Memories of the belly

We interrupt this newborn Marion-baby bloggin moment to bring you a look from the day before Marion was born. Here are a few views of “the belly”.I call this one the “bullet belly”. Here’s the...

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Palmenhaus

We had never been to the Palmenhaus before, and our friend Jessica wanted to visit for the first time as well, so we headed off to the Schonbrunn grounds to look inside the huge greenhouse that was enjoyed in times past by...

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Laxemburg Castle

A few weeks ago we went to check out Laxemburg Castle. It is just outside of Vienna on a lake.Here is a church in the little town of Laxemburg. We couldn’t go inside, but the outside and the surrounding town was very...

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Labyrinth

We went to the labyrinth to play, and were disappointed that the playground was closed due to some tree trimming. There are massive trees everywhere in the labyrinth grounds, and with all the storms and wind this summer, the...

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Kinderuni

My friend Andrea invited us to come to a meeting of the Vienna Babies Club. We hung out at a super nice park that I have been wanting to go to. Here is Oliver playing in the sand with his friend Theo. I enjoyed meeting some new...

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Swimming, Bubbles, and Knoedels!

For the last post of Grandma’s visit we just have some random activities we did while she was here, although mostly we just took pics of the kids so she does not appear much in this post…The beginning of my...

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London walking tour

On this day we spent a lot of time walking all over London. This was the same day we were at the British Museum. Afterwards we went to Buckinham Palace and hung out at St. James Park.Here we are at Buckingham Palace. We...

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London Museum Day

In London, most of the big museums are free. And the kids love museums, so we were pretty happy about this. Here’s Oliver at the Science Museum (right across the street from the LDS church actually). He was excited about...

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Labyrinth

While Chris was finishing up his thesis, I took the kids over to the Schonbrunn to enjoy the beautiful weather. The kids loved playing by the fountain and watching the ducks. Oliver was so funny, he wanted to see the ducks, but...

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