Summer 2012 went extremely fast. Here are the highlights in 20 YAYS! and/or BOOS!....give or take a YAY and/or BOO....
1. YAY! Paul and I left Switzerland to fly to the USA for summer vacation
2. YAY! We got to see our son, Austin, his wife, Jessica and meet our new granddaughter, Ava, for the first time! She is adorable and we enjoyed two weeks getting to snuggle and hold her.
3. YAY! We got to see Laura FINALLY, because she flew out before us to do some Colorado ranching for two weeks. She worked hard on the ranch and enjoyed the wide open spaces and spending time with the McDonald Family. We think they should name their ranch (farm) EIEIO as in Old MacDonald had a farm..... :) Now someone needs to come up with something clever for that acronym.
4. BOO! Paul had to fly back to Geneva to do some work. :(
5. YAY! Laura and I flew to Utah. She went to a fun week of EFY at the Provo Campus of BYU. I stayed at our little home in Orem visiting with Paul's parents, helping them out and going to the temple.
6. YAY! I got to spend time with my sister, Mary Lynne, because she was in Utah visiting too! I saw other relatives as well. I felt very loved!
7. YAY! Laura came home from EFY and we spent the next week going to every restaurant that we miss in Switzerland. That was good and bad......
8. YAY! We flew back to Colorado to spend time in our home and saw our wonderful friends. Our good friend Carol Dean also flew in from Chile! Talk about just what the Dr. ordered! I miss going for walks and visiting with her so much, but we were able to catch up a little. :)
9. YAY! Paul flew back to the USA to be in our Colorado home for 10 days.
10. BOO! There had been a Hail storm in the summer and we spent most of those ten days trying to work out things with our insurance company to put on a new roof and fix one side of the house.....still working on this. Double BOO!
11. YAY! Paul flew alone to Utah for two days to see his parents and help them out. We missed him horribly, so this receives a little boo!
12. YAY! Paul flew home Tuesday afternoon so we could pack and get ready to go back to Switzerland. Boo! --->The car window on the drivers side decided to go down and not go up. The airport is 1 hour on the freeway. My ears, hair and head will never be the same....this is a triple BOO, BOO, BOO.
13. YAY! Paul decided to rent a van to drive to the airport with windows up and plenty of room for pieces of luggage. He is our Hero!!! OXOX (not a YAY or BOO, but deserved)
14. BOO! We had to say goodbye to wonderful friends, neighbors and our dear friend Carol and fly back to Switzerland....YAY!
15. YAY! We arrived back in Switzerland and we forgot how much we love and missed it! We are super looking forward to seeing our friends here!
16. YAY! We unpacked to find all of the America food stuffs and sundries that we muled home with us.
17. Boo! Jet-lag is awful......
18. YAY! Two days home and the Jet-lag is already improving.
19. Boo! Summer is almost over!
20. Yay! We are so grateful for our home, car, job, family and all of the blessing that we have....afterall 44 days of traveling and we made it back all safe and sound! That is a Triple YAY, YAY, YAY, if anything ever deserved one.
