Our Blessings

Thursday, April 10, 2014

April 9, 2014-8 IS GREAT!

Seth chose Esprit Cafe for his birthday breakfast. It was a delicious choice.

A gift from Brooke.

His first Swiss Army Knife. We picked this up in Switzerland.

April 4-7, 2014-Amsterdam

We haven't had the opportunity to eat much Mexican this year. I was pretty excited Paw Paw found this restaurant in Amsterdam.

Canals of Amsterdam

We took a bus tour that took us to windmills, wooden shoemaking, a cheese factory and the tulip tours.

First stop, windmills of Holland

We were able to go inside a windmill. It is still used for wood cutting. It was a really neat demonstration.

Then to the store where they demonstrated making wooden shoes.

We even got to try some on, they're a pretty good fit if you have a high arch.

Walking through a village that used to be an island.

We took this boat to Volendam to a cheese factory. Which one of these is different? (Luke)

Fishing boats along the way

Then back on the bus to see the beautiful flowers.

Last stop, Keukenhof. Millions of beautiful flowers

When we left, Luke said it was kinda girly.

We found a bakery that we visited every morning for breakfast. Nutella in the perfect size.

We toured Amsterdam by canal.

I amsterdam, an iconic symbol of Amsterdam.

What a cute little car

This is the Rijks Museum, home of much famous Dutch art.

View of an Amsterdam street

Then we visited the Van Gogh Museum. The kids had a scavenger hunt that they followed by answering questions about art throughout the museum.

Jim, Mary Beth and Van Gogh

April 4, 2014-Maw Maw and Paw Paw are Here Again!

It was a beautiful day in Göttingen when they arrived. First stop, schnitzel for lunch.

Sunday, March 23, 2014

March 20-23, 2014-Switzerland

We took the ICE train to Switzerland. It took around 7 hours to get there. This picture was taken from the train in Bern, the capitol of Switzerland.

The next 7 pictures were taken from the train from Interlaken to Grindewald. I will gladly come and visit this area again. When we got closer to the water you could see the bottom of the lake. It was absolutely beautiful!

We arrived in Grindewald to spend the next 3 nights. We didn't even need our coats when we arrived. The weather was so warm, but we were prepared for cold weather.

Pretty tired and getting hungry

Seth was excited to be in the Alps.

The church is kind of an iconic symbol in Grindewald. There was a pretty big cemetery around it. Seth thought it was creepy.

You could see the glaciers on this part of the mountains. It was such a beautiful clear day.

Sometimes on our adventures we do lots of walking....sometimes this is planned and sometimes not.

I really was there!

Friday-Skiing! The kids had never skied before but they were very excited to give it a try. This is Harry, the wizard. They made a lot of progress during their 3 hours of ski school with him.

I spent the day watching them from the balcony of a restaurant, feeling the sun and reading a good book.

Joshua, living his dream of skiing the Alps.

Then an afternoon of skiing together.

This is the little village where our Chalet was located. You would have thought we were visiting a great aunt, the receptionist gave us such a warm welcome.