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Vacation Photos #1

  • Getting Ready to Leave Mainz
    At long last, here is the first batch of photos from our "Great Rivers of Europe" trip. This covers Amsterdam, Cologne, Koblenz, Sailing on the Rhein, and Mainz.

Vacation Photos #2

  • Dinner - Getting More Aventurous!
    This album covers Heidelberg, Wertheim, Wurzburg and the sailing day to Schweinfurt. Wertheim was a favorite stop but the next two days were the worst! Well, I take that back. I enjoyed the sailing day to Schweinfurt. It was my one day on my own. Mom was on an all-day tour that day. I was supposed to have gone but I was too sick.

Vacation Photos #3

  • Inside The Wheelhouse
    This covers a mere two days, but they were the busiest days of the trip. These were two of my favorite days: Bamberg and Nuremberg. Neither of them looked so great in the brochure but I was blown away by the experiences we had on both days.

Vacation Album #4

  • Last View of the Ship
    These are the last days of our cruise. There was never a day when I thought "oh, this is too long" or "I am ready to go home now". We occasionally heard that from other passengers, but for me each day was a new adventure to look forward to. This marks leaving Germany and going into Austria, our last lock, our last EVERYTHING!

Vienna

  • Home
    Vienna was a world apart from our cruise experience. Gone was the intimacy and luxury of the ship. We were in a HUGE city with people everywhere. At the time I was a little disenchanted. In fairness, I was exhausted and got sick. In looking back at the photos now, I enjoyed the city and was amazed at the pace we set. We ran around like madwomen!

Kelly's 1st Birthday

  • Who Needs a Bottle?
    Our youngest niece, Kelly, celebrated her first birthday this past week. We had a small family celebration and it was really nice and relaxed. It's so much fun watching the girls grow. Kelly is walking and "talking" and is a very happy little baby. Keri is really good with her and it was a fun time seeing them with their cousin Brooke.

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Grossmuetti

  • Grossmuetti
    Pictures from Grossmuetti's birthday party in 1994. Marlies Luescher sent me these photos today; THANK YOU!!!!

August 1st Party

  • Swiss Jeff
    Pete invited the family and some friends over to celebrate August 1st. That holiday is the Swiss equivalent to our 4th of July.

Palm Desert

  • Jacuzzi Waterfall
    I was invited to join Traci, Erika and Mikayla for a trip out to Palm Desert to visit Uncle Mel and Aunt Ellen. We had a blast despite the incredible heat. It was fun, relaxing and a great time. We swam, visited the Living Desert, swam, saw G-Force, ate, swam, swam, swam...

Kelly 3-29-09

  • Paying Attention to Grampi
    Today was John's birthday and we had dinner with mom and dad. Pete is off camping so it was John and his family, us, and mom and dad. It was nice to see Kelly smiling; her personality is really coming out.

Andre Rieu Concert

  • Mom Applauds
    When my mom took care of Keri as an infant and young(er) toddler, they listened to a lot of Andre Rieu music. Keri loves Andre but she was too young to attend any of the concerts in the past couple of years. This year she was old enough so the (almost) entire Schiess clan went to last night's concert at the Nokia theater. Only baby Kelly stayed home (not by herself, silly!). We were in the 5th row of the pit. Andre was maybe a dozen feet away. Keri was mesmerized and had a ball. I admit I love the show and the music. What a showman and what fun the whole group of musicians and singers have. I snapped 48 photos. Don't worry; they're not all in this album.

Sepulveda Garden Fair

  • Back of the Plot
    A classmate in my Ceramics class told us about a little garden fair taking place at the Sepulveda Garden Center (where people can rent out community garden plots). I called my dad to see if he'd be interested in a little outing and he told me he was already planning to do a little something with Keri so the three of us headed out there. It was warm but the fair part was in a shady area underneath big oak trees on a lawn. They had live music and a dozen or so booths. We strolle through and then looked at some of the garden plots. We were rewarded for being good girls by having dad/Grampi take us to Tommy's for lunch. MMMMMMMmmmmm!!!!