Day two of Grandma J. and Jenna’s visit – we headed to the zoo. Here they are on the train – getting there is fun too. I guess I got more photos of the girls playing at the zoo playgrounds and not so many of the animals. But we did see animals – elephants, giraffes,…

When visiting Bea’s house feel free to follow her lead and doff your pants as soon as you walk in the door. Jenna is making herself at home and we are so happy to have her.  Here they are enjoying the sunny day. Jenna is getting the hang of scooter riding. Then she needed a…

This was one of my most frustrating calendar girl photos. The sun was too bright (yes, I’m hard to please) and Claire just wanted to eat the calendar.  Here is our darling ten-month-old. Very animated and very kissable. Fuzzy wuzzy was a Claire. Recently she has shown that she can get really angry. Watch out…

Tomorrow is the day that Jenna and Grandma J. arrive. Jennifer will come on Saturday after spending some time in Wales for work. We’ve been looking forward to this visit for so long. Brian will have a house full of girls – six to be exact. Jennifer told me that Jenna was asking about their…

If you look closely in the Swiss grocery stores you’ll see some products that seem to be targeted at Americans. Things like this bread. They call sliced bread like this toast. Notice the stars and the Uncle Sam type hat. And it says Great for Big Sandwiches – it might as well say Great for…

I would love to hang one of these on my wall. They are by a Japanese artist named Fmio Watanabe. I don’t know anything about him except that these are paintings done by hand and I knew that they must be scenes of Switzerland as soon as I saw them. Maybe it’s my longing for…

I didn’t take a single photo all weekend long. That hasn’t happened in a long time. It’s been pretty cloudy and I guess I’m looking forward to spring. Here are the girls goofing around in Bea’s bed. I am also getting so excited to see my Mom and Jennifer and Jenna in a little over…