Yesterday was Swiss Independence Day. Chad had the day off and we had a blast! We had a nice lazy morning and then spent most of the day at Atzmännig with the Mascaros and one of the missionaries’ brothers who is in town for work. The park had a bunch of really fun slides as well as a 700 meter long giant tobaggon run. We all got to take a chair lift up to the top of the slide and every thing was perfect. There were tons of other fun things to do and we especially liked the Aquatic Jet! It was a beautiful place and was great fun for all of us.
We have been reading the last Harry Potter book together and spent a big chunk of time yesterday anxiously reading as we get closer and closer to the end. It has been a lot of fun to read together–though with all the out loud reading we’ll both be hoarse in no time at all.
Finally, yesterday evening we were invited to celebrate the holiday with the Rothmunds–a family we go to church with. The missionaries were there as well. The family made an excellent meal. We had fun trying to get back into practicing our German. At the end of the evening we got to watch everyone lighting off great big fireworks. It was so fun to be included in their celebrations.