DEUTSCHE FREUNDE 25TH ANNIVERSARY AND SUMMER PICNIC 2007

With the German music playing in the background and laughing and talking going on, a good time was had by all at the German picnic held on Wednesday July 11 in Frau Traudl Batten's beautiful back yard. She had it set up so nice with tables and chairs and there was plenty of good food. I counted 21 cars and I believe there were 36 people in all who attended. God answered our prayers for sunny weather because earlier in the week, it was so rainy. Tom was manning the BBQ grilling bratwurst right and left, Barbara helped with setup, and Chrissy and I were the take-down cleanup crew along with Tom. It is so much fun to see all the smiling faces and listen to the German language. Laughter is the same in any language. Deutsche Freunde translates to German friends. As you can see from the pictures, some wore their traditional German dirndls. Carsten would not cooperate and keep his lederhosen on for the crowd.