Author Archives: Amy

We very kindly let our visitors hang out and relax the very first day they arrived.  But by the second day, they were ready to do a bit of sightseeing.  After lunch, we headed out to show them life in … Continue reading →

Two days after Oma and Opa went back home, Cousin Charlotte arrived for 2 weeks of fun, visiting, and sightseeing.  The kids were so excited to finally see her in person, as they have been skypeing with her for the … Continue reading →

Nicholas has been planning/designing/creating a game for a few months now.  It’s a game that all the kids can play together, based on I have no idea what.  All I know is he asked me for a piece of green … Continue reading →

Every night before she goes to sleep, Alexandra is allowed to watch one episode of Spongebob Squarepants.  (Feel free to judge, I think it’s a bit insane myself, but it was the only way to get her to go to … Continue reading →

One of the last days Oma and Opa were here was spent at the “feed the animals zoo”.  We got them tickets for the train, since there wasn’t enough room in our car, and two lucky children got to ride … Continue reading →

On Wednesday, September 29th, we had a kind of late birthday celebration for Nick, since his friend couldn’t come over on his actual birthday.  Oma and Opa went up to school to listen to his piano lesson, then picked up … Continue reading →

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 →