My purpose for coming to California is primarily to spend time with my kids. And that is what I’ve been doing. I love it! The little ones are so special!
5:00 AM
The crowds at Breslau International Airport
airplane window
Because it was snowing lightly the plan had to be deforsted before takeoff
Chicago
Approaching the Airport in Chicago
Rockies
somewhere over the Rockies
Aerial view
Silicon Valley from the air
Me and my girl
mother-daughter moment
Playing with lego
a favourite activity
Car-wash
Time to clean the car
Helper 1
The littlest car-washer
Busy people
The work crew
Playing
The really fun part of the job
A basketful
Lemons from the back-yard tree
Girls at play
Mina and Paige had fun jumping/flying with their bat wings
a little fish
The rare Minafish
morning sight
Looking down Bluebonnet Lane
The shopper
keeping little hands occupied
playing in the sun
Pre-swimming lesson
Volker
A sweet boy playing his own game
cars!
With his favourite toy
iPad
Mina's does this often
Volker
Sweetest smile ever!
Bath boy
the little otter comes up for air
Mina
with mustache and beard
What should I have?
Out for breakfast at Auntie Mame’s
Wagon ride
Heading out home after breakfast
Spring!
Cherry blossoms in Trina’s back yard
Blossoms
in a neighbour's yard
Hillside
Somewhere near Sunnyvale
Grandma and Volker
So special when the little boy wants to sit with you
Father & Son
Gary and Volker with Alex, party host
Mina
Waiting her turn for facepainting
Lunchtime
Gary, Volker & Trina
Facepainting
A work in progress
Volker
The doggies’ drinking fountain — just the right height for a small boy…
Volker
playing with Mommy's feet
Party entertainers
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Miss Moxie
Making balloon critters
Mina
Waiting for her second creation
Happy Birthday...
The birthday cake for 3 little girls
We three
A lazy start to Sunday morning
Lemons!
The lemon tree in Trina's back yard
Orange frog
Volker finds a friend
diving
Swimming underwater
Mina’s Monster High Venus Flytrap sits outside with a real Venus flytrap
Volker
Heavy construction
Mina
Playing Monster High
Mina
Playing Monster High
San Francisco
Leaving California
somewhere --
over California
Kitchener
— home is roughly lower left of centre in this picture
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The drive is indescribable; you have to experience it. Though the mountains, the trees, the drops, it is amazing.
We had sun and heat until about a mile from the beach when the clouds obscured the sun and the temperature dropped:
We put on jackets and had fun anyway:
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About 5:30 we headed home again, leaving the cloud and the cool behind:
It was a fun trip!
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