Nothing earthshaking!

Some mid-summer images from our neck of the woods
The obligatory sunsets taken from our balcony - who needs to go on vacation?

Andi Schurr with two of his three sons, Lukas and Aaron
Andi and Annika, a young couple from our church
They just had their fourth child last Friday, a girl!!
Her name is Judith

and here's Micha

Quilting creations are beginning to proliferate around our house . . . more to come
(click to enlarge and check out the detail)

Matthias and Melina Ezel from Leonberg
They leave August 5 with three small children
for their next term of missionary service in Chad

Special visitor for the day - Anne Manduka
She spent a week in Schwäbisch Gmünd where she grew up and came to church last Sunday
Her last visit to the area before leaving from Basel to start college in Lancaster, PA this fall

Greeting committee as we returned from jogging this morning

Some early summer scenes

Some sunsets from our balcony

Anniversary roses!

In the middle of what used to be the sandbox

Baptism at the lake on June 22

Harald baptizing Simon

and then Robert

Dietmar baptizing Nico

and Wilfried doing the honors for Alexander

Theo Hausmann came along to enjoy the festivities

A beautiful day for an early morning balloon ride
(taken from our balcony)

The Aalen city gardeners outdid themselves again
this year with their floral decorations around the
downtown area of the city. Those of you who grew
up here will recognize several of the sites from
around the city.

"Our" three Czech students:
Veronika, Jirka and Katka