En Suisse, Episode 3 - Thursday & Friday

Thursday and Friday, Julie 'n I did more laundry, more ironing, and cleaning and cooking, while the guys made an outdoor shower and the kids played!
Here are some of their Lavender fowers...
The shower..

Finished product - minus the proper showerhead!
And... wee Kayla started walking on her own!!

Friday evening we went up into the Jura (the hills up behind Ju and Raph's place), for a fondue supper.. It was in an old farmhouse and it was absolutely decadent! ;) Three kinds: tomato, wild garlic and original cheese fondue with potatoes and bread..YUM! The folks we met up with were some good friends - Stephanie and her new husband Stephen, Ralph &Maureen and their daughter Anita, and also a couple 'a Canadian gals we'd never met before. They are Victorians, so you'll recognize them Aimee! (sorry can't remember their names....Julie and Lori, maybe..?)

Men at the kids table! Raph, Stephen and Reagan.

Lil' Anita.

Maureen, Ralph, Steph and 'Lady Canadian!'

Julie ( I think it's her name!) and sister Julie!

En Suisse - Part 2 - Pizza Party!

The day after conv. was over, we went to celebrate my sis and her bro.in.law's birthdays.
Where the party was held - at my Bro.in.law's parents place..

Birthday Boy - Reto, with Jude.

The guest house.

Francoise - the hostess - making DEliCIOUs pizzas for us!

Pizza dough.
The outside pizza oven!

Happy Birthday!!

David and Dylan racing - as always, a competition with boys!

Beautiful outside windows.. It's an old farmhouse that they renovated.

Their very own 'Evian' spring water! How neat is that! We drank it at lunch and it's very tasty..

Jude - Crawling... yes, already.. help!! ( As we were packing for home he pulled himself up on the suitcase and started walking around it..! We might be into trouble sooner then later.)

Michel and Francoise - the dear couple that put on the party.

Raph and Julie goofin' around!:)
Rebecca, all cute.

Raph's nephew showing the kids some tricks!

After dinner music - Piano, flute and clarinet - beautiful to the point of tears!

Our Trip... 'En Suisse' ( to be continued..)

We're home from a trip to Switzerland! It was a lovely time and we are VERY glad we went. It felt SO good to be there - lots of old memories there and we made a few new ones too!;)
We got there on a Friday evening and then went to their French convention for the next four days. (Yes, we were nuts..) Jet-leg and all. It was really nice - met some new people, and it was fun to see some that I'd known before only now with husbands/wives/kids!! (We had someone translating the french speakers into earphones for us so we could understand.)

Here are some pics of conv. The first two are of the house on the grounds. I wish I took some of the tents and of the folks there too..

Rachel, a young Sister labouring in Hungary handed out popsicles to all the wee fry on a scorching day..!

Sis Julie taking her girls for a walk.

The kid's spot!

This is were my mom grew up - and were my grandma still lives. It's right across the street from the conv.!

The village school is on the right. Same school 'Mumsy' went to.

Out for a walk through the village to tire out the kids..

The old church.