Happy Birthday Mom!

My mother’s birthday is today.

June 30, 1936.

Lore Mayer David Thurman.

Mom, Mommie, Oma.

Lore sitting on her hill in Germany around 1956.

Moms passport visa picture for her trip abroad (Chicago, Illinois).

Oma with her kint. Chocolate cake being shared with Carmen and Stephen, 2002.

In honor of my beautiful German Mom:

Rouladen.

My mothers wonderful recipe.

She submitted this for a cooking contest.

I don’t remember her winning anything, but she was published.

Enjoy!

And, Happy Birthday Mom! I love you so.

birthdays · family · kids

Stephen’s 13th Birthday

We celebrated Stephens 13th Birthday on Wednesday, December 2nd. It was a school day, and work day, so not much celebrating.

But we did have cake.

chocolate cake.

And 13 candles, and maybe a wish or two.

We did have a small party for him at the bowling alley with two of his friends, Nico and Alex on Friday. I think they had fun. We did.

It is hard to believe that my youngest is 13. I know that we all have to go through this…but I am feeling really old.

We have two great kids. And, now both are teenagers. It’s not as bad as everyone talks about.