Month: July 2013

Yesterday, we adventured for the first time into the Black Forest or “Swarzwald” as it is known in Germany.  Stuttgart is in the center of the state of ‘Baden-Wurttenburg, with the Black Forest being the southwest quadrant.   Our little village, Schafhausen, is west of Stuttgart and about 15...

Last weekend we went to the little town of Speyer, Germany at the suggestion of a friend.  She said that the town was having a Pretzel Festival (totally cool!) and had the largest example of a Romanesque Cathedral in Germany (double cool!)  We set off mid morning and got...

In December of 2009, Jon and I sat anxiously in the doctor’s office waiting for confirmation of what we were pretty sure we knew… our family of 2 was finally going to be a family of 3!!  The doctor looked over the results, smiled at us, and our lives...