2016 So Far

   I can't believe it's been nearly a month since my last blog post! That is so unlike me, but I guess I can blame it on being in Texas almost the entire month. I figured blogging could wait, but then I realized January is nearly over and I haven't even written about our New Year's Eve! So, here it goes.... 

    On New Year's Eve, we went to dinner with a few of our friends at a sushi restaurant that we all really like. Then we went downtown to take a few pictures of the lights. We couldn't make it downtown before Christmas, so we made time that night. It's not like we had anything better to do and I'm so glad we did.

2015: Our Year In Review

2015 has been quite a year! It has been filled lots of laughter, a few tears, and  a whole lot of exploring. We were fortunate enough to visit 7 new countries! It has been pretty amazing, so here it is in review for you all to see!

Switerland Day 4 & 5: Hiking and Playing in the Snow

     Since our girls day around Zermatt got cut short the previous day, Kelsey and I woke up early and walked around the city. It was so easy not having to push a stroller and taking care of the babes while capturing pictures.

Switzlerland Day 2 & 3: Sunnegga, Blauherd, and Rothorn

   Our second day in Switzerland started off pretty slow. We let the guys sleep in while we made cinnamon rolls for breakfast. After we ate, we took our time figuring out what we were going to do for the day.

We had a clear view of the tip of the Matterhorn today.

Switzerland Day 1: Driving to Zermatt

    Since we decided not to go home to Texas for the holidays this year, we needed to find somewhere to go for our Christmas vacation. After much debating, we decided to go to Zermatt, Switzerland with our friends from December 18-22.  Zermatt is a lovely ski town located in the Swiss Alps. Athough neither Aaron or I ski, we though it would be a relaxing vacation filled with lots of snowball fights and playing in the snow. Sounds perfect, huh? 

     We picked out a place to stay a few weeks ago and pretty much winged the entire trip. It became very obvious on our drive there when we put the address into our GPS and nothing came up. Turns out Zermatt is a walking town and driving is not open to the public. Only battery powered cars are allowed to prevent air pollution.  {I'm smiling and silently laughing as I write about this because that was just a little important piece of information that would have been good to know. Had I done my research, I would have easily known that. Whoopsies!} Since we couldn't drive in Zermatt, we had to park our car in Tasch- 3 miles away, take a shuttle to Zermatt, and then take an electric car to our hotel. With all our bags, it was a pain having to switch cars so many times! I should also mention that on top of that, the driver taking us to our hotel misunderstood us and took us to the wrong hotel at first.

 Left: All buckled in. Hoho even joined us! Right: Goodbye Italy. Hello Switzerland!