January 2013

Skiarea "Torrent" in Leukerbad: Moritz is the skier in the middle

After a short venture in the world of facebook, it became clear quickly that it is not for me. So back to the blog. Funny that I start off again where I left over 2 years ago: in Leukerbad, Switzerland. This time X-mas vacation with Torsten, the kids, my mom and our friends from Berlin.

                                 

Lukas

watching (in awe) as an avalanche is coming down

lots of snow in Leukerbad and the first for our American friends  ;-)

         

Moritz winning 2nd in his final race

Lukas proud as can be for winning 1st place in his race

Torsten, Lukas and Moritz

Torsten and Greg riding the skibus

Nicola, Lukas and Moritz in front of the Swiss Alps

Lukas and Moritz on the top of the world

taking a break

Easter 2010

Easter break 2010 in Leukerbad, Switzerland with my mom and the boys. Torsten, take a guess, has to work once again. Roland and Tim are also in Leukerbad and my friend Geli from Stuttgart was here for the Easter weekend as well.


h hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Easter bunny Lukas!


Roland and Tim, Lukas in the font, Moritz, my mom Ellen, Geli, and I





Moritz and Lukas were on skis for the first time. Moritz did really well and went to ski school for one week. Lukas just turned 3 on the 30th of March and is not ready quite yet. His little legs won't give him stability on skis.


Moritz won 2nd place at the ski race on the last day of ski school and was proud as can be.

Snowy February!

... snow ... snow ... snow ... !!!

What a winter this year!
All the lakes were frozen and we took a nice walk on the Wannsee in Berlin.

Torsten and the boys.


Couch Potatoes

Lukas wanted glasses just like Moritz and got creative.



At Karnival (in the middle of February) Moritz' class were supposed to dress for Circus. So Moritz wanted to go as a clown.





Tons of snow; and sticking to the ground like glue for months.

... in front of our house!

On our sidewalk and everywhere ...!



Torsten started running this winter and Moritz just started to join him!

Christmas 2009 !

Lukas and Moritz all ready for Santa! We stayed the week at my mom's but spent Christmas Eve at Torsten's sister house in Witten.


from the left: Achim (Sabine's life partner/boyfriend), Sabine (Torsten's older sister), Achim's aunt, Torsten, Lukas, Moritz, Leonie (Sabine's daughter/our niece) and my mom. I am obviously taking the picture. ;-)





Time for presents:
Leonie got a bunch of dollars for her upcoming stay in Montana this summer.



Torsten and the boys!


................................................................................. my great mom and I


Leonie ................................................................. Moritz got skiing glasses



The boys will start skiing this year in Switzerland at Easter. So they got mostly skiing stuff.

Lukas was all fired up!

October 2009 in Switzerland!

Leukerbad, Switzerland in October 2009

Yet another vacation. Posting all these vacations made me realize I actually had them. As this was such a busy year, I sometimes seem to forget. ;-)
So here we go:
Torsten had to work, so Moritz, Lukas and I took the train down South 11 hours to Switzerland during fall break in October. Roland and his grandson Tim who is the same age as Moritz were in Leukerbad as well. Tim is Tanja's son; some of you may remember her from our wedding.

Going up the mountain!

Yet of course, we love Leukerbad most for its hot springs. It has a big hot spings pool area which is great throughout the year but of course best in the winter when there is snow everywhere and you are sitting outside in the steaming water in middle of snow. Awesome. No snow in sight in fall, but the boys had a blast.




There have this cute little chapel in the middle of nowhere, where people come and light candles for loved ones and special wishes. So we took a walk/hike there as well.

This is the little chapel.

A candle for Baylin.