Life in the Alps..

Uncle Larry passed away on the evening of September 2nd. He will be greatly missed. His obituary says it well "Anyone who met Larry is a better person because they knew him."

Aunt Angie, Uncle Larry and their grandson Logan

My Grandpa Ken and Uncle Larry..

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Here are a few updates/events that have been going on over here in Switzerland.. They are not in order, but here they are!

Happy Birthday Kenzie on August 20th!

Teaching Bode to frost cupcakes!

Kenzie's wonderful photography.. and some yummy cupcakes!

Thanks to my mom who sent all the cute decorations!

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Jelle and I met when he was here with his friends as a tourist, he came back to visit last week! We had a fun time hiking, playing games and just hanging out!

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I went shopping in Milano Italy for the day.. Didn't get a ton of pics, but here are a few!

The Milan train station..

I wanted to ride one of these but wasn't quite sure how to do it. I stared at the directions for a good 10 minutes and then figured I should probably just stick to the sidewalks.

No matter where you are in the world.. One thing is for certain, they have a Mickey D's!

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I went to a YSA Sport Camp August 2-6th. It was in Switzerland had 600 Young Single Adults from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Dani und Yan

There was a formal dance, this is me, Tamara and Kate before heading down to eat.. Of course there has to be a picture of me crossing my eyes!

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I have met some incredible people since I've been here.. Let me introduce you to a few:

Kate (pictured above):

She is a doll, served a mission in Provo, Utah..

Such a good friend, the first time I met her I felt right at home!

She lives in downtown Bern and makes me laugh, all the time!

Ruedi Brawand:

This is Mandel and Kenzie's cousin, he lives in the same house.

Loves to make people laugh.

Loves to sing and dance.

Can beat me in Phase 10 with his eyes closed.

The Kaufmann Family:

Mandel..

Loves to tease me.

Thinks it is hilarious when we are walking and he puts grass on

my neck or arm or something so I think it's a bug.

Works hard as a Carpenter building incredible Swiss Chalet's and loves to be outdoors.

Kenzie:

One of the most incredible people I've ever met!

She is a great mother and wife and I look up to her a ton..

Loves to laugh, we are always giggling about something just because "we like it!"

Hayden:

Dancing King!

Loves his blanket, binky and Dingy!

He can almost out eat me.. Loves food.

And has the cutest little cheeks ever!

Bode Man:

Loves to trick people.

Recently has started calling me "Megaroo"

Took the bus for the first time to school today! Such a big boy!

Loves dinosaurs and animals.. And is SO smart.

Jelle de Beucker:

Hate pictures.. Ha.

Loves to snowboard, the mountains and old cars.

Lives in Belgium..

And is one of the funniest, nicest boys I know!

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This is my new friend Roman and crazy Ruedi who is absolutely hilarious. We went out on the town Saturday, crazy night.

Ruedi had to pry his eyes open -- every picture he had his eyes closed.

Exhibit A

Exhibit B

Exhibit C

.. Exhibit D. I wasn't lying!

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A Few Random Thoughts:

I just finished this book. I highly recommended it. Very touching story.

2 New good songs:

I looove this song.. Milow.

This is the language they speak here (Swiss German).. Adrian Stern Amerika. I love this song too, even if I can't understand all the words ha.

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"Truly it may be said that the outside of a mountain is good for the inside of a man."

-George Wherry

"Great things are done when men and mountains meet" -William Blake

"I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in." -John Muir

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This is Grindelwald, the town I live in..

"You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself." -Alan Alda

Dear Switzerland..

Dear Switzerland..

I love you! You have changed my life and helped me realize the person that I truly am. The memories/friendships that I have made here are ones that will last forever. I will never be the same.

Love,

Me

A Quick Update..

Dear Bloggers,,

If you still follow this blog:

Bless you.

I have been horrible about updating it.

But then again, I am on vacation.

My sister, Whitney is here visiting and leaves Saturday.

Here are some pictures of our adventures since she's been here.

Enjoy!

So.. Me and Whitney had 2 flies in our room for 4 days straight. We could NOT kill them. Trust me. They were invicible. So today I decided that was the end of that and I killed them! Kissing the fly goodbye.. Sad thing is, we now have another one :( ha.
Wednesday nights, they close down the street in Grindelwald and there are bands, food, etc. It is really fun. Kenzie, Whit and I went into town and there was a rock band playing so we stopped to listen. We were cracking up at the guys next to us who were wasted and just bustin a move. If you can't beat em, join em. We were all dancing by the end of the night! It was hysterical.

We were getting a picture of us 3 girls and the next thing we know, we feel these 2 guys up behind us!

Whit and I went swimming in the river in Bern. Such a blast. It was freezing cold.

Lighting a candle at the Munster Cathedral.

Me and Whit :) Don't worry, this isn't alcohol ha everything here is served in a bottle!

Sisters.

We hiked up this trecherous mountain to get to this restaurant. We figured why not eat in one dessert all the calories we just burned? :)

Almost to the top of our hike to Baregg

So.. For my birthday, cute Kenzie and Mandel bought me a gift certificate to go paragliding. I was so so excited! I knew that when Whitney came she would want to go with me. Here are some pics! Enjoy! We had a blast.

Me and Peter

The End :) Thanks for following.

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So I haven't updated much lately. [We have been basking in the sun] and enjoying the warm weather! It's been beautiful here. Mandel and Kenzie went on a Carhartt "Convention" kind of this weekend on Saturday until Sunday and so I watched the kids. We had a ball. Monday we went to this really sweet indoor pool in Basel (border of Germany) and we have just been playing and enjoying ourselves! Life is good!

And Saturday, we went on a gorgeous hike. [Loved every second of it.] Enjoy!

[Oy is my new favorite German word..]

Yes, this is for real. We sat on those blue stools and had a slurpee and ice cream.. [in the pool]

I was very excited about it.

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I love this boy..

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I also love this boy!

Yes, I live down there.

Ok.. Is this not the coolest picture ever? We have

1. A Swiss Flag

2. A Swiss Alp

3. A Sheep

and 4. I have a sippie cup around my waste ha.

Hayden, Mandel and Bode.

We hiked up to this restaurant and ate.

Hayden and his cute mom.

Hayden showing us his muscles.. He does this all the time. It makes me laugh.

Twins!

Not quite looking..

Got him to look.

And now finally a smile :)

I have this song stuck in my head. Join in the fun.

XOXO- Megs