Happy Thanksgiving!

Rebecca made this in preschool.

We had a huge wonderful feast in Brigham City! One of Jim's kids (Jon) was there with his family too. Rebecca had a ball playing with Carter and Kennedy. She was happier than she looked in this picture for most of the afternoon. But she looks cute anyway :)

All of these pictures are from my phone, so they're not that clear.  But I'm glad to have them.

Aldrich Girl's Night!

dinner, a movie, and umbrella (ella, ellas)!

NYC

Nov 4th-7th
It seems we are city people lately! Jorg and I took a spontaneous trip to the big apple. And it happened to coincide with our meet-o-versary (November 5th). How romantical!   We had a blast.  It didn't feel like we took many pictures, since there was not a cute little girl to take pictures of!  But we actually did still take quite a few pix.  Here we are on the subway. 

We slept in every day!  And decided where we wanted to go before we left the hotel room.  The blackberry internet and navigation system on our phones helped a lot too.  And I had a loose itinerary for us to follow.  below:  Jorg is looking up the street map.  We found the Gourmet Garage, which we visited 3 times for their yummy sushi, salads, baked goods, and sugar cane cola.  And we did some window shopping - check out those purses made of bones!  I hope they weren't REAL bones!

below:  Times square and China Town

Central Park:

below:  The Burger Joint - hidden in the lobby of a 5 star hotel!  I had been there before and it was fun to try and find it again:

Ground Zero:

St. Paul's Chapel and Battery Park (you can see Lady Liberty in the background):

Rockefeller Plaza and Jorg is standing under the German flag:

and Radio City Music Hall...I told Jorg to "work it"!  hehehehe

We did and saw lots more, but like I said...no child to prompt abundant camera usage. Mostly we just enjoyed being together and having adventures! We made tons of memories that will last forever.
And what was Rebecca doing all this time?

being spoiled by Omi and Grandpa.  What a lucky girl! 

SLC

Jorg spent a week in Germany on business at the end of October.  He was able to spend time with both of his amazingly wonderful sisters too (and for that I was so jealous)!  He returned on the 29th and we picked him up from the airport.  Then we headed straight to Salt Lake City to stay a few nights at the Hilton.  Trivani was doing a convention there.

Below is Rebecca with some of the goodies Jorg brought us.  Tante Berit sent her the cutest backpack shaped like an animal, filled with all sorts of yummy stuff!  Rebecca exclaimed:
"Wow!  I ne'er SEEN such hings (things)!!!"

The two of us headed to the church history museum while Jorg was in meetings.

Sticker girl!

I took a self portrait of my stickered face.  And look at her in the background.  Hehehehehe.  Love her!

On the way home we stopped by IKEA. Rebecca had her first experience in the play place there and loved it.
We Like It!

Halloween - Preschool Party

These kids are the cutest friends!  They are all from our neighborhood.  I am so happy with how things turned out for preschool (since I ended up quitting at Kids Village).  We take turns teaching in our homes.  It's just perfect for Rebecca.  And me.

Max, Lili, Colin, and Rebecca