A new year

It is hard to believe that it has been almost two months since I posted. Sorry but other things took priority. First there was our annual Thanksgiving feast for Czechs. Once again we were reduced to serving two small turkeys. Then there was a quick trip to Brussels for a very interesting continuing Legal Education school on family law in the EU. It made me glad that I was not a family law practitioner here! Ken went along and did the museums while I did the conference. I think he got the best deal! Of course then the semester ended and immediately after that the boys arrived to have Christmas in the Czech Republic with us. Quentin brought his fiancée, Alana, and we had a really wonderful time. This picture was taken on Christmas day in our apartment. I had it for a while as my desktop on my computer, but it made us too sad to realize that they were so far away. They all stayed for about a week and we did as much touring as possible. Unfortunately, much is closed for the winter but we managed to squeeze in some great sites, a Christmas day walking tour of a medieval castle, midnight mass at a Gothic cathedral and a visit to Mucha's history of the Slavonic People (great paintings). We ended up at Vienna and put them on the plane to fly home. That was the hardest part.
Right now I am on break between semesters and Ken and I will be traveling back to the US on Thursday to see if it will be possible to re-start the antique shop. I also need to do inventory to try to figure out just what floated away and what we still have. We will be in the states for about 3 weeks and don't know how much time we will have for visiting.
As you probably noticed we did not mail out cards or letters this year. I'm afraid this will have to do. We do think of all of you and wish you well for the coming year, love, peace, and happiness.