Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Visiting with the Nylunds

The day after Christmas, we drove down to Connecticut to visit with David's family at his sister Chris' house. And we all fit!

Time for more present. We all gave each other MarioKart for the Wii.

Sir Taevis is ready to do battle with his personalized German sword

The away German National Team soccer shirt for Jake and Josh

More polish pottery

Playing catch a bug with Grandma

Trying out MarioKart.

Jake is looking very rockstar-ish

Emilie and her cousin Sydney would just disappear for hours playing.

The kids had a great time with their cousins doing indoor miniature golf, bowling and playing Wii. The adults had plenty of time to play fussball and catch up on family news.

During our visit, we have been asked many times if it felt strange being in the U.S. We've come to the conclusion that the human brain does a good job of compartmentalizing its experiences. What we see in Germany is normal for Germany; what we see and do in the U.S. is not strange because it is normal for the U.S. However, those SmartCars near Marblehead did jump out at us and I still notice how large American kitchen sink are.

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