Monthly Archives: October 2010

Chris walked around one afternoon and documented the random, boring, minutia of our daily lives.  This post will be absolutely, completely mind-numbingly dull to all but my most loyal blog readers.  In other words, if you don’t answer to the … Continue reading →

With all the excitement of company, lots of outings, and special events going on, the kids have been going to bed later and later and later each night.  One night it was so late, we were almost tempted to skip … Continue reading →

There were two main events that Oma and Opa came to see; Nick getting the priesthood, and Sophie’s baptism.  Even though she turned eight almost a whole month earlier, she agreed to wait until Oma and Opa could be there … Continue reading →

Saturday afternoon, after the craft fair, we headed off to Dornbirn, Austria.  This is the town where Chris and his family attended church when they lived here back in the 80’s and early 90’s.  They were celebrating 50 years of … Continue reading →

Saturday, September 25, I got to spend the day with my friend, J.  She has a wonderful sense of humor, and is very positive about my running efforts, so naturally I was happy to be able to spend 6 hours … Continue reading →

Oma and Opa came to celebrate several milestones in the kids’ lives.  The first one happened on Friday.  The oldest grandchild (on both sides of the family) turned 12!  As per tradition, he had the cereal of his choice for … Continue reading →

Wednesday morning, September 22, Chris’ parents arrived from Kentucky for a two week visit.  Chris went to pick them up from the airport, and Alexandra and I rode the city bus to playgroup in the village.  Alexandra was a bit … Continue reading →

So I have debated whether I should even post about this or not.  But the more I thought about it, the more positive of a spin I was able to put on it, in my head.  So, here I am, … Continue reading →

Friday afternoon, I took Nicholas, Sarah and Sophie (for the first time) to the Faith in God activity at church.  Nicholas really needed just a couple more goals to complete his Faith in God booklet before turning twelve, so even … Continue reading →

We read in the scriptures every night together as a whole family.  Everyone who can actually read does three verses, and the two youngest ones just mimic back one or two shorter verses.  We have seen great success doing it … Continue reading →