Hey y’all.
We had a happy Mother’s day around here! The boys made me cards and got me an address stamp for our new address (which still doesn’t seem like a reality with all of this waiting but that is a whole other post)! We spent most of the day Sunday with friends at a mountain restaurant with a big park for the kids and traditional Swiss food! It was fun having Seth’s mom along to experience some Swiss scenery before heading back to the US.
Mia had rosti for the first time! It had bacon, cheese and onions! very yummy! She couldn’t finish her giant skillet so we all helped her a bit!
the mommas and kids! Feeling very blessed!
other updates…
We are settling back into a routine..well not really. Seth’s mom left yesterday morning and I hit the ground running cleaning the house and knocking some things off the neglected to do list. Seth woke up Saturday morning with pink eye and because it is now in the second eye and still very red his boss asked him not to come in. He asked if he could go in before everyone else and get some stuff knocked out but it sounds like everyone is really scared of getting it, which is understandable because it is miserable. So, we are hoping he can go back in tomorrow and not feel completely swamped. Oh yea, and we are praying that none of the rest of us get it.
In other news, our friends back in Virginia knocked our socks off a few weeks ago and surprised us by going to our new house and working on the yard. They weeded, mulched, and generally spruced the place up! I know our neighbors appreciate it! It actually came at a time when I was feeling so desperate to just get there already and get to work. And they stepped in and played us for a little while. Y’all are awesome! Can’t wait to see you all soon.
A huge congrats to my friend Leigh! A little less than a year ago she and her family left missions work in Germany to return stateside. Just yesterday they moved into their new home in Waco! Praying that they get settled quickly and love their new home!
And last but not least, the big blood pressure raiser these days is that it’s less than 3 weeks now that until the packers come! I’m taking advantage of having my pink eye guy so I can sort the last few closets and work on some pending projects!
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Okay, so I am still feeling behind and trying to catch up. I am antsy to fill you in on our trip to Barcelona and share some pictures but I have completely skipped over the week before when we were busy taking Mia around Bern…and surrounding countries.
Week before last we took Mia to downtown Bern for some shopping, on a couple of long walks around our surrounding farms, to Colmar, France for a day trip and finished the week with a day trip to Luzern to the transportation museum. Here are some pictures from our fun times. Lest you think its all carousels and ice cream cones, it is a lot these days with Mia around, but she is getting her fare share of our boys in their true rare form! She will vouch for the more prickly sides of life! But for your enjoyment I will only include the happies for today!
is it just me or does Jackson look like he is a teenager in this picture? I love it but he is getting too darn big.
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No worries, we are still alive and well! Last week was dominated by garage sale prep and squeezing in outside time whenever it wasn’t raining. We have had a rainy few weeks and we are some sunshine and shorts weather. I see people writing about Spring coming to an end in the US and we haven’t really seen ours yet. On top of the “waiting on Spring funk” Owen has temporarily launched back into his 5 AM wake ups. I say temporarily because it just can’t go on. We have gotten through it before and I know it is somewhat teething related. This too shall pass, but we are tired!
Here are a few pictures from last week….
cereal is much more fun when it is crushed and poured while mommy is busy cooking and distracted
these shutters were on an old farm house we passed on a walk…wouldn’t they look beautiful on my wall. I wonder how much the farmer would want for them?!
beware of these leaves!! They cause and itchy reaction with white welts. we know from experience.Luckily our friend knew exactly what herb to pick to rub on it and relieve some of the reaction!
eew.
amazing view!
cookies to sell at the garage sale!
the garage sale was semi-successful, we sold all of our big stuff but had lots of little stuff left. We plan to put out a table at the upcoming neighborhood sale that we just learned about! After that it’s off to goodwill!
and on Sunday morning after our long week when we thought we couldn’t go on we were serenaded by this spectacular house band that revived us for a new week!
ps-more coming this week! House updates from back home as well as a post I have been working on about taking meals to friends!
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On Saturday we spent the morning with other Embassy families on the Ambassador’s lawn participating in a “Spring fling”. The boys had fun hunting for eggs, doing a bunny hop sack race, racing with spoons on eggs and all kinds of fun games. Our Community Liaison office did a great job. Here are some pictures (excuse the huge sun spots, we roasted hot dogs over a fire by the river the night before and I forgot to clean my lens. Oh well.)
Jackson with our neighbor Dominic
Owen proudly craddled his egg and spoon the whole way!
bunny hop
In other news, we closed on our house last night! here is it for those who haven’t seen it on facebook yet!
We popped a bottle of bubbly and had some chocolates to celebrate! Looking forward to seeing it for the first time in our jetlag fog on July 2nd!!
We are all packed and heading out after Seth gets off work today to take a family road trip. We have some foreign service friends that live in Brussels and they are away in London for the week and have offered their home! So, free lodging and some time away! We are going to drive tonight as far as the base and spend the night their. We are hoping to take the boys bowling and for lunch on the base before driving on the Belgium. We are not super spontaneous so planning this a few weeks ago is kind of pushing my spontaneity level. These family road trips tend to be quite refining but I think a little family time might be just what the boys need. We have been packing our schedule way too tight with playdates and have had little time just the 4 of us! So, here’s hoping for the best…6 hours each way! 
We hope that you all have a blessed Easter!
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