Our Life in Austria

John is finished with his studies at the ITI, and yesterday graduated with his class. It's been an exhausting week. Rain began to pour ...

Yesterday we had our graduation ceremony. So all is done, I officially have a licentiate in theology. It's a great relief to be done. W...

John is currently out of town, but I thought I'd update everyone a little on his defense. To use the words of one of the professors sitt...

Today marks day the last of five years' worth of classes at the ITI for yours truly. At 9:00 I have Augustine and Aquinas on the Resurr...

The Pentecost party was epic, but unfortunately we have very few pictures from it (except for the croquet game). Here are a few of the ki...

This one's for Mary - still on pace to be called Dr. Joy before I am.

My master's and licentiate theses are now available at Academia.edu . You can read them in their entirety online or download them as pd...

I can't believe she's 6! Today Maria had a party with all her friends here, and also went to a festival put on by the Trumau scouts ...

Maria had her last ballet lesson yesterday, and while the teacher wasn't up for putting a recital together, she did invite all the pare...

Melodie "Anton aus Tirol" Du bist so schön. Du bist so toll. Als Mama (Oma) bist du wundervoll! Du bist immer für mi...

We just acquired a croquet set recently. The inaugural match was held on Sunday, with John and Lisa facing off against Katie and David. Unf...