantic Road". This stretch of road is named for it's quaint villages and majestic castles, cathedrals, palaces, and churches. It begins in Wurtzburg and ends at Neuschwanstein Castle in Fussen near the border of Austria. We did not enjoy our tour of the Palace due to extremely rude staff but we really really loved Rothenburg and we are glad our site seeing ended there instead of here!

Caleb at Cub Scout Day Camp doing Archery and Guns. Frank was SO proud!

This picture was taken in Paige Johnsons backyard down near Ramstein Air Base Germany. We went to go visit her and Aunt DeAnn and Uncle Tony.

Joshua is a very busy and happy baby! He is lots of fun to have in our home. He is 14 months old in these pictures. In the first picture of Joshua you can see a little bit of the French Bulldog we are dog sitting for a friend while she is depolyed.