May! Our last month in Germany!

We have had a lot of fun this month, and it will only continue when we leave for Paris on the 21st and then fly home to Grand Haven on May 30. We can't believe our time here is up, but we are happy because we are ready to go home. We have had a great time living in Europe for a year, but we miss our family and friends, our house, our cats and our cars. We will be glad to be home for good.

This month we took a day trip to Rudesheim, Germany with our good friends Simon and Steffi Merget. We had a great time, and it was nice to spend extra time with them before we leave. We will miss them a lot, but we are very grateful for the great friendships we have made living here.

This weekend, May 16-17, we spent our last weekend in Frankfurt. We went downtown and took in the sites for the last time. Next weekend we will be in Paris, and then six days after that, we are home! Here are some pictures from our last few weeks.

Click on each picture if you would like to see it in a larger view.


Samuel in his "Ultimate Tax Deduction" outfit (perfect
for his CPA Daddy)


It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Super Sam!


Our little Super Hero


Super Samuel to the rescue


Laughing

Look at how tough I can look.


A video of Samuel on his activity mat. Click on the play
button to see it.


Samuel loves playing in front of the mirror! He was putting
his head to the mirror and making a hugging motion, but when
I got out the camera he was more interested in that. Here is a short
video of him looking at himself (and at me) in front of the mirror.


Me at the Asian botanical garden in Frankfurt.


Samuel playing on our bed.


Laughing and moving!


Hello!


Randy and Samuel in their matching outfits - like father
like son!


Our weekend trip to Rudesheim with our good friends,
Steffi and Simon Merget. Here we are in a wine tasting room.


Samuel and I on the chair lift up the hill in Rudesheim


Randy and Samuel on the lift. Samuel is giving a very
excited express as if saying "look at this view!"

Samuel and Randy at the bottom of the monument
in Rudeshiem.


We stopped at a beer garden to have a drink
and Samuel was very interested in Randy's beer!


Samuel and Randy doing the Chicken Dance while the
accordion player in the beer garden played the song.


Me and Samuel in the park on Mother's Day.


Samuel playing in the sandbox at the park.