Author Archives: Amy

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 →

When we first moved to Switzerland, I was constantly despairing over all the food items I could no longer find in the grocery story.  Pretty much everything I was used to cooking with didn’t exist here, and I had to … Continue reading →

None of my children are born with hair.  Well, actually, Sarah had a bit of hair right at the beginning, but it always falls out completely, and then they are bald for the first couple years of life.  Alexandra is … Continue reading →

Sophie and Sarah are too big to share a bathtub these days, and Alexandra is too small to be in there by herself.  Besides, “me all ‘lone” just sounds so pitiful, and sad. 🙁  So she and Noah have gotten … Continue reading →

As usually happens, all the good things were happening on the same day; a hike with the Stake and our village’s only-happens-every-three-years Chilbi (carnival).   To keep the peace with the kids, I promised them that as soon as we got … Continue reading →