In Salzburg, Austria

The picture taken near Salzburg at a lake called "Wolfgang" where Wolfgang Amedaus Mozart's mother was from. She probably named her son after the lake. We were on a tour bus that took us to various sites where "The Sound of Music" movie was filmed.

The gazebo that the oldest daughter in "The Sound of Music" sang "I am 16 going on 17" in the movie.

The garden where the children sang in the park with all of us in it.

Sunday we found a church service

We found a church service to attend in nearby Lorient. There were 23 people in attendance and it was all in French. The text was from Hebrews 13 so I was able to follow the sermon a bit.



Imogen loves to smell the flowers even if they have no odor or if they smell bad. The roses did smell good though.

For those who don't know the significance of the previous post: July 24 was Ruth and my 38th wedding anniversary. We ate a meal at the "Au Jardin des Sens" in Hennebont from 8:00 till 11:30: it was a four course meal and was wonderful. Of course we weren't wearing the outfits that are shown in the picture.

We were in Quiberon for July 24 but we went back to Hennebont

Imogen really likes to play in the sand and she likes to pose for pictures too. On the drive back to Hennebont we saw some wood sculpted by the ocean and stopped for pictures. The picture of Jennifer and John is on the "Cote Sauvage."

Marie-Helene Lanoe, Ruth, John, Jennifer, Imogen, and Ian at the house before we left for the parade. The nest picture is at the end of the parade.

In Hennebont, France

We went for a walk in the park and we found a knot in a tree that was large enough for Imogen to sit in.

Ruth is standing next to a stand of bamboo grass. Who would believe that they have tropical things like bamboo, palm trees and banana plants in France? North of here we were at Claire's home and they had a banana plant growing in the yard near Lannion which is near the north coast of France.

It is Jennifer and John's Wedding Anniversary Today.

Jenn and John were married July 17, 2004 so it is their 5th wedding anniversary today. And they are in Paris. Good thing that they brought their parents along to babysit Imogen while they go out for supper. How is that for romanitic?

We arrived safely.

We traveled all day on Monday and made it to Leipzig the next day on Tuesday July 14 Andrea took us to the Monument of the Battle of Nations which celebrated the defeat of Napoleon at Leipzig. It is an amazing structure completed on May 13, 1912. The picture of Imogen in the window at Madeline Hermann's kitchen in Leipzig.

Nostalgia

I gave this cartoon to Ruth about 25 years ago and she saved it. I need to send it to Angela but just change the name.

A Yellow Rose of Cactus

Our cactus plant has finally bloomed.

Joelynn and Jason Kaufhold's wedding

Roy holding Linaya and Monica holding Gianna Taylor

After the wedding there were refreshments and lots of visiting.

Andrew was in a tux and was a groomsman.

Although Josiah was not in the wedding party he was dressed up in a suit so I got Andrew to hold him still long enough to get a picture since Josiah has lots of energy.

The whole family together!

With Angela and her family in town we were able to actually get all three of our children with Angela's and Jennifer's children together at the same time. Angela leaves tomorrow and Jennifer and John and Imogen will be leaving Friday so this was a good time to get a family picture done.






The last picture was taken on Canada Day (July 1, 2009) Angela Baggett, Jennifer Wallace, Andrew, Ruth and Ian MacLeod.