Lisbon – Beach!

The weather in Portugal is beautiful, sunny, and hot! So we headed to the beach. For some bizarre reason I did not remember to pack swim suits and Chris told me we didn’t need to bring the sunscreen. Not sure how that...

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Wehrheim Walk

Since the town of Wehrheim where I (Chris) used to live was close by the temple, we took the train over one late afternoon. Actually we took the train in the wrong direction, then took a bus ride that dropped us off about 2km...

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Frankfurt Temple

Last week we went to the Frankfurt Temple. It was about a seven hour train ride to get there (and that was on the high speed bullet train, normally it would take eleven hours).We stayed at church-owned apartments that were right...

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Of Squirrels and Girls

My tough little girl with the 2×4 gets sad about a squirrel. by Chris (Karen said it’s cuter when you realize it’s the dad consoling his little girl) The saddest experience in Elora’s life occurred the...

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Playing at the Park

We’re in Frankfurt right now on a Temple trip… but here are some pictures of play time at a couple different parks from back in Vienna we were meaning to put up.It can never be stated enough that their parks and the...

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Schonbrunn Carriage Museum

We took the kids to see the Wagenburg, the Imperial Carriage Museum that has over 100 carriages from the former Imperial Court. Back when there was an Imperial Court, the court had over 900 carriages. And they are all very...

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