Can You Alp Me?

Why yes, you can. This is my 200th post and you can help me celebrate by leaving a comment. You see, I have been low on comments for some time and nothing would make me happier than to know you are out there and perhaps even enjoying my summer adventures. And to make it more exciting, if you do comment, I promise to share something exciting later this week when we visit Paris, the city of love...Oh la la!


Today we ventured with our friends Ann and Val to the Swiss Alps (aka Sundance). We took a lovely hike into the mountains, cooled by the drizzling rain.

Switzerland

Sundance

The kids loved playing among the trees and in the stream.  Colin enjoyed the ride.

After a quick lunch we headed to a little Swiss getaway called the Zermatt Resort.

We walked around as we listened to the cheerful Swiss music and found this beautiful European carousel.

With our pricey gold coins in hand we boarded the ride and took a spin.

 

 

Next we walked around the pond and fed grass to the goats. 

 When the rain started to pour down we ran for cover into the bakery and got some tasty gelato.

 The kids enjoyed Switzerland so much they wanted to stay (at least that's what I was thinking after I had already asked Kate and Adam four times to P-L-E-A-S-E get in the car).

Tonight for Family Home Evening we talked about temples.  I built the Salt Lake Temple out of cups - each one with a reminder about how to prepare to go to the temple or some other aspect of temple service.

Then we talked about all the temples in Europe and found each one in our Europe Maps coloring book. 

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 Then the kids each built their own temple with the cups.

Freiberg Germany

Helsinki Finland

London England

 We enjoyed looking at all the beautiful temples.  My favorite one in Europe is The Hague Netherlands.  I hope we really can "go there someday"!