{This must be catch up week around here! Sorry to bombard you with so many post but I don’t want to fall behind!}

Switzerland has no doubt given us a wonderful place to host family and friends. I never could have imagined how many people we would have and it has been such a fun season. Tiring no doubt, but fun.

Our last visitors at Swiss Chalet Kolb were my cousin, Josh, Jordan and Justin Strong. They were on their way back from living in Thailand and wanted to do a bike tour around Switzerland. They spent  a couple of days with us here visiting Bern and it was fun to get to know them better since I haven’t seen them since they were my boys ages! Made me feel quite old!

notice  the metal table and fancy chairs! Temp furniture makes for fine dining with guests!

After they ate granola bars for their 4 bike riding days we made sure they made one last stop at a Swiss restaurant…

at the beginning of their fondue

by the end!

Our house was overflowing with boys. I for sure was outnumbered. My boys got ramped up in an attempt to get the big boys to give them attention…which was tough to do with soccer games on tv. By the last evening Seth was busy doing something so Owen asked Josh to help him with his ice cream. He then wanted to hold his hand. It was too funny!  Owen knows how to lessen the generational gap

Happy Father’s Day to my dad who is celebrating in Virginia today!  Looking forward to spending time with my dad in less than 3 weeks!  I am hoping he gets to teach our boys how to fish! Fun times to come.

This morning poor Seth’s Father’s day started WAY too early. As in 4:45 AM too early. Our youngest is giving us yet another run for our money on sleep. He did not spare Seth the agony on Father’s Day! Seth’s fathering skills are being put to the test in these days of transition with our boys. I can attest to his loving patience with them. Seth doesn’t hesitate to jump in with our boys and gives them 100% of his energy when he is with them!  You are a wonderful daddy, Seth!

We spent the morning and early afternoon taking a hike with friends and roasting hotdogs over a fire for lunch. It was so nice to get out and have some fresh air!  The visibility wasn’t great for the mountains but the view of the valleys and rolling hills was gorgeous!

{Just so you know how very tired we are Seth told me this morning that he grabbed the matches, by that he literally grabbed a few matches WITHOUT the box. So, we scrounged for a few minutes and eventually found a lady who happened to have a book of matches on her. Whew. Disaster averted. Yesterday I found the sunscreen in the fridge}

Going to miss the beautiful scenery and our dear friends!