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Seeing as it’s almost feeling like summer out there we thought it’s about time to post some of the long lost pictures from the summer past. There are a lot of them – this is just the start… These are from a spontaneous Fehr family gettogether on a Sunday afternoon in July. Most memorable! It’s hard to imagine it gets THAT nice out in summer – can’t wait for this again. Thanks Jon and Jen for hosting us!

PS – Though the boat is somewhat newer and more powerful this is pretty much like a typical Sunday afternoon from Alisa’s childhood (the same lake, close to the farm).

So it would be totally wrong to not post Simon’s first steps within a week of him actually taking them. Well, he did make a few attempts at short distances for about the last month and a half, but now he’s finally found his balance and he’s truly WALKING! And there’s no going back this time around. We didn’t quite catch his very first steps on video – in fact, when I came home from work on Tuesday I came home to a proud little man (and even prouder mama) marching towards the back porch to welcome me home – what a site! That night we did manage to coerce him to walk some more enticing him with dish soap bubbles and his new stuffed animal alligator. Here are the results – enjoy and let us know if we’re getting too proud… hehe.

Last Sunday all three of us went out to visit Carlin, Laurali and the kids and to see their fabulous outdoor rink. What a treat! Carlin has done such a great job building a skating shack and flooding the rink – it made for an absolutely, totally Canadian skating experience. Simon didn’t quite strap on any skates yet, but he did “skate” a whole lot in the BOB aided by his cousins pushing him around. He was in his glory being outdoors and with his cousins! Thanks so much for the afternoon Fehr’s!

We’re finally back after a long hiatus from blogging. We’re also back from a trip to Austria to visit Daniel’s family for Christmas. Before we left for that we managed to have family Christmas with the Fehrs as well – we feel extremely privileged to have been able to celebrate Christmas with both our families in one season. Too bad Nathan and Cindy couldn’t make it out to Austria…

We went home to the farm the weekend before we left for Austria and had our family Christmas on a fun-filled Sunday afternoon. We all had lunch together – as you can see the Fehr nieces and nephews have all grown up quite a bit and know how to have a good time at the “kids table” – it’s almost as big as the grown-up table now… After lunch we enjoyed a talent show in the living room with lots of piano playing, some singing and Simon showing off his walking skills. Shayna had prepared the Christmas story for us to read (all the adults took turns reading parts of the story) and we also sang some carols together before opening presents. It was a great afternoon with everyone together and to cap off the festivities we all went to the Herschel carol festival – what a treat!

Only one short week later we already found ourselves in Austria. Simon traveled quite well, but more on that in another post specifically about the Austria trip. Christmas with the Funks was great – it’s been such a long time since we’ve had Christmas with the Austrian Funks (six years to be exact – wow! – that’s long). On Christmas Eve we went to Gmunden for the traditional duck feeding (we used to do this every Christmas Eve growing up) and a church service at the church Daniel attended growing up. There are still lots of people there that knew me from when I was small – they were all very excited to meet Simon and Alisa for the first time. Very neat experience indeed, especially for Christmas. After that we headed to Mom and Dad’s new place in Linz and Christie was over for the evening and we had a wonderful Raclette for supper. The highlight of the night was Simon getting his speedy, little, red car. Was he ever excited – he fell over a couple of times from waving his hands in the air with joy… Andrew, Silke, and Paul came over on Christmas Day for a family Christmas celebration. Nathan and Cindy unfortunately couldn’t make it to Austria this time around BUT they were extremely thoughtful and sent us a PUZZLE (another Funk family tradition)! And not just any puzzle… A 1500 piece puzzle of Paris rooftops in the fog… oh, and it was black and white… We had to resort to sorting pieces by shape with over 300 pieces left… What a chore – thanks again Nathan and Cindy We also got to meet up with Christie and Andrew, Silke and Paul a bunch of other times while in Austria which was awesome – too bad we can’t bring them all home with us

Of yeh, one more thing – a special Christmas gift we got from Mom and Dad in the Funk family Christmas box. They bought us Joseph, Mary and baby Jesus! Well, not the actual ones, but the start to our very own nativity! The picture below is Mom and Dad’s set – all hand-carved – how cool is that. This will be a great way to have a touch of Austria around at Christmas when we can’t be there.