First photo taken in the hospital nursery; seventh child Helen was the first of our children NOT to make a very late arrival; in fact, she came about a week early on April 19, 1991!
Steffi gets a turn to hold baby Helen
Love my baby's beautiful reddish/orange hair!
Look at me!!! I'm among the 4 out of 8 siblings that could perform this amazing stunt - standing in my dad's hand!
Monica sharing the "load" of caring for Helen
Could this little porky be our svelte Helen?
Helen with her "security"silky slip
Freya and Helen
Helen holding baby Zachary (2 weeks old)
Helen and Zach
Helen and Zach in the French Alps
Always up for a good time with Zach!
Someone put Helen up the tree! (Freya, the photographer?)
Sunday finery! Helen with Stefanie and Erika
Posing for Freya the photogragher
Here's the action - in Erika's room!
Happy Helen with Freya
Great to have sisters with ambitious project ideas! Helen enjoyed having Erika and Stefanie for playmates.
Nature lovers - Helen, Erika and Stefanie
Always the scholar (Latin!) - Looking forward to school!
Anticipating God's plan for the future! Happy Birthday, Helen!
Finally decided to add the option of a shower in the downstairs bathroom! This is "before".
Drilled holes
Before the added shower nozzle
Tah-dah!
Hopefully, this will enhance the services of our "hotel"! We haven't tried it out yet.
Okay - we confess! There are a few yellow flowers out front!
Grilling at the Schurrs
Micha on his bicycle
Protective toes for Bobby car drivers
Wish we'd had those back in the day!
All the guys enjoyed shooting hoops.
Working hard or hardly working? (What other caption could there be?)
John checking out Aalen's panorama route on his bicycle
