Hallo!

We are back from our two week trip to Germany. We had a wonderful time visiting Natalie and Charlotte's families. They were all so welcoming, and we loved being able to see the girls again. Although, now in addition to missing the girls, we are missing their families as well. The kids even had German grandparents (Oma and Opa) to spoil them while they were there.

We also started back to school this week so I haven't found the time to sort through the 1000 or so photos we took. I'll just share a few for now and hopefully before too long I'll be able to share some more detailed stories of the trip.

Checkpoint Charlie! 

Bottle cap eyes! (with Natalia)

Overlooking Leipzig

In Grimma with Charlotte

Having fun at the playground with Tobi

Getting ready for their first train ride with Steffen and Bianca

Meeting Natalie's Oma and Opa (Natalie was unfortunately sick and missed out on a few days)

Our last night in Germany with all of Natalie's family and Charlotte

Natalie's family very generously offered to let Charlotte come and stay with us at their place for our last day so we were able to get a family photo with all of our kids :) The only drawback was we waited until the last minute and the kids were not entirely cooperative that late at night.

This was our first attempt. Charlie is actually crying - Sam is just intentionally screwing up the picture, which seems to be his trademark lately:

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