The snow has been gone for a while now – two days ago the above picture was taken.  Then yesterday morning it started raining – then it turned to snow – and it continued all day.  By the end of the day there actually was some accumulation on the ground.  Not much- but enough for…

Here are a few more pictures of Alma from the snow we had last week.  Actually the snow is back. The rain turned to snow early this morning – and all day it has been switching back and forth from wet snow to cold rain.  It accumulates on the ground – then the rain melts…

Hard to believe it – but it was ten years ago that Jonah was born.  I thought I would put up a few pictures that highlight some of the last decade with him. First ever family photo – in the delivery room some of his first steps – on the beach in Morocco Obviously moving…

Here are some of the other pictures that we took last week.   that is all.

The kids have been off school since Dec 17 – so we’ve already had a full week of holidays. Here’s what the past seven days have looked like in our corner of the world. Early Saturday morning – as les vacances de Noel officially began – the snow started falling at our place. And it…

It’s true – Christmas vacation started this morning. It’s only the first day – but here’s how it started at our house: the temperature dropped overnight and the rain turned to snow early this morning – so our first snow of the year was the morning of the first day of holidays. there were two…

she can roll over!

This is how much cheese is in our fridge right now.  No special occasion or anything coming up. Not having anyone over for dinner etc. Remember – this is one of three shelves in the fridge.I can count at least 13 kinds of cheese.I believe Charles de Gaulle said it best:“Comment voulez-vous gouverner un pays…

This was our supper tonight. We sat down a bit after 7:30 with our kids for Tartiflette. Tartiflette is a traditional hearty Alpine meal from the Haute-Savoie region (north of us – up towards Switzerland, by Annecy etc.) Boil about a kilo and a half of potatoes then sauté an onion in a bit of…