Malbuner Kite Festival

We went to a kite festival up in Malbun, Liechtenstein. In the winter Malbun is filled with skiers, in the summer cows. The kite goers were scattered about the ski runs/cow paster. We had to carefully place our blanket away from the cow patties (gross!!! One of the many reasons we do not allow shoes in our house). There were kites flying from 7 different countries. I guess 8, if you count us. There were circles, squares, a pirate ship, tropical birds, an alligator... The weather was forecasted to storm but it was beautiful. We did lose one of the kites for a moment but luckily it flew straight into the giant sea lion ( a little embarrassing).


































A little relaxation after kite flying and ice cream.
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Location:Malbun, Liechtenstein

Not so Little

My babies are growing up way too fast. Lukas will be three in a few weeks and Logan is almost one. This year flew by.
Lukas' imagination is wild. He has pirate friends and flying cars. Just love it!









Logan is learning new tricks so fast. He learned to crawl, stand up, sit down, "Mama," and walk along furniture in just a couple weeks. If only I could tackle German that quickly! :)

Life is good over here in the Swiss land.






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Location:Frumsen, Switzerland

Germany Part 3 of 3

The big surprise!






On our approach to Lego Land we started seeing random Legos in the fields. Lukas says, "what are they doing there?" Our response was we didn't know. Pulling into the parking lot Lukas says, "Wow!" We told him we were at Lego Land. That's when the arms and legs flailed. He was stoked. The long stare in amazement at the Lego Land sign was priceless. And the fun begins.


















Look closely. Somehow Logan got a pickle on his head. Ha, ha.









What a fun day. There were so many Legos. Everything was made out of a Lego.



Lukas and Dad putting together the new Lego boat.
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Location:Gunzburg, Germany

Germany Part 2 of 3

We stayed in Stuttgart. Cute town that was a lot bigger than I expected. Stuttgart is know as the cradle for the automobile, with both Porsche and Mercedes. One of Germany's largest wine producing cities. It is surrounded by rolling hills covered in vineyards.




We were able to do a little sight seeing while the boys napped in the back. The view of Stuttgart from the tv tower was magnificent. It is up on a hill, with the tower itself reaching about 280 meters in height. It was a quick ride up. The elevator moves at a speed of 10 meters per second!







Then we went into the city center to find Starbucks.




I didn't take a picture but we did have quite the cultural experience. We visited what we thought was a German music festival, turned out to be a Czech religious festival. Very interesting :)
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Location:Stuttgart, Germany

Germany Part 1

Erik had more vacation from work! We planned a last minute surprise vacation for Lukas. Lukas loves hotels, so he got so excited when we told him we were going on another vacation. What he didn't know was were also going to make our first stop at the Porsche museum. Lukas was amazed by all the race cars.


































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Location:Stuttgart

Fathers Day

The Boys had lots of fun on Dad's weekend. Lukas got to go with Dad to the indoor water park on Saturday. Sunday no one slept in, but everyone piled in bed with Dad to read books. We sure did miss Riley.



Dad and Lukas got matching haircuts, then we went to the arcade and bowling.












Dad got to top his special weekend off with a lobster and rack of lamb dinner, and no dish duty. Then we headed out for a walk.






Lukas and Logan are so lucky to have such an awesome Dad. Thanks Erik for all your hard work everyday and all the love you have for your family. We love you!
Cassidy
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Logan Sampson Nelson

Our little boy has arrived! Logan was born at 8:04 am on September 7th. He weighed 7 lbs 11 oz and was 20 inches in length. He looks very similar to his big brother Lukas. We are all over-joyed and doing well. Here are a few pics of our first day as a family of four.