The Stucki's: Danube Dinner Cruise ... May 22, 2009

Since a number of our group of friends are leaving this Summer, a large group of the "leavers" and the "stayers" got together to say good-bye. We took a Danube Dinner Cruise, which was quite fun. Actually, the food was terrible, but the view and the company was wonderful.
Julie Hall, one of Heather's roommates after college, is visiting us for a little while, so she joined us. And we sat with Dan and Colleen Browne (Colleen is Katie's 1st grade teacher and PERFECT for her!) who told us of their exciting adventures in Saudi Arabia, among other things. It was a fun cruise, despite the food. It is our wonderful friends and the beauty that is Budapest that we will miss the most!

Afterward we went back to the Intercontinental Hotel terrace and saw a fabulous slide show of the last few years together that Meredith put together (VERY well done Meredith!). And the "stayers" put on a little "So Long, Farewell" performance as well (we are only one country away from the Von Trapp's homeland of Austria).

Both the slideshow and performance were so good that those strolling the Danube Riverwalk stopped to enjoy it as well!

After the slide show we had a juggling contest (I won, of course) and then we played a remedial version of a game called "Stookich" (I used to play years ago in my office with my friends back in Louisville), which was basically take whatever you can find that is round (in this case it was lemons) and create a hoop of some sort (a public trash can right on the Danube) and have some sort of tournament (as I said this was a REMEDIAL version, so effectively it was whoever can get it in the trash first wins, while "Stookich" was MUCH more complex than that!...ok, maybe this was more like a remedial version of basketball or "knockout"??) Anyway, it was a great night (and by the way, while I thought Monique was SURE to win the lemon toss because of her great shooting form, I think Terry took home the pot). We will miss our friends here.

Quotes to Remember

We were in Munich and just checking into our Hotel and both the girls needed to go to the bathroom. We all ran upstairs to our rooms and they both bolted into the bathroom. They began to fight over which one was going to use the toilet first. They argue for a few seconds when Katie shouts, "Mom, which one of us do you want to pee their pants?!" (May, 2009)
We were driving home from church last week and I said something like, "We are going to buy a Toyota Sequoia". Suddenly from the back we hear our 4 year old, Ashley, pipe up ... "You killed my Father...Prepare to Die!"...somehow she confused "Toyota Sequoia" with "Inigo Montoya" from the Princess Bride! (May, 2009)
Ashley and I were playing a card game when she says to me, "pause the game, I have to go to the bathroom". This is when I realized the technology gap between my childhood and hers.
I asked Ashley what country she was born in (she was born in Canada). She told me that she couldn't remember, so I tried to give her a hint. I said, "you were born in Cannnn...". To which she immediately exclaimed in triumph..."CANDYLAND!!"
Katie woke us up this morning telling us we needed to get up. Heather told her that her head hurt and she wasn't going to get up yet. Katie responds, "But you don't WALK on your head, so get up!"

Danube Dinner Cruise ... May 22, 2009

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