The Swiss Adventure...

Sunday, February 16, 2014

We Are...

Grateful to our friends Urs and Kristina for sharing their stories and photos from their 18 month journey through South America! We love how they embrace this life wholehearteldy!

Looking forward to a few sunny days ahead.

Wishing my best friend much happiness with her upcoming move.

Truly enjoyed my two - hour Tae Bo session on Sunday, because there is a little cage fighter in us all:)!

Love this interview with Yvon Chouinard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3TwULu-Wjw

Gearing up for our trek to the States.

Hoping the East Coast gets a much needed break from snow and ice.

Happy to hear the birds singing this morning.
"The more you love your decisions, the less you need others to love them." Unknown

Monday, February 10, 2014

We Are..

Hoping that my three all feel better soon!

Over the moon with excitement for Robert for being named Innovator of the Year at work.

Wow! What an awesome achievement! Congratulations babe!

Cannot believe that we will be back in our old home town in a couple short weeks.

Hoping all works out for my best friend with the purchase of her dream home in Napa.

Enjoying, oh so much, my gym time.

Working on a fun edition of Parenting Pages.

Reading, Animal, Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kinsolver and loving it!

Wishing everyone an incredible week.

Sunday, February 2, 2014

We Are...

This is what happens when mom goes to the gym for a couple of hours...the children become Smurfs....could be worse!

We are wondering where the snow is this winter?

Enjoying new indoor playgrounds with friends.

Unable to believe that February is already upon us.

Loving the quote,

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be." Ralph Waldo Emerson

Grateful for the health of our family and the bond that we all share.

Smiled deeply when Tessa told me my banana nut muffins were "Yummylicious."

Blessed that when asked, Tessa told us that her favorite person was "Noah."

Really enjoyed the movie Creation.

Amazed at the profound message in the movie The Lorax.

Listening to lots of old favorites including: Joe Purdy, Ryan Adams, Griffin House, Nicole Reynolds, Patty Griffin and Maroon 5.

Wishing everyone a wonderful start to a new week.

Noah at his Christmas concert.

Enjoying a little cake...

Post cake face.

Lego madness.

Story time!

Tessa in her Hello Kitty "survivor buff."

"Oh, these Legos are so complex."

Frank Sinatra getting a little work done.

Post nap face and hair...love the hair - that is incredible!

Love you Noah!

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Balloons & Friends

Wow!

What an incredible weekend we had with a dear old high school friend and her family.

Saturday gave way to clear, windless skies and the balloons took flight!

We played in the snow, we joined in the festivities of the day, we sled, we laughed, and we ate.

Thanks for an incredible weekend Sonja, Aaron, Mia, Lila and Nathalie!

What a beautiful sight to see hot air balloons rise over the Alps!

We are so grateful for a beautiful day!

Tessa truly enjoyed the day!

Noah exhausted after a long day of sledding!

Special friends and special shapes!

Incredible weekend!

Thank you, thank you!

The balloons won't fly in wind, rain or snow, so boy, oh boy, did we luck out!

More photos to come on our other blog...

Sunday, January 19, 2014

We Are...

Bracing ourselves for a cold and rainy week.

Proud of the children for embracing the woods, old castles and hiking. We love hiking and hope they do too!

Happy to have read Chrissie Wellington's book, A Life Without Limits and amazed at what the human body is capable of!

Listening to Rosie and Me and loving their music.

Looking forward to seeing an old friend and her family this weekend in a beautiful setting.

Loving the quote, "What we are teaches the child more than what we say, so we must be what we want our children to become." Joseph Chilton Pearce

Closing up some small projects and looking forward to new projects.

Embracing new fitness goals and getting them done! Ah yeah!

Wishing everyone a beautiful start to a new week!

Noah & Tessa at Landkron castle. Amazed that they both walked 3+ miles!

Exploring the castle.

When did Tessa get so big?

Awesome discovery on a new hike.

Snack time!

This is Tessa's "I am not tired" face.

Another fun hike from Allschwil to Neuwilerstrasse.

Walking in Muttenz hand -n-hand.

Tessa and the kitty.

Thursday, January 9, 2014

We Are...

Welcoming the New Year and all of the promise that it brings with reckless abandon.

Listening to Ben Howard...whew, sing it. What an incredible talent!

Reading A Life Without Limits, by Chrissie Wellington, which is the perfect read to start this new year off right!

Smiling at what a wonderful year 2013 was for us as individuals and us as a family.

Proud of Robert for his recent patent and for smashing a huge work endeavor for helping those in need! Awesome work Robert!

Reading and re-reading the speech below. I love it more and more each time those words roll off my tongue and vowing to "step into the arena" more often than not.

Looking forward to the love, adventure, and lessons that 2014 will teach us all.

All the best for a wonderful start and a fabulous year!

The Man in the Arena

Theodore Roosevelt – 26^th President of the United States of America

“It is not the critic who counts;
not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly;
who errs and comes short again and again;
who knows great enthusiasms,
the great devotions;
who spends himself in a worthy cause;
who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,
and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly
so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.”