Matthews Family Herald

Heather made one of her favorite soups, French Onion using some wild onions we picked nearby. If any dogs happened to have peed on the onions prior to our using them, I certainly couldn't tell by the taste. The soup was delicious, as my wife's cooking always is. Here's a recent photo of the two coolest cats hangin' out. Jacob's wearing this Politzei/Police military motif clothing that he loves and Micah is looking casual, classy, and cool. Nathan and I rode the Seesaw together as a part of a day at some castle ruins and the nearby park with the family. It was good times. He is really a great boy, as all my children are. We discovered that he behaves really well when he gets plenty of quality time with Mom and Dad. He especially likes having books read to him. "It's a real treat, Your Highness. A real treat." One of my wife's favorite quotes from the cartoon version of Robin Hood. It's true for this photo first because any photo of my wife is a real treat. But especially because she doesn't let me take many photos of her. A rare flower is a treasure to find and so I share a picture of one with you. The baby is doing really well and so is Heather in that regard. She's a little more than halfway along. The whole family went down to the burgruins/castleruins here in our town and played for awhile. I shot photos while there and got this great one of our precious Hannah. Here we caught Eden listening to one of her favorite CDs by way of headphones. She loves this South African Christian CD we have. I love it too. It's awesome. But she's more awesome! Here's Nathan playing with his Tiergarten zoo animals. Here my children have engaged in improptu silly faces while posing next to our new (used) tropical fish tank. We have seven little neon fish, two small shark-looking fish, two prettier rainbow looking fish, two orange fish, two bottom feeders without suckers, two bottom feeders with suckers, and a large snail. I believe that all of the fish which we have two of are male and female pairs. The kids have named all of them. In Germany, there are still lots of "Mom and Pop" businesses left and so we bought all of our fish from a husband and wife-run camping store in our town. They were careful to ensure we did not over populate the tank too quickly and advised us as to which types of fish were compatible with one another. It's a far cry better service than what say Walmart might have to offer. Germany has their big chain outlets too but they seem to have a better balance and have preserved the small man businesses as well. My wife has done a great job of researching and setting everything up. We've had the tank for nearly a month now and all the fish has been doing really well. We all love to watch them. The tank's sound helps my wife sleep at night and it's just as interesting as television was but much better for you.