2/19/02
Hi Everyone! Check out the pictures of my new Grand niece, Piper. Click here. Actually that will take you to a page called Ingrid's Family Page. I made that page just for my sister, Ingrid to show off all her boys and their families. Ingrid hasn't quick caught up to us in grandchildren, but give 'em time.

I continue to add to the recipe page, click here. See below for more on that story.

That's all for now. Sign the Guestbook when you get a chance. I thought it wasn't working there for awhile. Bye for now. Gerta

12/29/01
Merry, Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!! It can only get better from here, right?
One of the things that I have been working on all year, is a cookbook for my family. It has recipes in it from the my immediate family and the family that I married into. It has been a long task, but I finally did get it done. I have now started to add all the recipes to the website for those of you that like to cook. We have an interesting array of recipes from both sides. Recipes that have been handed down through the ages. My hope was to continue that process, but on a wider scale. Please check out the recipes that I have on there already. Click here.

We had a wonderful Christmas with an almost full house of Chuck's relatives. Check out some of our Christmas shots. Click here.

Chuck and I wish you all the best on the coming New Year!! Please keep in touch, let us know how you are doing. Gerta

8/24/01
Hello Everyone!
It has been a long time since I last worked on the website. We have been very busy needless to say. We moved my Mother-in-law in with us at the end of June. I believe we are all getting settled in now. It has been an adjustment, but I think everything is working out great. Cecilia says she is happy to be with us. And she bakes for us in return. (So now I have to work out even harder!)

At the beginning of August, Chuck and I got away for a little while by going to my sister, Ingrid's for a few days. We met up with my parents at the airport in Minneapolis and took them on up to Fergus Falls to see my sister's house on Clitherall Lake. It is beautiful and very peaceful. Check out our Trip by clicking here.

I also added a few more pics to our "Friends" page. Take a peek and enjoy.

5/20/01
Well I added something really fast here because it is way past my bedtime. I added pictures of Chuck's trip to the Middle East, so far. He has been e-mailing me photos, so I thought I would put them out there just as fast as I got them.

I put the hyper links for the trip Chuck and Ben were on out to the Southwest. Utah, Arizona... They had a blast. The link goes to a page that may take a little while to download, depending on your system and modem. Just be patient. I had to try something new.

I also put the hyper link to our wonderful friends and cousins, Mike and Teri. And to my God Daughter, Caroline.

4/19/01
Blessed Easter to you all. Sorry that it has taken me so long to update, but we have really been busy here. I have been working a lot of overtime, so some nights I just don't feel like updating anything. :-)

Well what can I tell you that's new?? We got a couple of new windows thanks to Chuck's wonderful cousin, Mike and his wife, Teri. What would we do without them?!!! They are the best!! We also bought a new stove!! My treat to myself. A glass top. So pretty. Of course, Chuck wants me to bake more and then we have to workout more. It's a vicious cycle..... And Chuck bought a new digital camera. I'll be putting even more pictures on the site. He is on a trip with this son Ben right now, so we will have some pictures from that trip to add. Plus I have the addition of my new God Daughter, Caroline!! What an honor!! I'm so thrilled. Check it all out. And then make sure you come back for more in a couple of weeks or so. Bye for now. Gerta

1/9/01
Happy New Year, everyone!!!
We started out the new year trying to save our roof. Those in the area know this well, but those of you not in Milwaukee or Chicago don't know that we have had 50 inches of snow in December. At first it was fun, but when the drips inside the house started it wasn't fun anymore. SO that is why I took the snow flakes off the Home Page .-- Flowers, we want to see flowers!! But we have all of winter to go yet. Needless to say we broke the previous record here in Milwaukee for snowfall in December. It was 30 inches. We passed that half way through the month. I'll have pictures later.

I do finally have pictures of Destiny. Chuck's newest grandchild. Cute little girl. Boy is it fun to buy girl things!! Big brother, Warren takes very good care of Destiny and watches her like a hawk. Check out Chuck's Grandkids page for pictures of everyone.

Well, I mainly wanted to get the snowflakes off, but I'll be back. More to add later.

12/5/00
Happy Holidays everyone. The Christmas letter will be coming out soon, well at least I hope so. As usual, we have been very busy. Took our annual trip home to Pennsylvania for Thanksgiving. To my mom and dad's house. But first we made our stop with the Gathering Group. We had a great time as always and it hard to believe we saw you guys last in July. It seems just like yesterday. We also made our stops in Lancaster and Ephrata. Pictures to come on those, too.

There are many things to update, but so little time to get them done. I didn't write a note the last time I updated, but I would like to note now that we had a great time with all of our Halloween friends and we have pictures of all of them to show. Checks these spooks out. Enjoy!! Sign the Guestbook, if you think of it. Something new.

10/7/00
Happy Halloween everyone.

As you may have noticed I have added quite a few new pictures for everyone to enjoy. Okay, maybe it's just me, I enjoy them. I also enjoy looking at other peoples pictures. There was one time that I was looking at this one site and ran across a picture of a guy I worked with. The pictures were from his cousin's site in San Francisco and he is from New Jersey and now lives in Wisconsin!! What a surprise and what a small world.

I've finally added the Feel Good pages. Feel free to enjoy those. Some of those stories that you get by e-mail are so nice that you just want to keep them around awhile.

9/24/00
Check out our trip to Ocean City, NJ, and our Family Reunion. The pictures just keep on coming. What fun. I just can't work fast enough.

I also added a link to the American Diabetes Association. Check out the link page.

9/10/00
Well, I'm finally getting around to the updates that I had wanted to add. Of course, their are lots more to come, but I finally did something! The photo page changed the most. And I added Almie and René's wedding pictures

Coming soon --- pictures of Chuck's newest granddaughter!! Chuck's daughter, Kari had a new little girl, named Destiny Ann. She was premature, but she is doing great. Mom is too. Destiny weighted in at 4 lb. 11 oz. Not a bad size for a preemie. August 29 is her birthday. She was suppose to come Oct. 15. She might even be coming home this week, which is again very good for a preemie.

Stay tuned. She is adorable. Her dad, Josh, was very proud also.