15 day's left!

Yes I am counting down the day's till I get home. I am so excited to finally see my family and my dog!



I had a good Thanksgiving though it was short. We invited two couples and one single guy from the team, one of the couples has two boy's for our boy's to play with ( except that they don't speak very good English) they had fun. We didn't have them come till 5:30pm then they left around 9:00pm. The food was great Ami has some really good green bean casserole and corn casserole dishes (which I am getting the recipe's for).



I missed the huge family gathering that we have, the long day of hanging out with everyone and eating all day. But more than that I miss the time we spend together. I am so Thankful for the wonderful family that I have to share my life with, and that we have both of our Grandma's living in our house with us is so special.



Life is so different living here the people, the transportation, and the values. You are required to send your children to school, there are almost no Christian's, and if you are not Swiss then they don't like you period. Our country may be corrupt in many way's, but we have the freedom to change that. Praise God!

When God Moves!

I have exactly 4 weeks till I am on a plane going home. I can't believe that I only have a month left. The time goes so fast I don't want to miss even one moment of it. How precious life is.
How can someone go through life without appreciating all the wonderful things that God has planned for us.

I have been here now over three months, when I first got here I had no idea what it was going to be like living in a foreign country. I can go on a train to get places, I go to the store, I pick up the kids from school, and go through life as I have never done before.

I knew that God was going to work in my life, but I didn't know how. I am amazed at the person that I have become. I feel that I am still the same, but yet I am more confident, more bold and more relaxed if that is possible.

I have the best job ever (if you want to call it a job), I have got to see God work to knit a family together closer than ever before, I have been able to see life in a family that has the same values that I do, but uses them differently.

I have been given friends and a Church when I most needed them. I have even been blessed with more traveling through God's incredible earth, than I ever thought I would get to do.

I have been refreshed in my faith, I have been stretched in my walk with Christ, and have been renewed like never before. First I have my God to thank and praise. Then I have my wonderful parents who have taught me and supported me and poured their lives out for me. All so that i may have the life that God has for me to walk in. I am so humbled with all that I have been given. GOD I PRAISE YOU!!! THANK YOU FATHER!!!

How the Time Flies!

It is already November 9th, where has the time gone?

This weekend with the boy's went even better than the last time. I think I was more prepared and ready.

The boy's where great! I am enjoying all that they have taught me.

We didn't get to go anywhere so I had to come up with some Ideas to entertain them. First because the older boy's didn't get to go to school on Friday I gave Gage his Birthday gift early. He loved it (the movie Charlotte's Web), we had a fun afternoon watching it and eating popcorn and smarties.

Then on Saturday after I cleaned all the floors "they where absolutely filthy", I took them all outside for some fun games. We played tag, What time is it Mr. Fox, Simon Says & relay races.
We got good and dirty so I had them all strip out in the hall then make a run for it to the bathroom.

After Griffin's nap we did some crafts and watched our German movie Muzzy, then had dinner and watched a movie. We played games before bed and then the boy's went to bed, they did so well I was so proud of them.

All in all it went really fast. Ami and Curtis said they enjoyed themselves so much. I am so glad to be able to give them some time off even if it is only for three day's.

We are off to Church in a little bit. Yeah!!

Home again!

Ok well our trip was a lot of fun! We were so very busy getting from one place to the next and trying to see everything in the short time we had. We did it though we covered 5 countries in 8 days. Wow it went so fast! I was so blessed that Curtis & Ami let me go for so long.

Now I am getting back into the routine of home and life here at the Brown's. It was hard to say good bye to my Mom & Lyd. I was so thrilled to be able to have them come here, it was such a blessing. I felt like I had a breathe of fresh air from home.

I am so excited! I finally met some Au Pairs/ Nannies from the states. We bumped into to them on Sunday at Church by accident. They meet with other Au Pairs every Wednesday @ 10:00am @ a Starbucks in Zurich. I went this morning and took Griffin as my date. It was nice to have time alone before my long weekend. I am so Glad to have some new friends that are the same, and some of them are Christan's as well. GOD is good!

This Weekend Curtis & Ami are going on a trip for the weekend to Rome, while I stay here with the boy's. I have to take the older boy's to School on Friday, but the rest of the time I will be here. I am glad to give them this time off.