Wow – our week with Grandma and Grandpa C. went really, really fast. Today for our last day with them we went into Zurich, walked around and saw the sights and spent some time in the big toy store. Then we rode a boat back to our town. It was an extremely windy, but beautiful…

Here are some photos from our trip to the Seleger Moor Garden. It’s a quirky private garden full of Rhododendrons and lots of other pretty woodland plants. The rhododendrons were not at their peak yet but we still saw lots of color and had a great time.

Not sure who took the photos, but it seems Brian met someone in Schaffhausen. It’s terrible isn’t it. And all right in front of our children.

Walking in the vineyards, listening to bedtime stories, making (imported by Grandma) JELLO and visiting the Zurich Botanic Garden. 

Brian ran the Zurich Marathon again on Sunday. And since Grandma and Grandpa C. are here they got to watch him. It was a miserable cold and rainy day – I felt really bad for the runners. But somehow Brian got his best time ever. We waited and watched for him inside a tent so…

Another amusing ad for Switzerland that I just had to share. 

Jennifer said it was one of her very favorite parent moments when Jenna learned to ride her bike and now I understand. I’m still smiling, just thinking about how fun it was to cheer her on and see her determined face. And then the proud smile – it’s hard to find something more rewarding than…

Here’s Claire doing some coloring. If you look closely you can see that her picture shows how different she is from her big sister. Claire takes the markers and smashes them with all her might ’till the markers are stubby and she has these splotches. It comes naturally to her to bang the markers just…

Uhg we’re stuck in a cold rainy spell. It reminds me of when my parents were here for the month of May when Claire was born. Rain and fog everyday. Bea’s forest day is cancelled tomorrow because there’s supposed to be snow. Brian and Bea braved the weather and took a little trip to Winterthur.…