Monday, August 27, 2007

New Students

Hello everyone...thought I'd catch you up to date a little. Last night we hosted a party for all the new students (I believe there are between 15 and 20 new couples) We ended up with 9 couples here and then 9 more bodies (leadership) and 6 babies that Tiana watched ....all boys. Anyway, we have quite a few more going to Midwestern and then of course the Thunderbird students and a few couples that just happened to move in at the same time as everyone else. It was fun to watch everyone chat up a storm and hear each other's stories. We had a blast and most stayed 3 hours. We are so excited to have all of them here. They each bring such a nice spirit into our ward.
On a different note, I am heading off to another funeral. This was a situation, where he had been ill a long time and the family is happy he is out of pain. He had his funeral all planned and asked his wife to have "Polka" music playing during the luncheon. He just wanted everyone to be happy. That's how I want to go...minus the Polka music. They said he "graduated". What a refreshing approach to death.

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Austria






This is the end. The shrine is a church where they sang, the chalet looking building is a rest stop on the road and the others are of Swarovski Crystal, they got to go where it's made. Fun

Matterhorn






Tiana's hotel room balcony looked out over the village below and across to the Alps, she also got electrocuted at that hotel (burned her fingers). The breathtaking pic 's are of the Matterhorn (sp) Tiana's favorite country.

Switzerland






Lot's of pictures! Enjoy!

France






These are some of my favorites.

France






I loved these pictures!

Germany






The last 2 posts were of Italy and now we are in Germany. They stayed in a little town called Rothenburg. They also spent time at Dachou (sp?)

Europe





Ok, so Tiana doesn't want to spend her last few days of summer blogging, so I am doing it for her. It helps me have some interesting pics of fantastic places!

Cute Pics of Tiana