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Life is full of surprises.
Luckily, there are more that are sweet than not.

A huge rain cloud hung over a section of the sky.

Our village is surrounded by fields of dandelions.

During our walk we had a light rain. Afterwards, a rainbow formed in the sky.

In Switzerland, there are cows at the end of rainbows. [...]

My five year old daughter gave me these beautiful flowers for Mother’s Day.
The petals are made of wire and the centers are pompoms.

At school she crafted these flowers all by herself with her own little hands.

I love the springy hearts on the vase.

After she gave me the flowers and a big kiss sh began to [...]

My kids love their life in our Swiss village.
I don’t worry about them being outside by themselves. An hour will pass without my seeing them from the apartment windows but I know they are safe.
It is liberating.
When I was a kid it was the same. My brother and I played outdoors for hours [...]

We are taking our daily walks as we did last summer and fall. The kids and I make a big tour of our village and then head home for lunch.

Here are this years first leaves on a tree I enjoy sitting under near our building.

This is the view we see from our windows and [...]

We had a big sun yesterday. Yesterday was my laundry day. I hung clothes outside for the first time this year. Even the jeans were dry in a little over an hour. All of this meant that I finished all my laundry before five pm. Everything was folded and put [...]

Before I lived in Switzerland, I imagined it filled with the sound of cow bells.
The reality isn’t far from this image.
However, it isn’t only cows that wear these bells. I have seen horses wear them as well.
Enjoy the sound of life in Switzerland!

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The horses were interested in us, but only from a safe distance. You can see smoke in the background where a farmer was burning wood that he had cleared from his land.

Here another farmer has the bonfire ready to go.

Cows taking a pause for a drink.

Cows in a field of daffodils.

Daffodils grow wild in [...]

Yesterday, we found ourselves beside the road watching the Tour de Romandie.
Below are some of the photos we took and one video. The part where all the bikes went by at once was pretty exciting for the children even if it didn’t last long. You can hear my kids in the background of [...]

Sissi asked me:
My question is:how did you meet your husband ?
Would you like to go back to the US ? ( to live there not to vacation)
How did you meet your husband?
Drumroll…
I met my husband online.
At the time it was very embarrassing to tell anyone. I even made fun of others for meeting [...]

Vilay and I are at a point where in three months our life will change.
Again.
It may be a little change.
It may be a big change.
It all depends on how we play our cards.
With a little luck and a whole lotta work, we should be living in another village or city by the end of summer.
However, [...]