December 19-21...our weekend getaway

You can barely see us because of the FOG but we stayed at the Schlosshotel Buhlerhohe in Baden-Baden on our weekend getaway

It was kind of eerie with all the fog and it was bitter cold too

The Santa caps on the boxwoods were a nice touch

We just couldn't pass up one more Christmas market (and our last) in Baden-Baden

And of course a crepe is a MUST when you go to Weihnachts Markts

The little town of Baden Baden is beautiful and quaint and can you believe 1 in every 5 residents is a millionaire

Baden-Baden's Christmas market had a wonderful amphitheatre

The city was lit up so beautifully for Christmas

Real live nativity with real animals (Ella Rose would have loved this)

There are always more pictures of me because Ian likes taking the pictures and doesn't enjoy being in them so much

Great staircase at the hotel

Great restaurant in the hotel

We got a kick at how little food came out for each course at dinner...Ian's funny comment of the night..."ya know I'm just a Cracker Barrel kind of guy". I laughed and laughed about that!

Ready to dig in...it took me about 10 seconds to eat this and I eat slow can you believe!

We had such a great time and we so appreciated Mimi and Papa keeping the girls while we were able to spend some great time together. And I couldn't believe I went a whole day on Saturday without changing a single diaper...that's a first in 21 months. WOW!!!

Yea...finally some food! It took about 3 hours from start to finish for the meal. Another funny comment of the night from my goodlookin' man..."this is why rich people are so skinny...they don't get enough food."
And at that very minute about 5 really skinny people passed our table. Hee hee!

I am so blessed to have Ian

Breakfast in our room...and can you believe...they don't serve grits, biscuits, or gravy in Germany

The Schlosshotel Buhlerhohe was a total splurge, but we are so glad we went because the day after we found out we're leaving Germany in just 4 short weeks!

Our hotel supposedly had this incredible breathtaking view as it is in The Black Forest, but we never saw the view because of the fog. The rustling wind was awesome. It was kind of stuffy in the room at night so we would open the windows and listen to the sound of the wind.

Going back down the mountain in The Black Forest

The fog was lifting as we went down the mountain and no we drove down the mountain and just stopped on the side of the road. :) We'll save hiking for another day when it is NOT 30 degrees.

And what's so funny...the topic of our conversation on our trip...THE GIRLS...now that we're parents we can't imagine our lives without our precious girls. Our lives have been a whirlwind in the 3 1/2 years we have been married...3 moves, 2 homes sold, 1 car sold, 2 babies born, a new job for Ian, me quitting my job after 16 years with Continental and little did we know the day after we got back from our weekend getaway we would find out where the Air Force would send us next. I would do it all again, and most of all I would not want to take this adventure with any other man in the world than Ian.