Tidbit #1 Frampton Farewell

Our friends the Framptons are moving back to the states in a matter of days. A lot of the Americans got together Friday night to send them off. I haven’t seen a lot of people for months. We always have a lot of fun getting together and will miss having the Framptons (and soon the Jenkins) around. Shout out to the Framptons for selling us their air conditioner. Just in time!

• Frampton Farewell Pictures

Tidbit #2 Stomach Shelf

I recently got a message from my brother Daniel.

Hey Elisa. How is my big sister doing? Can you set things on your stomach yet? for example.. bag of chips, glass of milk? Hows everything going? Tell Chad i said hi. I’m seriously considering robbing old lady’s purses so that i can fund another trip to Europe. love ya hope everything is going well

After encouraging him to do what it takes to get back over to Europe and see us I had to address his stomach-shelf inquiry.

As far as the belly is concerned–it is fun to watch it move like there is a little alien inside trying to get out (which I guess there kind of is). Morgan copped a feel 🙂 of the bumpy tummy. She is officially the only other person who has felt the bumps. I can’t use my stomach as a shelf yet BUT I have noticed that my shirts seem to get dirtier down the front now and I do not notice until later because I can’t see it! What a slob. 🙂

What can I say, I am a growing girl. Elisa doesn’t have any cravings yet. I’m glad for that because the grocery stores all close by 8 pm.

Tidbit #3 Why it’s good to not learn German

Our super Swiss friends Dani and Alvin had their lives turned upside down recently. Alvin and Dani are both under 30. They each work an hour away in different directions. Dani is a concert violinist working on her law degree. Alvin is working on his doctorate. They barely have enough time together as it is. Today Alvin was called to be the new bishop of our ward.

I guess there are some real perks to not speaking the native language well. Chad and I are kind of limited in our ability to do callings. We are very happy to give them congratulations and our condolences.

Tidbit #4 Are you too good for your home?!

Chad and I have been VERY anxious to find out the BIG news that Jeff and Sarah have. They are currently living in Bothell, Washington which is very close to my family and even closer to our house. Plus they have two little girls who will be very close in age to our little girl. When we went back for a visit it was our time with them that started my feeling it was time to think about going home. I love the idea of having our families grow up so close and being able to have our kids play together and help each other out.

Jeff and Sarah’s big news is that Jeff got a great job at a firm doing patent law. They will pay for his tuition to finish his second Bachelors. They start almost immediately! We are so happy for them! Too bad it is in Boise, Idaho. We are so sad for us. 🙁

John and Renee must be way more righteous than us because many of their kids are being magnetically pulled back to Idaho instead of finding Seattle to be their final resting place. With rumors of my siblings wanting to bail out of the Northwest we may be staying in Switzerland longer than expected now. There is definitely less of a pull to move home when Chad has such good things going on here. The timing of our move back keeps getting more difficult.