Sledding in Mammoth

For my second Christmas my parents took me to Mammoth where we got to play in the snow. They bought me this cute outfit so I can go out in the cold weather and stay warm. After a few days of just hanging out in the snow they decided it was time for me to take my first sled ride all by myself. Check out the video below. It was a wild ride but I loved every minute of it.

Fun times in Germany

It has almost been two weeks and lots of stuff has been going on since we left California. Audrey did well during her flight. She slept for a good junk of it and during the rest of the time she entertained herself by kicking the seat in front of her (once more, my sincerest apologies) or throwing things on the floor for me to pick up. We didn't do much in our first week here. We both had trouble with the time change and slept poorly for the first six days. Mostly we spent time with family and friends, went on walks, and enjoyed being on vacation.
Last Saturday we went to a kind of farm together with Auntie Schnuzi and Uncle Schnatzi. Audrey enjoyed seeing all the animals and she tried to become friends with some deer. However, they were only interested in food. Afterward we went to an adventure playground because in Audrey's world a day is only perfect when it involves some swinging and sliding :)
As always, I think the pictures speak for themselves and we hope you enjoy our little slide show.

Happy early Halloween

Due to our trip to Germany we will be missing Halloween this year, which unbeknownst to me must have been a major source of concern for Jake. Thus, when we went back to the pumpkin patch this week with our friend Amanda and her son Jasper Jake decided it was the perfect opportunity to have an early Halloween party. I think the pictures speak for themselves!

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Wegen unseres Deutschlandurlaubs verpassen wir dieses Jahr Halloween, eine Tatsache die Jake anscheinend grosse Unruhe bereitet hat. Darum hat er die Gelegenheit unseres zweiten Besuches auf der Kuerbisfarm mit Freunden fuer eine verfruehte Halloweenfeier genutzt. Amanda und ihr Sohn Jasper waren ein guter Sport und haben gutmuetig Jake's Laune gefroent.

Audrey Bee and Daisy Jasper

They are so adorable!

Let go of my antennae!

Jasper and the big pumpkin

Mama, Audrey Bee, and Papa

Bee happy

Not sure if it is a good idea that Jasper is in the driver's seat

Yep, I better get outta here

Honk, honk, here I come!

Audrey and Miranda

At the pumpkin patch

Last weekend, Tutu and Grandpa came up to spend some time with us and Audrey before we were going on our big trip to Germany. Audrey's Roseola was on its way out and we thought we should use the time for a little excursion to a local pumpkin patch. For the most part Audrey seemed to enjoy the pumpkins, which were almost as big as her (wonder what they put in that soil!). However, after trying to conquer the corn maze, which freaked both her and her Tutu out, things went down south fast and we had to leave quickly. Perhaps Audrey had some nightmarish vision of having to eat lots of pumpkin pie - that would certainly make me very upset, too.

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John und Patsy kamen uns letztes Wochenende besuchen. Sie wollten noch etwas Zeit mit uns und Audrey verbringen bevor wir fuer vier Wochen in den Schwarzwald verschwinden. Audrey's Drei-Tages-Fieber war wieder am Abklingen und wir dachten wir nutzen die Gunst der Stunde und besuchen eine Kuerbisfarm in Santa Barbara. Im Grossen und Ganzen war unser Ausflug ein Erfolg und Audrey hatte Spass mit den Kuerbisen, die ueberigens RIESIG waren!! (Moechte wissen was die fuer einen Duenger die benuetzt haben.) Als wir jedoch in einen Irrgarten aus Mais-Stauden gegangen sind ging es mit Patsy und Audreys Laune rapide bergab und wir sind dann relativ schnell wieder gegangen. Wer weiss, vielleicht kommt Audrey nach mir und hatte Alptraeume von Kuerbiskuchen...

Holly pumpkin....it is almost as big as Audrey.

Jake and Audrey trying to find their way out of the corn maze.

You mean I can have all of them?

I'll take this one!

Good things come to those who wait

Remember how a little over a year ago Jake and I tried to create a website? Well, you might have noticed things didn't quite work out - technology was working against us and the site never loaded correctly. Perhaps we should have invested in some real server space, but we were too cheap (bad Swabian influence???). So we are giving things another try with this blog. Wish us luck!!

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Koennt Ihr Euch noch daran erinnern, als Jake und ich eine homepage gestaltet haben? Tjaja, wie Ihr wohl gemerkt habt hat die Seite nicht wirklich funktioniert - irgendso ein server problem und sie konnte nie richtig hochgefahren werden, vorallem nicht in Deutschland. Was natuerlich ein umso groesseres Problem ist wenn man bedenkt, dass die Seite insebesondere fuer unsere deutsche Verwandtschaft und Freunde gedacht war. Vielleicht haetten wir nicht ganz so billig, aehm sparsam, sein sollen und in einen besseren server investieren sollen, aber da hat uns wohl mein schwaebischer Einfluss einen Strich durch die Rechnung gemacht. Lange Geschichte kurz, dieses mal versuchen wir es mit einem blog. Mal schauen, ob das besser funktioniert. Drueckt uns die Daumen!!