My Family

My wife and I make our home in Wexford, PA. Our three children have all graduated from college and are happily employed. The above pictures celebrate our new son-in-law and daughter at their wedding (2023) with our son, daughter-in-law, and daughter in the wedding party as well, and roll back time to a 2011 travel picture of my wife and 3 children. For more pictures from a Summer 2016 American road trip and other travels, see my travels.

More historic news (from April 2018!): Our youngest daughter used her Advanced Placement Art class to paint on maps celebrating travel journeys. She showed her work on her self-decorated art wall in the high school art show. See Art Wall April 2018 photos for an overview, with a higher resolution version of the kayak one included to show off the maps if you zoom into it. Her artistic statement: "My pieces are a reflection of the many adventures I've had exploring the great outdoors. Through the use of my old maps and acrylic paint, I create impressionistic landscapes and portraits as a way of documenting my experiences and memories. I get lost in the beauty of everything around me, for with each step I take, the surroundings change, and I often stray off the trail purely by accident. By creating these works, I am taking the viewer on my journeys that fostered in me a sense of adventure to embrace the unknown."

News from Summer 2015: We welcome our daughter-in-law into the family! A celebratory collage of her with her husband is below. Also see Summer 2015 trip photos). We did some camping and enjoyed celebrations together, esp. the July wedding (more wedding photos here).

Links to travels and ancient family photos show pictures from decades past. As for my Grandpa George Christel, we celebrated Grandpa Christel's 104th Birthday Party in late 2013. Here is a link to his 100th birthday party as well. Grandpa died peacefully in January 2014 at the rich age of 104.