Skiing at Flumseburg

We rented the girls skis for the season and hit the bunny run at Flumseburg right after the New Year.  It was a beautiful day.  Lexie did great hanging out in the sled with Dad while I tried my hand at amateur movie making on skis.

New Year's

This New Year's eve we enjoyed a nice dinner then lite fireworks with the girls then took turns playing Rayman on our Xbox.  At the stroke of midnight explosions could be heard around our village although we couldn't really see much from our place.  The girls easily stayed up till midnight, they are naturally night owls!

Some of our new resolutions include:

Mom and Dad: exercise with our new Insanity DVD's, keep learning German

Kaitlan:  Keep learning to read, and write the letters

Aubrie:  Keep practicing the piano and English spelling

and our #1 family goal:

Think positively!

(hoping to cut down on the squabbles)

Serious Sledding

Switzerland takes sledding to the extreme.  The girls got a new sled for Christmas, a fancier one with a steering wheel, and we were all excited to try it out.  We decided to go to Sattel ski resort as it was said to have a very kid friendly sledding hill. The idea is to take the gondola up and enjoy the sledding run that takes about 20 minutes to get to the end of. If it was so kid friendly we thought well Lexie ought to be able to go with Dad then, Kaitlan with Mom and Aubrie by herself.  Unfortunately this mountain side was really not that friendly.  We made it down alive on the first run but Ted decided to wait with Lexie at the restaurant there after.  That second run I went down with Kaitlan on the wooden Swiss style sled that we rented.  I could not control that thing!  We hit every bump and nearly flew off the trail countless times.  Half way down we decided it would be better to walk.  My tail bone hurt so bad!  After that I hung out with Lexie in the restaurant and Ted enjoyed going down the hill with Kaitlan.  This experience was not as great as our first extreme sledding with the girls two years ago but Kaitlan still had fun yelling "Let 'er Rip!"

Lexie's first birthday

The Birthday Girl

A years gone by

How time has flown

We can't believe

How Lexie's grown

She is such a joy

and so much fun

Oh my, Our Baby's

Turning One!

  

Patty cake patty cake Bakers man

Play with my cake mom said I can

A Birthday cake is so much fun

I am really glad that I am one.

A baby is sunshine &

moonbeams & more.

Brightening our world

as never before.

Love you lots Lex!

Here's our funny video singing with Grandma Parkin on the phone.

Circus fun

We gave the girls tickets to the circus for Christmas.  It was a lot of fun!
There were pogo stick Russians, an awesome ventriloquist, dancing, singing and a great husband-wife clown act.

Christmas Day 2011

What more can be said about Christmas morning than seeing the look of happiness on my girls faces?!

A bit of winter fun

About a week before Christmas it snowed!  Here is Kaitlan's sideways snowman.
Very creative!

The girls decided to make chocolate covered pretzels to give to their friends this year.
We had a great time making them!

Aubrie and Kaitlan's School Christmas Concert

The girls had a great Christmas Concert at school.  It's very interesting to us having grown up with such a strong separation of Church and State mentality that schools here in Europe dedicate so much into this church holiday.  I'm sure less people go to church here than in Utah but the ability to sing about the birth of Christ and for the kids to know the nativity story is very important here.

These movies are a bit long, sorry.

Stuttgart's Weinachts markt

We spent a weekend at the Stuttgart Christmas market.  It was a fantastic time.  German Christmas markets are definitively worth driving to.  

Ice Skating fun!

Cotton candy bigger than your head!

Making candles.

Fun Rides.

All around silliness!