A Great Weekend

We just finished a great weekend. Chris, Christa and Heidi all went up to Mt Washington. We spent our time snowshoeing around some of the area that we hiked this summer. Chris and Christa had snowshoes and Heidi was pulled around in a sled that was harnessed to Chris. There were plenty of dogs being walked to keep Heidi entertained and talking about dogs for the indefinite future.

Russell has made his way to the island and we're looking forward to a gathering of the clans and a fondue this evening. Ellen and Corrine should be joining us.

As an aside, we are trying out Skype as an alternative to a long distance phone plan. Obviously you can still call us on our various phone lines, but you can also reach us using the skype contact name "chris.christa.maier"

New Gallery

We've added a new photo Gallery today. You can find it here. We will also keep a link to it with all of the other photo galleries here.

Happy New Year

We want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Happy New Year! We hope that everyone will find 2008 to be full of happiness, joy and good fortune. We've had a great 2007 and are looking forward to all of the opportunities, challenges and excitement that this new year promises to bring.

We've had a great holiday season so far and as it is winding down we are still smiling away at all of the memories. For New Year's Eve we had a quiet night at home. Miss Heidi had her first authentic Swiss Fondue. We made the cheese sauce from scratch. It was quite the affair and Heidi seemed to enjoy it. After Heidi went to bed we cooked a delicious English Pudding a friend made for us - delicious. The rest of the evening and into the morning was spent watching the final few episodes of Lost - a television program we have become addicted to watching on DVD.

Again, all the best in the New Year.