Anniversary trip to Scotland

Had a fabulous time on our 10th anniversary trip to Scotland. Here's a link to the pictures of our trip.

Photo Album of Trip

Here is a link to some of our Switzerland pictures.

To Switzerland and back---

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Just a few "people" pictures. We all had a wonderful, memorable time! More to come :-)

Ok-- here you go:
top R to L--
Dad and US on cable car at Reutli, US at the top, sitting on bench at the Guetli, US and Ad's room at the Guetli.
AD looking at Jane Elizabeth Taylor's grave (Hudson Taylor's 2nd wife, Blonay, Switzerland), with Nati and Rebecca, Dad and US at the top (there was a 360* view--fantastic), US with M. Peter Lippuner at the Guetli (used to be the head).
Dad meditating :-), US and AD at Domme, AD at the bottom where we got on the cable car and two sisters at St. Emillion.

Happy Anniversary!

Sorry that the picture is a little outdated. A missing child... oh well. At least you will know we were thinking about you! Happy 10th anniversary, Tim & Ruth!

Uncle Steve and Aunt Donna in FRANCE!!

Uncle Steve and Aunt Donna arrived in Paris this morning. Dad left here at 4am to go get them and they were back at 6:30 tonight. Uncle Steve hasn't been in France for over 20 years. We are excited about their two weeks with us. We have a Romanian boy staying with us and he prepared their room. I thought you would enjoy seeing how he fixed the bed.

La Rentrée !

Today was the big day!!! We dropped off Miriam and Zacharie at Papi & Mimi Bixby's house at 8:10 this morning in order to take Micaiah to his first day CE1. He was very exited about his new "cartable" which can be rolled like a suitcase or carried on his back. Since it was the first day, we were able to walk into his classroom and meet his teacher. After this it will be back to dropping him off and picking him up at the gate. While he still had a small case of the nervous jitters, this year was definitely easier than last. Right after our parting hug, he eagerly jumped into a French conversation with the other kids at his table, all of whom he already knew from last year. The report at lunch time was that his teacher is really quite nice, and he seems to be settling in well already.

Miriam had not the slightest hesitation about staying at home. She was very thrilled to be able to have the same teachers that she had "met" previously when Micaiah did HomeSat K-5 two years ago. Just before vacation we found a used desk to put into her room that really works perfectly, and now she is all set up! In fact, she completed two full days' work and then some.

In other news, yesterday we enrolled the kids in some music classes (not formal lessons, just general music), and those classes will start in two weeks. We are excited about this new realm of education for both of them, and are hoping it will give Miriam another avenue to keep honing her French skills while she is schooling in English.