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| Strange as it may sound, we love to wander through cemeteries... |
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| and discover the most interesting names |
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| Jay's wonderful Aunt Elfrieda is buried her;, close enough to her parents' graves, she said, so that when the Jesus returns they can all wave to each other on their way up! |
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| Fun Froggy Food |
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| The girls were in a circus performance, a twin act |
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| Sonja is a food critic. I don't believe she meant to take the Lord's name in vain; it is simply a case of faulty phonetics and dyslexia. But glad that she enjoyed the meal. (Meal below). |
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| I believe this is me. We were studying Picasso. :) |
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| Emma and Emily created a game in literature class based on The Odyssey. That is sweet Emma endeavoring to stab the Cyclops in his only eye. |
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| The girls entered a penguin car into the pinewood derby and won an award for design. |
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| Annaliese's Blue Period...Portrait of Luke |
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| Intense cookie decorating competition. Emma and Sofie are frosting perfectionists. It is quality over quantity. |
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| Christkindl Market with the Quandt girls. |
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| Would you eat pancakes made by these two? |
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| Happy Ninth Birthday, Sonja! |
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| Christmas train display at the Arboretum |
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| We are suckers for the unusual monikers |
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| We went on a scavenger hunt for gnomes hidden in the Children's Garden |
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| Annaliese competed several times over the winter, even going to the State Competition. She ranked third for the vault. |
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| The Quandts and Millers (Quillers) took a trip to Andersonville, the traditional Swedish neighborhood in Chicago. We had lunch at Ann Sathers. Yum! |
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| Emma and Lydia take on the roles on taskmasters and order their slaves to do housework |
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| Mom's birthday celebration...a trip to Berghoff's downtown |
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| Luke and Sonja are reading The Hobbit together. She wants to be able to see the movie in the theaters next December, but our rule is that you must read the book first. |
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| Just Dance with Lindsey and Logan |
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| Reeses making herself at home |
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| Ruthie gave Sonja a jar of sauerkraut for her birthday! |
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| Laila Ginter |
Sonja had such a good time at the Swedish Musem that she decided to have her birthday party there.
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| Elinor Detmer |
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| Kathy Breinig |
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| Jay and I went on a weekend trip to Wisconsin. Had supper in an old hotel. |
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| Twins had a Clue party. Here's a dead body. |
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| Bridget did a good job of organizing the games |
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| More dead bodies |
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| Linnea was Colonel Mustard; the others were also characters from Clue, dressed in appropriate attire |
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| We spent an afternoon at Legoland. Linnea and I created Captain America! |
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| Our ice skating buddies |
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| Linnea was an Optimistic Voice in The Wizard of Oz |
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| Sonja was a Munchkin |
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| Bonnie Rose was the Wicked Witch |
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| Skating debris |
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| Ruthie being eaten by a lion at the Oriental Institute |
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| Bridget visited Donald Childs at Northwestern where they were raising awareness for human trafficking. This young man is doing push-ups for every dollar donated to the cause. Bridget is cheering him on. |
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| The Quandts led the literature class in a Passover Seder |
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| Minimalist |
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| Grandma and Grandpa went on a trip to Israel this spring. They brought back some therapeutic Dead Sea Mud. We all wanted to experience its refreshing properties. |
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| I laughed until I cried |
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| The girls and I volunteered at Feed My Starving Children |
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| Dad's birthday crown |
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| Bridget's Easter Baptism!! |
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| Twins in church choir |
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| Alex and Bridget |
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| Oops, this is out of place! Here Grandpa explains some of their travels throughout the Holy Land |
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| Easter with the Greenwoods |
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| A Dwarf Child |
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| A gruesome April Fool's discovery |
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| "Died from reading this....I loved you mom and dad" |
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| Two goofs |
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| Yay, Annaliese!! |
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| The Latin Class...Pat Larson, Emil Ginter, Emma, Daniel Fliehler, Nancy Fliehler |
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| Yay, again!! |
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| The literature kids won end of the year prizes. Cuyler chose this darling cactus and promised to take good care of it. |
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| Happy Birthday, Jackson! Eighteen years old :) |
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| We went to the yearly reading program trip to the Kane County Cougars baseball game. Super cold and rainy. Witness these two bundled up. |
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| We studied Sweden. Sonja loved the idea of an ice hotel. Recreated it for our icebox. |
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| The twins played softball again this year. They worked well together. |
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| Bridget is now an employee of the Brookfield Zoo! |
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| Our annual Memorial Day parade and appreciation banners. | Hope and Mali joined us. |
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| Sofie and Chad visited us. Here we are on our way to the Shedd Aquarium. |
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| We also took a trip to the Chicago Botanic Gardens. These are a couple of the amazingly detailed scenes from the train set-up. |
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| Clay food for plastic people |
