For our last day at Ilmesmühle Holger had invited his brother Christian, his French wife Ann and their daughters Natasha (15y) and Jacqueline (11y). Their dog Reglis also came as he is great friends with Moana.
Those are healthy looking cheeks.
Having grown up in America the Leue Family is used to having a Thanksgiving turkey and as they hadn’t come together for a while we made this late lunch/early dinner on Sunday. Our meal was a team effort with Holger being the main co-ordinator of timing and responsible for the most important part of any meal of this kind, the gravy! (Well and the bird of course).
Holger and the bird before it went int the oven.
We had roasted parsnips (a first for the non Kiwis at the table), roast Kumara (another first for the non Kiwis), steamed carrots, princess beans, tasty homemade stuffing, the creamiest of potato mashes known to man kind and a delicious gravy.
It was all very satisfying in deed. The fire was going, board games were being played and all the children went sleighing for the first time! They went for ages before the meal and then went back out until after dark once they had eaten.
Jacqueline, Nick and Tessa sleighing
I had a go at it as well…
…so did Holger…
Speed freak Ben weeeeeeeeee
…weeeeee and CRASH!
Moana and Reglis ran around all day playing either with each other or the children.
Moana and Reglis
They too were grateful for the yummy dinner and enjoyed the left overs very much before falling into a happy coma in front of the fire.
The mill froze over and look at the ice…in Germany it grows upwards….!!
Holger and Ann in the courtyard with the barn we stayed in.
May I just add that I remained unbeaten at ‘Halma’ (Chinese Checkers) last night. Armin…do you feel a challenge coming up?
Oma Anna still beat me seven years ago when she was 89 years old.
Off to sleep one more night at Ilmesmühle before leaving for Heilbronn.
Tanja
xxx