Christmas 2018

Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

Christmas eve candlelight service:

Christmas eve games...

Christmas morning...

Christmas day at my parents:

Zack's School Christmas Concert

All ready to go!

Zack's class sang 3 songs, 1 in English and 2 in German. They all did so great!

Zack and his best friend Emily.

Opa Hermann

On Sunday, December 9th my Opa Hermann passed away. He was a wonderful Opa and we will miss him dearly.

At the memorial all of us grandchildren gave a tribute to Opa. Here is my tribute to my Opa:

My Opa Hermann was a wonderful Opa. He always had time for us grandchildren and we all enjoyed being with him. He played with Jordan & me on the farm when we were little, loved to tell us stories about when he was young and he was always interested in what we were doing.

Opa was a welder by trade, but he was really an artist. He designed and welded countless beautiful projects. Among my favorite are the headboard and footboard he made for our bed, the bench that sits in my front hall and a custom wrought iron gate in our yard.

After we moved back to Edmonton, I would take the boys to Oma & Opas each week and they would play in the basement together. Opa loved to play hockey, basketball, trains, trucks, ride bikes, whatever the boys wanted to do, he was right in there with them.

Not only was Opa a great Opa to me, he was also a great Opapa to my boys.

Michael and I also prepared a slide show with pictures of Opa. Here are a few of my favorites:

We are all going to miss Opa so much, but are so happy knowing that we will see each other in heaven one day.

Levi's Band Concert

Levi is playing trumpet in band this year. We saw him play at his winter concert yesterday. They all did really well!

Oma Linke's 90th Birthday

On November 30th my Oma Linke turned 90! We celebrated with a big party with all her family and friends. Doesn't she look amazing for 90!!

Happy birthday, Oma!

Jakob's Football Banquet

Jakob just finished his football season. We celebrated last night with the team, coaches and parents.

Jakob is already looking forward to next season!

Great job, Jakob! We are so proud of you :)

Levi's Volleyball

Levi just wrapped up an exciting volleyball season! He LOVED playing and had so much fun with his team. Levi is number 7:

Guitar Lessons for Zack

Zack has been wanting to learn the guitar, so Michael sat down with him and started a few lessons. Zack seems really into it so far!

Zack's Birthday Celebrations

Zack had quite the birthday celebrations!

First a family party, combined with Omi's birthday and Thanksgiving:

On his birthday... a friend party at Laser city:

And out for dinner at Zack's choice, the Cactus Club!

Happy 9th birthday, Zack!

Jakob's 2018 Football Season

It was so much fun watching Jakob play his first year of high school football!

He had a great year and loved being part of the football team!

#72 - Wide receiver 

Last night was their last game of the season. They didn't make it to the finals, but Jakob's already looking forward to next season!

Happy 9th Birthday, Zack!

Happy birthday, Zack!

Zack's Cross Country Races

Zack was part of the school cross country running team this year. They ran 3 races, in 3 different parks across the city. Each race was a little longer than the last.

Zack did really well and came in around the middle of the pack each race.

Go Zack go!