Ren in his room in Granges. Surprise, he's playing a video game on his DS! The other picture is "our" garden in front of the house in Granges. We feel blessed that the kind taxpayers of Granes support a town worker who maintains this beautiful plot of land. You can't tell from the picture, but it is a cul-de-sac, so in spite of the wide-looking road in front, it has very light traffic. (Remember, DnD?)

I think it is funny (and appropriate) that the only two people who were able to figure out how to post comments were Lucie and Flo. I bet Mollie, Elizabeth, and Ren could have, too! It is odd to be the "older" generation.

This is us having dinner behind our new house, with Frederic (Patrick's cousin and our good friend). It was our first dinner at the new place. The fence behind is the little separation for the patio of our renters. They have been very respectful--letting us have the back yard all to ourselves.

Today we are taking advantage of 80 degrees, low humidity, and sunshine. We hiked in the mountains around Granges this morning and this afternoon, we're going to Gerardmer to walk near the lake and to run some errands, then to have dinner. They are predicting big thunder storms tonight and tomorrow, so we want to be outside as much as we can!

This is my first experience at blogging, so bear with me, but I thought this might be a good way to share pictures and experiences from our trip with family. So take a look and let me know if it comes through. It will be a closed blog open to people I invite only.

This is a picture of Philippe, Ida, and Patrick, taken kind of tongue-in-cheek because Laura had our Christmas card on her fridge, and Philippe did not like the picture of him that was on the Christmas card. (It was the same picture, same location, taken a year ealier.)