"What's in the BOX!"

 This last week we FINALLY got our stuff! Yay! It's been over a year since we last packed it all up. You could imagine that I had(still have) no clue what I truly own. As the boxes came I started to get all excited. "Yay, it can finally be a home" I thought, but as the men left me there with all my stuff, I had no clue where to start. My excitement quickly changed into more of an overwhelming anxiousness. So as you can imagine our weekend was mainly just unpacking . We did two more trips to Ikea. I love Ikea, but I think that going over there as many times as we have in a month, is ENOUGH. Unfortunately,  now that I have unpacked most of the boxes, I see there is still a butt load of stuff I have to get there. ANNNNYYYYYYWAYYYY, in-between all the unpacking we did get to take a few breaks playing "cars, singing ABC, going to the park, AND on Saturday we got  to go to  The Grove. There we were lucky to meet Susan Petersen from Freshly Picked at her Nordstrom launch. She was so sweet and such a cool lady. We also walked around for a bit and ate some disappointing Louisiana cooking at the Farmer's Market, but it was nice to get away for a bit and spend time with my boys.

This boy and his cars.....oh how he LOVES his cars

Playing at the same playground I played in when I was a little girl......Cool

We went out for dinner a few times since cooking in a tiny cluttered kitchen was just not happening

Looking to see if there is anywhere on this page that says "just move in here"....nope, you can't do that. "It's frowned upon"

My baby was eight month last time we had these couches, he had NO clue what all this stuff was but he was really excited

mystery of "what's in the box, WHAT'S IN THE BOX!!!!!!!!", I could not for the life of me read what the boxes said. 

Another awesome perk of LA, fruit on the street....YUMMO

Mr. Bashful meeting Susan, he did bat his eyes at her a few times, little flirt

David ordered Jambalaya and I got Pasta Salad, who the heck orders pasta salad as a whole meal....big mistake, Baby D liked it though

This kid is just like his Daddy. He loves to help building and using tools for the furniture

Ahhhhhhhhh, naps, if only I was as good as he is at taking them.....Those lashes....

NEWS

As many of you have already heard Ukraine is going through violent protests that seem to have been turning into a rebellion. As a result we were sent back "home", so we are currently back in Switzerland. It was all very fast. Thursday we were David was told and two hours later the whole team was on the next flight out. These protests have been happening for awhile now and the violence just keeps escalating. We were no where near Kiev, and were never in any danger. There had been protests in Lviv, but when we were  there we saw people gathered in the square but were only watching the news on a big screen the city had seemed put there.Wednesday, it was my birthday but by then things were very violent in Kiev and we decided it was best to stay where we felt comfortable, in the case something did happen to break out. It didn't but things have gotten way worse day by day. I'm sad that we were there for such a short time but I really hope that things soon get resolved. It's surreal to be in a different place in the world where there is so much opposition and uncertainty in the country's future. The little bit that I was there, I enjoyed my time. The people were all so sweet and helpful to this clueless mute. As much as I tried to learn two or three words, nothing seemed to come out of my mouth. I really hope that soon there will be the resolution that the people deserve so the country itself can move forward and the people get what they've been seeking for.

Venezuela  and Thailand also have had government protests. It is sad to see so many countries having such conflicts. Hope, pray, meditate, or whatever it is that you do,that everything gets resolved soon and that other countries that are in constant conflict also can get peace.

Appreciate all that you have, especially those you love.




Here are the very few and not great quality pictures we have in Ukraine.

Oi

Our first full week  in Brazil!!! Oh how we are loving this place. As always though the first few days are very hard on me, but then I realize I need to get over myself and enjoy everything around me. Another downer was that we all got a cold. We are barley getting over it and we haven't been able to go enjoy the beach....and we are only four blocks away!!! What a tease right? The internet we were given is a pain to deal with, besides the fact it's a USB that hates me and works only with David works his voodoo magic on it, it is SLOW.....but I'm learning to just deal with it and get use to it. There might be places we end up living where it will be worse.

The three semesters I took of Portuguese were not enough for me to understand everything here. In fact I feel I barley understand anything at all. It's a lot different hearing the real thing than seeing it on paper. Regardless of the language barrier and minor bumps we have with technology I can say I love it here so far. The people here are so happy and nice. I don't know how to explain it, it's like what you feel when you go to your grandma's house (or at least how I feel going to my grandma's house). Automatic love, warm welcoming, and hugs. If you have a problem with people being in your personal space don't come here because people talk to you everywhere, ( I have yet to really know what they are saying right..) complement your cute baby, (if you have one) and are genuinely interested in making you feel welcomed. We have seen this in restaurants, stores, and at church of course. We loved going to our ward, people were so sweet, and I was especially proud that I understood almost everything that was said. But seriously back on the topic of the people here, they are wonderful!  In Switzerland I was totally out of place with the language and how things were done, here same thing, but I don't feel so out of place because of the way people treat me. I'm not saying Swiss people aren't nice, I'm just saying that the people treat me here have made me feel very comfortable.

We have been in heaven with the food. We LOVED the food in Switzerland  (I'm missing it like CRAZY)but it really burned a hole in our pockets so we (I) ate mostly bread and cheese for most of my meal......though I didn't mind at all with THEIR bread and cheese.  Anyway here the food has been DELICIOUS. I am in heaven with the fruit, and David with the meat. I honestly don't think any vegetarian would last here.

The first weekend here we did lots of shopping for things we needed for the house including groceries, but this weekend  we hopefully finally make it to the beach, and get this internet thing fixed.

Loves melon juice!

This bag was FULL of the chocolates! David works at the factory, and though they are not Swiss chocolate, they are quite delicious....and almost all gone thanks to me.

Sick but happy as always! Love my baby boy.

I forgot to mention, I have honestly never seen so much beauty in my life. The people here are gorgeous! It is no wonder half of the supermodels are Brazilian. Baby David notices the beauty too. Love at first sight it seemed. He just stared and stared.

Checking in!

Hello!!!!!! Finally all the chaos of moving is over, (well sort of) and i can squeeze a post in! We are in Switzerland and its surreal. I honestly can't believe it. I left Chicago so sad, and while I was in Utah I felt so stressed and worried about everything, but finally getting here I've been able to forget it all and start over. Besides the fact that I (we) don't speak a lick of French it's been so amazing here. I feel so happy and giddy. The only thing that broke my heart is the fact I forgot my camera and I almost was about to tell David, "I'll be right back" and just fly back to go get it. For now my iPod will have to do.

I'll post more later but for now I just wanted to show you all we made it here alive and well.

  Flying will never be the same. We got to fly first class and got spoiled.
                               

                                    

Baby David sure enjoyed the in-flight entertainment. 

David found some friends

Woke him up for breakfast and still had a smile on his face

I found a mall, and in that mall was HM...and it's only a few blocks away....DANGER