Happiness is realizing I do have enough fabric for the shirt pattern that I’ve been wanting to make. And then getting the afternoon to myself to cut it out.  Thanks Brian.

This has been a long week and it’s only Thursday. Brian has been gone all but Monday evening. It’s been cold and rainy so we can’t go swimming. I’m about to strangle my kids by about 5:30 each day. Tonight I couldn’t cope with the end of the day routine so I declared a movie…

On our second day of our mountain vacation we walked through the valley to a town called Lauterbrunnen. It’s known for it’s many, many waterfalls. And, Dad, they have cross-country skiing trails there. Here’s the valley, it’s edged in cliffs. You can see some people down the path in this photo. They are crazy fools.…

We returned Sunday from a great vacation to the Jungfrau region of Switzerland. I have so many photos to share – I hope not too many. Here goes. This is where we stayed – in a small mountain town called Gimmelwald. There’s not much there except a few modest hotels and hostels, some farmers and…

Five years ago today I started this blog. Back then I thought it would be a way to record our experiences and stay in touch from far away China. What a surprise that the far away place turned out to be Switzerland. Brian likes to say “there isn’t just one path to happiness”. I think…