Andrea's 65th birthday party

Otfried looks a little tired. He put so much energy into
making my birthday just perfect. He's not much of
a techie, but his gift to me was a laptop computer.
His son, Martin -- visiting from Germany -- is
busy installing all the software. Now if I can
just figure out how to use it all.
Someone once said that computers were invented
to give retired persons something to do.
And, yes, I'm doing my part!

Andrea's 65th birthday

OK. Here's that cake. One of our friends
brought it from a German bakery in
Alexandria, Virginia. It feed 25 people.
Not one person turned down a piece
of this cake. Diets were forgotten.

April 27, 1942.

Friday was 65 years exactly since I was born. Here I am at my
party with son, Chris (now 31) who came down from Vermont
for the celebration. We had lots of wonderful friends, food,
wine and beer, topping it all off with a Schwartzwelderkirsch torte.
In our language that's a Black Forest Cherry Cake, a specialty
from Germany.
Andrea . . . . in Baltimore

Ethan and Emily Hagen Axness

It was nice spending time with Emily and Ethan at the beach. Emily is swimming in the bathtub in this picture, not the ocean. Ethan turned six, February 9Th and Emily will be two, June 24Th. We are looking forward to seeing them tomorrow. We will return April 29Th.

The Beach

We spent a week on Kiawah with Aric and his family. The house we rented worked out great and we had a good time together. We went into Charleston to do a little sight seeing and lunch, otherwise, we spent our time beach combing and riding bike. The hotel was built several years ago and was decorated beautifully for the Christmas holidays.

Jaden Paints

Jaden has an obsession with animals so he was thrilled when he could have his face painted like a tiger at the school carnival. The cookies were of tulips, he insisted that they were dinosaurs.

He painted his own face at home so he could look like a lion.

Just a few moments in time

Could you ever guess that a can of shaving cream could be so much fun!