A Hartzheim Gathering to Commemorate 50 years!

This past week we were supposed to be celebrating Hellmut and Ursula's 50th anniversary on July 25, 2020 in Germany. Since Covid is spreading through the world, we were unable to travel and be there with them to celebrate. I was really sad we couldn't go and mark this big occasion with them and have a big celebration. In effort to still have us somehow get together, the sisters in Europe went to be with Ursula and Hellmut and the sisters in the United States came to our house for a couple days to be together. We had a good visit being together as best as we could, but we do hope we get a chance to celebrate in person with everyone sooner than later!

Happy 50th anniversary to Ursula and Hellmut. Here is a picture of them on their wedding day, and a picture of them now. Ursula is wearing her wedding dress from 50 years ago which I think is pretty amazing! That is a long life of commitment and love for one another!

Sandra flew in from Utah to New Orleans and she and Daphne drove to our house on Sunday to be with us. We had sacrament meeting together, had a BBQ, and they taught Ella and Cavin to play Settlers of Catan. They now say they really like the game! 

The kids even played again later. 

We enjoyed hamburgers and games! 

Monday Ragnar, Jonas, and Sandra went to Nasa and then walked along the Galveston beach.  

Afterward we met them at BrainFreeze to try their yummy treats! 

Some of the desserts were pretty impressive. Our kids were pretty modest in what they picked, so they didn't get anything grand, but the ones that did were pretty cool.  

That afternoon we got dinner and played more games.  

Channing and her aunts showing off their yoga and flexibility skills!
The siblings toasted with MezzoMix that is their favorite German drink.  

We had a nice time catching up and saying hi for a couple days. Hopefully next time we will be all together in Germany!