Friday, January 2, 2009

Making up for lost time!

Contrary to popular belief...I have NOT fallen off the face of the earth. I DID --apparently --lose my mind (for a short time) and found myself tossing out things that I truly enjoyed doing but seemed less important than all that HAD to be dones! Rest assured I have "found my mind..yeah right...not to mention being beaten up by several friends who are tired of seeing Graduation in Feb!!!!

OK...now that I have gotten that off my chest....here is a quick pictorial synopsis of the last 6+ months here at the Ahlers house:
June was all about Robert! We called it vacationing in Florida and San Diego but really Florida was about getting him licensed to drive and San Diego was to drop him off at the Boy Scouts resident camp facility--Camp Fiesta Island--for his summer job...by the way....he had a blast. We enjoyed hanging out with everyone in Florida and San Diego.


Hanging out with Granny!


What did Nick say...Granny seems surprised!

Off to work for the summer as the Oceanography instructor!

Here at the San Diego Zoo you can get REALLY close to the MONKEYS!!!














See the happy children.......

Water rides are fun.....













Lots of fun!!!!


sometimes!





























Boys and girls...this is what happens when you ride too many water rides...the water is definitely not good for the skin....

If I had been remotely operating on all cylinders I would have posted pictures of John's beautiful garden. We ate more salad and zucchini and tomatoes this summer....did I mention zucchini???

August:






Nick turned the big 13, Dad turned 40, Mom, 41 and Robert turned 18...all grown up!


John and I spent a long weekend in Garmisch at the Ride through the Alps....the local Armed Forces Rec centers answer to a HOG rally...only smaller, not sponsored by Harley










September brought us to 19 years of wedded bliss.....October was Shelby's 15th birthday....

On the 27th of November, we hosted the 2nd annual Thanksgiving Potluck (for 41)!!

December brought us a new kitten-Zoe, Christmas markets all over Germany...where we had loads of hot gluhwein, meter long brats and lebkueken!























So hopefully I am on my way out of the dog house and on my way to redemption!
I promise to try better in the future:-}

1 comment:

Renee said...

ROFL... I too wondered if ya'll had done anything since graduation :)