swiss miss and her mammals

When you think of flying ALONE (!!!) with two kids under the age of 5 and not only for a quick trip to a few states over but to let's say...Switzerland halfway across the world do you get sweaty palms, maybe a little bit heavier breathing and just feel a little claustrophobic all around? I know I do!! This december I'll be flying for the second time this year to Switzerland with an 18 month old and 4 year old all by myself. (We visited there in february/ march this year for 7 weeks). Last time we flew I only flew the way there by myself, so I had the reassurance that if that trip was a disaster, my dad would at least be there with me on the way home to help out. This time it will be just me and the kids both ways. Both trips there and back ended up going fairly well last time, although I had to drag both kids and all our carry on luggage clear across one of Europe's biggest and busiest Airports (Frankfurt) without a stroller since they checked it clear to Switzerland an

Back at it again... Well apparently it's been over two years since my last blog post and that seems hard to believe!  I still remember those feelings of defeat and hurt from my last post when we had just left Juneau! Life hasn't been necessarily easy since then but here are a few major things that have happened: -We moved to Caldwell Idaho -bought our first house -added a little girl to our family who is almost 18 months now and I started school to get a bachelors in family and marriage studies! Of course there were a million little things in between..but that's our life over the last two years in a nutshell. Starting my marriage and family studies degree ( I study through BYU- Idaho and take online classes) has changed my perspective on some things and is a good reminder how precious this time is while my kids are so little. Writing this blog was a great way for me to journal when Ezra was little... ...SO, I have decided once again to take up blogging and while