A surprise visit

Saturday afternoon the door bell rang - Johanna was expecting her friend Isabell to show up and ran downstairs while I was changing Mara. There was a "man". I thought we got a package or one of the neighbors would want to talk to us. But surprisingly it was Uwe my old roommate from way back. He and his family, wife and three kids had been skiing in Austria and were on their way back home. We had not seen them for over a year. Even though they did just want to stop by we made them stay until late. As always Shawn liked to cook for company. The family will get fat! Better to share this with friends. Johanna had a girl-friend over to play every day since Friday. We do miss to have kids on the street. Her one friend Laura who actually lives next door is probably moving somewhere else soon. Those two ride the school bus together every morning and evening. Caarnival is coming up and we are thinking of going up to Cologne. Johanna has one week off and I will be still not working then.