Christmas & New Years 2013

The end of 2013 in Germany was special because we were able to spend some of it with my family from the USA.  My brother-in-law and sister, Justin and Jenna, along with their daughter Aria and my youngest brother Devin were all here.  We spent Christmas in Germany and then drove to France for some snowboarding and the New Year.  Justin and Jenna are in Albertville, France learning French as they prepare for missions in Africa's Ivory Coast (click here for their blog).  We enjoyed relaxing at our house, drinking hot chocolate, eating Lana's and Jenna's Christmas cookies, and visiting some of the local German Christmas markets in our town, Trier, and Traben-Trarbach.

In France we spent half of our time in Albertville and the rest in a small town called Le Noyer at a chalet type house Lana found for us.  Albertville was home of the 1992 Olympics, so there's great snowboarding about 30-40 minuets away.  In Le Noyer, Liam was able to ski for the first time at a kid's ski school and did quite well!

It's crazy we're welcoming 2014 already!  Liam is almost 4, Lilli will be 2 next month, and #3 will be arriving this summer!  Our assignment here in Germany is half over as well, and I passed the 10 year point of being in the Air Force this past April.  Time flies just like the Bible says in James 14:4, "Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life?  For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes."  Here's to 2014 and making the most of our time while we still have it!