And Bailey....

This is Bailey's faculty brother Eric from our neighbor New Mexico!

I can't forget Bailey...She also went on this ropes course that we took our family to.  (With her family!) She was amazing and showed no fear-she kept up with the boys and maybe even challenged them!

All the staff at LAS (Leysin American School) are assigned about 5 or 6 kids each that become your "faculty family".  We eat dinner together on Wednesdays, sit together at assemblies and this past weekend had Friday and Saturday together to bond.  Since Ira and I are married, we combined our kids to make one big family.  I don't have a picture of all of them but I do have a couple pictures I can share.  We have 3 daughters, 8 sons.  We decided to go to a ropes course and play laser tag on Friday, followed by pizza and a movie-Johnny English.  Saturday we went to a small town down the mountain called Vevey and did some shopping.  I really think we wore them out.  Although they had Sunday to recoup.  I'm sure I will have more postings on my "family" since we will be together the whole year.  

On the right is:

Heorhiy "George" from Ukraine...I love this kid so much!

Desmond from USA

Mikhail from Russia and Sergii from the Ukraine....a little naughty, but sweet too.

Jun Young Lee from S. Korea-FUNNY!

Shakur from American/Dubai

Teresa from Angola, Katalina, from Bulgaria and Aranza from Mexico

             

Bern-Another school trip, this one for juniors only

Bern, the capital of Switzerland and beautiful little town.  It's famous for several things but mainly the bears.  It's also the location where Einstein spent several years working on the Theory of Relativity.  The picture below are not in order-sorry!

Entrance to Einsteins Haus

No idea what this is but thought it was interesting enough to capture.  It was inside Einsteins Haus.

Ira walking up Einsteins stairs.

Interesting architecture.

Einstein and his first wife, Mileva Maric

Einsteins Living room/Dining room

A child drinking right from the fountain...

Einstein's living/dining room.

Einstein's manicure set????

The bears in downtown Bern.

Closet in Einsteins haus.

Einsteins living/dining room.

Einsteins son, Hans Albert Einstein's crib.

Brenna and friends in Bern.

Einstein's desk.