Christmas 2008 at Aunt Tammy's and Uncle Bob's

Coach Monk, 2nd wrestling meet

The team is making progress. Looked much better in their second real meet than their first.

Coach Monk

Coach Monk leads his first multi-school scrimmage as the head coach of Lakota Ridge Junior High.  More to come over the next few months.

Nashville 2008 (for Lauren)

Check out the pictures. (Grandma, follow the link.)

http://picasaweb.google.com/Karl.Monk/Nashville2008#

England 2008

Just got back from a 9 day business trip to England. Stayed at a wonderful old hotel on the North Sea. Highly recommend it. The Grand Hotel http://www.grandhotel-uk.com/

Went to church on Sunday. Note: no styrofoam cups, real English China at the coffee after church.

Ate some Shepherd Pie and Chips.

Tuesday night is Dutch Apple pancake night

Awesome. Tart Granny Smith, a special batter that gives almost a solid custard feel to the mouth.

Tuesday night is strudel night

Yep, she's a keeper.

Went to KC to see Jake and eat some BBQ

Arthur Bryant's is the best BBQ place in the nation. We went to the original location in KC. Yes, that is John and Sarah in the picture at Bryant's. They were there on Sept 7, 2008.

Saturday night we went to the American Royal for the big BBQ contest. Hundreds of competitors.

Finally, Mary wanted to go to Lamar's Donuts, but it was closed on Saturday pm, so we went back on Sunday morning before returning to Cincy. (I cannot live with a depressed woman.)

Cape Hatteras Light Station

Tallest light station in the nation. Pretty awesome.

You can drive your car on the beach in NC

Mary wanted to take this picture since she thought I was stuck. (Actually, I was worried, but got out with a bit of rocking.)

Bodie Island, North Carolina

an awesome light station

Some of us are having a good time on vacation

Guitar Hero

Game on!! (Mary is really enjoying her new Wii)

PA vacation, quick first pics, more to come

Pictures top to bottom:

Family: Sam, Ruth, Tom, Ellen, Aunt Hildegard, Uncle Herbert

Family: Sam, wife Kristina, son Alexander

Samuel

Ruth, blue shirt
Rosie, my first cousin visiting from Germany

Ellen and Mary (Ellen's house was the location of the event)

Uncle Herbert

Karl at Little League World Series (more pics of this soon)

Nicole (Ellen's daughter, newest member of the SGW Fan Club)

Aunt Hildegard with Alexander

Group Shot (L-R): Tom, Alexander, Ellen, Kristina, Nicole, Karl

Two Farmer's Markets

The two pics with Mary in the purple shirt are from our the local farmer's market. The other pics are from Andrew's market in Athens, Ohio. The dinner pics are from the condemned dwelling Andrew inhabits with his roommate. Athens is awesome in the summer. The pie is peach from the Athen's market peachs.

Chloe and Tessa

Chloe and Tessa at the Jasper County Fair competing in the 4H Games: Barrel Racing.

Le Tour de France 2008

Enjoying the race and drinking champagne with the winner.

Project Runway, Week 1 winner

The week 1 winner, Kelli, is from Columbus, Ohio. Her store is right around the corner from Danny's place. We went up to see his show last night, but stopped first at the Black Market. Mary actually tried on a dress.