Charlotte’s Photo Shoot

My friend, Anička Piškova, offered to do some pictures.  They turned out so great!  Here are some of my favorites:

             

A little late but worth the wait!!

Our little girl has finally arrived! Val gave birth to a beautiful healthy baby just before noon today. Mother and baby are doing fine and we hope to bring them home from the hospital soon.

After being with Val for the delivery, I brought the boys some cool new footwear. Vince was quick to add a face mask so that he could be more like a real doctor!

Later, we all got to go and visit Val and Charlotte (new baby’s name).

Vital stats…

height: 48 cm weight: 3.17 kg

Stories by Vinson

God told Jonah to go to Nineveh to tell the people to repent. He got on a boat going the wrong way. There was a bad storm and he was thrown into the ocean to save the boat. Jonah got eaten by a whale.

Here he is inside the whale. He’s not very happy. There is smoke coming out of the whale.

The whale spit Jonah out and he went to Nineveh. The people repented.

THE PIRATE

Once there was a pirate that had a huge hat.

And the hat got smaller.

And smaller until it was just the right size. And they saw a door in a tree and they went down the stairs and they saw an X and they dug up treasure!

Vince has been going through 5-10 pieces of paper every day drawing. He's gotten really good. It's fun to see what he comes up with.

Trip to Venice with Emily

We wanted to let Emily see a little more of Europe than just Prague and went on an awesome trip!  Dan made this map that shows what we did.

We stopped in Hallstadt for a lunchbreak.  It’s a beautiful mining town on a lake in the Alps.

Then we drove to Lake Bled, Slovenia. 

It’s another beautiful city by a lake.  There’s a castle and a church on the island in the lake.  Our favorite part of Lake Bled was our hike in Vintgar Gorge.  The river was so clear, and the foliage was so green and to top it off the hike ended at a waterfall!

The next day we drove to Punta Sabbioni where we camped on the beach.  The drive there was beautiful!

The boys liked the beach the best!  The water was great!

The next day we took a boat to Venice.

Then we drove to Nevegal where we camped.  On the way there were biker names painted all over the road.  We missed the Giro by 4 days.

Finally we drove home taking our time driving through the dolomites (Italian Alps).  So incredibly beautiful!

Emily's Visit

My sister Emily came to visit for a month. She "earned" her keep babysitting the boys while I taught English at an elementary school. The boys loved her! It was to the point that when I tried to comfort Benji from crying he yelled, "No, I want Emily!" It was wonderful! We toured around Prague and the Czech Republic and thoroughly wore me out, but had a lot of fun! Here are some highlights:
Kutna HoraOuting at the National Museum
VyšehradWe went to the Estates Theater to see the Marriage of Figaro, then the next night Dan and I were able to go to a Symphony at the Obecni Dum.Day trip to Cesky Krumlov, just me and Emily.Paddle boating on the Vltava We also went on a trip to Lake Bled, Venice and the Dolomites. Pictures of this trip coming up soon! It was so good to have Emily here. We really miss her!