Tomorrow is the first of May--big month for birthdays in the family:  Chelsea May 2, Meredith May 16, Gwen May 17th and Annika on the 24th.  Happy birthday to all of you.

We've had visitors from Germany all during the month on April.  They just went home on Friday.  So we are busy catching up on all the things we have left undone while entertaining them.  I still find myself trying to think through a German sentence before I speak and keep reminding myself I don't have to do that any more.  I made a lot of mistakes, but Grandpa helped me when I talked myself into a corner and couldn't get out.   It was fun having them here, but also a hard to try to express myself in a foreign language all the time.

Well, happy May to everyone from us.
Love, Grandma and Grandpa.