Heaven In Logan!

Dear angel Roxanne, she who delivers heaven to our door through a blue
man...

Okay, enough of the new age metaphysical imagery, thank you, thank you,
thank you!

What a special treat we had tonight at family night. As our treat, we
opened your box, passed out family endearing valentines, and divided
chocolate, (each chocolate) into five pieces. You would think I was a
surgeon. Each drooling family member unquietly waited as they division
was made, then, those precious words, (ONLY ONE PIECE!).

By common vote, we think we know without a shadow of a doubt, that
Belgium possesses a faboulous recipe for Chocolate. It is unique.
Sophisticated, well aged, terrible, and satisfying, (I with great honor
delegate it "Terrible" in the highest regard). Next we warmed up the
waffles. Can you really call them that? NO, they are like squares of
heaven, delightfully dancing across the tastebuds. Except for Kristina,
who moved them a little faster.... Gobble, gobble, (swallow, swallow,
to make it sound french) We absolutely loved the waffles. Please find
out how they pack such sabor into such a traditional piece of delight.
We have hired an armed guard, to watch over the seconds. It would make
a great action movie. 24/7 service.

Then, the German treats! How do they pack so much fun inside a
chocolate egg? That must be very painful for the chocolate chicken.

Valentines heaven came early thinks to your astute timeliness.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

We all share in your adventure. Not a moment passes that we don't share
a sense of excitement for your European experience!

We love you.

We hope your valentine's day/week/month will be as full of
love,fondness, and family as you have made ours to be.

With a big smack(cariñosamente) from all of us here in the Swiss Alps
of Utah.

Mom, Dad, Christopher, Daniel, Kristina and Midnight.
No, we did not share with midnight. We thought it best to not tell her
what we were up to; however, I know what those midnight barks will
mean. She does have a great nose!

ciao.

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Pictures from LHS Concerto Night 2008

Christopher about to begin his performance…

Serenading…

Nina with flowers…

mom, dad,

the five performers for the evening....

also, word of warning, never eat cake that has your name printed on it as frosting....

Christopher's Concerto Night unedited!

Concerto Night

Just letting you know about Christopher's Concerto night performance.
Should be fantastic. We'll post it to the blog when it's done.
(Hopefully they'll let us video the performance.) The Orchestra is
coming along nicely. John will be conducting (Okay brass, let's make
that first note beautiful!) and Christopher will be engaging as always.
One advantage over the rehearsals is that the performance will be in
the evening instead of in the morning. (Yes, it is hard to sing at
8:00am). Again, you are all invited, Thursday night at 7:30, Logan High
School Auditorium, if not in person, in spirit!

Go Christopher!

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Weekend in Germany!

Well, here's the coolest weekend ever! In pictures! Uncle Mike and Aunt Debbie came to Brussels to pick me up. This is the Grand Place (Said "plahs") where we met. Way cooler than meeting at a gas station, don't you think?

We drove through Luxembourg to get to Germany (which makes 3 countries in one day! Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany!) This is a sunset in Germany as we were driving.

Mike, Debbie, and Shanna took me into Heidelberg Saturday night where we saw this sweet blown-up castle! It was awesome! This is me next to the Eye of the Needle. It is talked about it the bible. Matthew 19:24. Look it up. It probably took me longer to find the reference than it will for you to find it! :)

This is Heidelberg, viewed from the castle. The river is named Neckar. It was beautiful!

Here's a sweet view of the castle (the part that's not blown to bits.)

The castle is in the top of this picture (the big thing all lit up). We walked all the way up 300-some stairs to get there! Wahoo for legs! It really is a blessing that I can do this all, and not have to be bed-ridden because of the clots! What a blessing!

Sunday we went to the Nanstein castle, which you can see from Mike and Debbie's back patio. It was incredible!!! This is the view from the castle. 

And this is a view from the other direction. This one is actually my favorite view of them all!

Looking down from a higher part of the castle...

The castle was built around 1150 ad for a king named "Red Beard" of Barbarossa. Sounds a little pirate-y, eh?

See that little red blob? That's me, pretending I'm a princess!

Sweet arch with a sweet view!

More of the Nanstein castle...

The castle is built from the mountain. It's difficult to tell when the mountain stops and the castle begins! In this picture, you can see the rock really well on the bottom left, and the actual castle on the top left.

Stairs to the dungeon...

The dungeon! It's actually a lot darker than this, I just have an incredibly flashy camera! ;) It was pretty musty, but so awesome!

Here's Mike, Debbie, and Shanna. They showed me a fabulous weekend!

The other highly significant part of this weekend is that I fulfilled a dream. I drove on the Autobahn!!! Mike let me drive his BMW until the France border. Talk about adrenaline! There just aren't words! I hit a top speed of about 130 mph, but went cruising for a while at about 120 mph! Absolutely living a dream! Castles and Speed all in one day! This picture is my entrance to speed heaven... *Sigh* It was wonderful!

Bowling in Belgium

Friday, Doram (my boss) took us bowling in honor of Wiki, Eduardo, and Diana who are all done working for Obelis. It was the best smelling bowling alley I've ever been in. It was also next to an old castle wall. They just built around it! It was awesome! Anyway, Eduardo won (by far!) and I got 5th place out of 7. I had fun, though! If you look closely, you can see the old wall of the castle. It's dark, I know, but I had no control over that! :)


Here's a picture of the crew. Also, not the best picture, but I was bowling... Doram is standing, then sitting from left to right is Wiki, Jordan, Rachel, Diana, and Eduardo. It was a great night! We went to this great little Greek restaurant after. It was like an old pub turned restaurant. Absolutely awesome!

Stay tuned...

This weekend was an adventure and a half! 4.5 countries in 2 days! Pictures and full coverage posted in less than 24 hours! Stay tuned!