So our new friends invited us to go on vacation with them for New Year's to Garmisch-Partenkirchen and instead of me trying to go all into where it is and all that good stuff...here is a link if you want to look it up...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garmisch-Partenkirchen
It is in the Bavarian Alps and ABSOLUTELY, BREATHTAKINGLY, (is that a word?) BEAUTIFUL!! Beautiful-and COLD! There is an Army resort there-sort of like Shades of Green at Disney, that is where we stayed. It ws a lot of fun. The kids absolutely loved it! We didn't think Brycen would last in the cold but he outlasted EVERYONE on the first day of sledding! I do have some pictures of him sledding, but they are on the laptop and the laptop is in England with Bo (oh yeah, by the way-Bo is in England for the next few weeks). It was a lot of fun-but at the time-my Florida blood was nowhere near being acclimated to this cold and I didn't do too well freezing my hiney off!
This is us with all of our friends the first night we were there, well all of them except Elena, she was taking the picture! I will start on the left and go around the table, the first one is Scotty, Elena's husband, then we have the Parrish family starting with Kaylee, Will, Nickelette, and Sway, then the Riggsbees, Jenn, Thomas and thier son Jacob, then of course my handsome hunk of a hubby, me, and Brycen is hiding from the camera and his buddy Siera. Also not in the picture are Scotty and Elena's daughters Brianna (the baby of the bunch) and Alyssa, and Jenn and Thomas's daughter-Tristan and of course our Bailey.
Bailey, Alyssa and Tristan sledding...
Bailey's first crack at a snowboard-she fell in love with it!
This is our trip to the Neuschwanstein Castle, very beautiful, but again VERY COLD-I would like to go back when it warms up, a few of us didn't actually make it to the castle because after you get off the bus, there is still quite a hike to the castle grounds and we had a few of the kiddos who were absolutely miserable, so Bo and I took them back down to the van to warm up. Here is a link to the castle...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuschwanstein_Castle
This is the trip to Zugspitze, the highest mountain in Germany. Bailey and Bo are both totally into snowboarding now-they are hooked! I think it is awesome that they can share that together! Brycen and I stayed back at the hotel with the Jenn, Nickelette and the younger kiddos and we planned to meet them up there and hang out for a bit and take some pictures, but the train ride and the gondola to the top was just as much as a lift ticket and it was way too much to pay just to go hang out, but Brycen was perfectly happy at the hotel, playing Nintendo and staying warm. Daddy and Bailey had an awesome time together!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zugspitze
Hope you all enjoy the pics and such...stay tuned...we have a new little pet...I will try to get some pictures of him up in the next few days...love and miss you all!
