Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Opa, Oma, and Tante Heidi (and of course Molly)

We had a really nice day on Tuesday when Lydia's family came in from the lovely suburbs of Chicago. They brought lots of fine gifts for the kids (as they usually do!) and we had a great visit.
Anna was loving Molly most of the afternoon. She has never seen a dog that is so well behaved and sweet. Molly is usually quite spectacular with her pink bows and painted toenails. Anna is used to hyper and stupid (if you know our dogs you can figure out who is who!)

Here is the Malysa family. They sure are a handsome bunch.
Here is oma and opa with the children. We warned the kids that they had to behave around oma because she will not put up with it. Opa discussed the Bears with them and how he is going to the play-offs to watch them win.
Here is Tante Heidi and Owen. Owen was really glad to see her again. Heidi has been trying to get to Grand Rapids for some time now, but her school semester has been busy. She is studying to be an RN.
We went to Pietro's for dinner. It is one of our favorite Italian Eateries. Oma was quite good at ordering in Italian. (There is nothing prettier than Italian spoken with a German accent!) The waiter flirted with Heidi (as they all do) and he offended Oma with his smart mouth. She made sure to stick out her tongue at him when he was not looking.

Anna ate a lot of pasta from everyone's plate and Owen gummed a spoon the whole time.

Opa decided that he would wink at me....and he didn't even have any Merlot!

We had a great time and we hope to see them all real soon.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm so glad you had a great time!!!! Is Molly the alpha female????

Mrs. P said...

Yes, Molly must have been a nice change of pace from Hyper and Stupid. Too bad Uncle Rob Zombie couldn't make it! Remember when we went to Pietros with Anna the day she had her shots? Mistake!!!!

Anonymous said...

go bears!

Anonymous said...

Nate, it has been over 6 hours since your last post. Please add a new one.