Delaine and Everett on a Spiderweb Swing

Delaine and Everett should have known that daddy would test the limits of this thing...

Into the woods...

Everett enjoying a spin around the "teacup-like" apparatus. Both Delaine and Steve asked themselves: "Why did we even get on that thing," and felt a little nauseous for the rest of the evening.

Everett calls this stick his Staff, and insisted that we bring it home, which we did.

Liam, on the other hand, broke or tossed about 10 different sticks on our expedition.

Liam loves being outside, and he LOVES animals, so he was entranced!

Here he is telling me all about the sheep he sees!

Next to our new apartment in Feldkirch there is a nice little path up to the woods. We also found a little park on the way. Everett and Liam found some sticks and started hitting things with them (they are such boys). Liam is our little adventurer. He loves to go outside, whereas Everett tries to convince us to stay in the house. Once we get outside, though Everett has a blast. So one of our kids is a homebody, and the other would spend his whole life outdoors, if possible. Anyway, on this excursion Liam led the way up the path until we reached a field where some sheep were grazing (not sure you can see them in the pictures, but that is what he is entranced with in a couple of those pictures, in case you were wondering).

Swings can be dangerous...

Riding on a swing is a "full contact" sport...

Guys and Their Guns, etc.

We realized that we hadn't featured very many pictures with Steve, so we added a couple. We spend our lives at parks and museums, so we felt it was only fitting to show a few.

Steve pushing the Boys on a tire swing.

Steve and Ev on a normal swing.

These are a couple of the really old guns at the castle in Feldkirch.

This is a canon in the national museum in Zurich

The Coolest Train Experience Ever...

So we were preparing to board a train in Switzerland, and we were unsure where we could get on with our stroller. Everett was REALLY excited about the train, because it was a double-decker train. Steve asked a man at the train station and he said that there was a car that was totally set up for kids. What we found exceeded all our expectations. There was a jungle gym, kids tables, activities, and a real-live SLIDE. If anyone reading this has ever traveled using public transport with kids, you will know that it is not a simple task to keep your kids quiet and still. This was the perfect place for our boys to get their wiggles out!

Everett on the jungle gym... on a train.

Thirsty Liam...

Liam

The slide on the train...

Delaine and Everett watching a movie on the train...

The Fire Lord

In downtown Schaan on the way to the Bahnhof (bus/train station), there is a really scary hooded statue that looks like it is straight out of Mordor. In order to allay the boys potential fear of this daily landmark, we started calling him the "Fire Lord," the airbending Avatar's arch enemy. So every time we rush to the train station, which seems to happen every day, the boys are air-, water-, earth-, and firebending like Aang. It is wicked funny. You can see Liam airbending and smiling (which is a rarity in Photos) as he holds one of his favorite books as Everett looks on.

Car Watching in Liechtenstein

The New Mercedes SLS AMG "Gullwing" (Just to prove I was there)

The New Mercedes SLS AMG "Gullwing"Vintage Porsche 356 Speedster

I am fairly confident when I say that there are few better places in the world, where one can see as many supercars and collector autos than in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Here are a couple of cars that I have seen over the past couple of months.

Everett's Forgiveness

Liam and Everett come together in a brotherly representation of true forgiveness... too bad it only lasts about five minutes before another apology (from one of the two) becomes necessary...

Liam Unleashed

This is Liam in his natural state... rough-housing with his brother... Our favorite moment in the video is Liam's karate-style air kicks... Just so you think that we allow Liam to whomp on Everett all the time, we have also included the obligatory "Kiss-and-Make-Up" apology from Liam in a separate video.

Fifth Anneversary in Switzerland!

A street in the Altstadt (old district) of Zurich.

Delaine poses at the Swiss National Museum in Zurich.

Inside the Cathedral in St. Gallen (it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site)

Outside the Cathedral in St. Gallen.

Everett took this picture. No Joke! Pretty good, huh?

Delaine and Steve celebrated their fifth anniversary early this month. We decided to take the boys to Switzerland. Steve got to show them all a few of the cities in which he had served as a missionary. We first spent time in St. Gallen, which is only about an hour away from Liechtenstein. Then we got on a train to Zurich and walked around there as well. It was a blast.