Sweet "16"!

What a bummer to have a birthday while on holiday!

We enjoyed church in Munich. An Elder translated for us and wouldn't you know he was from Santa Clara. Spears was the name and yes he knows Ashley!

Munich Germany

We rented bikes and rode them around in this massive park. We really enjoyed ourselves, fall is such a beautiful time of year.

I had to put this picture in because of the sweatshirt. In Salzburg some Sister missionaries were riding by on their bikes and came to a screeching halt. And also in Munich we were buying some ice cream and so were some missionaries on their Pday who spoted the shirt and said Hey!

One of the things I love about Europe is that people ride bikes everywhere. The Netherlands win for the most, Copenhagen and Helsinke also are very bike user friendly. And of course Munich. It did freak Will out a bit at first but after a few melt downs and lots of encouragement he did well and said he did enjoy it more than he thought he would. The little lake behind him here also rented canoes and paddle boats which we did also.

Austrian Alps

View from the top of the fortress

Salzburg, Austria

Yes, this is the place where the Sound of Music was filmed. It was a lovely small city. The fortress on the hill was very fun. We walked to the base then took a tram up to the top. It was a hazey day but the view was gorgeous.

Maren and Jana enjoying the fountain.

We took a horse drawn carriage around the old town. The drivers spoke pretty broken english but did a good job taking us around.

The First Day of School

First Day of School! Yay. Everybody was excited to see their friends and all the new students.

Jumping Salmon

So we took a little trip to see some jumping salmon, and i managed to a get a pretty good picture of one. ya.