Christmas With "Family" Away From Family!

Christmas with the Kohler's

Before we left for our big Christmas adventure in Eastern Europe we had three Christmas celebrations here in Switzerland.

Our first celebration was at our church here that we attend pretty regularly (whenever we're here and not traveling). Christmas masses are always nice and comforting; even when you're not at home with your family for holidays!

The second one was with the Kohler family and the Larkin family. I work for Janie and Herald Larkin on Wednesdays now, looking after their children and cleaning as well. They have 3 young boys: Kyle - age 5 and the twins Scott and Dylan - age 3. They are a lot of fun and I definitely have my hands full with them!

Emma, Leo, and I decorated the tree together:


We all got together at Murielle and Robert's for a nice dinner celebration; it was very chaotic, but a lot of fun!

Here are all the children: Kyle and Leo in the back;
Scotty, Dylan, and Emma in the front

The third Christmas party was again at the Kohler's house with just their family and Brian and I. This was very nice; we had dinner and exchanged gifts with one another.

Here are some of the photos from this night:


For Christmas Emma got a jump rope and a hoola hoop and Leo got a bowling game from Brian and I. Brian and I got Swatches (Swiss Watches) from the Kohler family. We gave Robert a Circa hat and wrist bands for tennis and Murielle a bath and lotion basket.

Christmas was very different this year but still a lot of fun!