Evian, France

***this is the last post from our Europe trip, scroll down to see all the fun we had*******



Wednesday, we officially had been on all modes of transportation by jumping on the boat that crossed Lake Geneva into Evian, France.....that is where the bottled water comes from :-) It was a nice 35 minute ride that let us finally see the French alps since we broke through the clouds!


see how cloudy it was???

We finally broke through the clouds and it was gorgeous!!!

Once we got there, we realized the town must take an afternoon siesta from 12-2, because the only things open were restaurants! We got there at 12 and our boat back left at 2:45, so we were able to get some window shopping in and then quickly buy what we wanted in the 45 minutes we had left. The town of Evian, is very small and quaint! It was 10 degrees warmer so we were able to shed our coats for the first time and enjoy the sunshine. It was very quiet and not very busy so we were able to enjoy the tranquility of the french town!

Sarah and I eating our crepes in France

Brinley loved all the tulips, I wish we could grow them in Houston...too hot :-(

That evening when we got back to Lausanne, we had a first birthday party for Liam. He (along with Brinley, Clayton, and Wyatt) really enjoyed their chocolate cupcakes.

We finally got all four cousins still long enough to get a picture!!!

After we put the kids to bed, we feasted on the traditional Swiss fondue and lots of wine! It was very yummy and we stayed up way too late considering we had to catch the train to the airport at 4:30am!!!

The plane rides back were pretty relaxed until the last three hours. Clayton was done! He was sooo tired, but he was tired of napping on me, so he just cried off and on. It is a good thing he spent the first 7 hours flirting and charming everyone around us, because they weren't annoyed by his crying. We finally had to take turns walking up and down the aisle while holding him.

Clayton coloring on the plane

We sat right behind the bulkhead, which Brinley loved because she could lay on the floor. She spent most of the flight home playing her new Leapster!

Once we got into our car, Clayton started shrieking and didn't stop until we got home. I think he was excited to see something he recognized. We went to bed at 7pm that night and didn't wake up until 7am! It had taken us over a week to get back on Texas time (with a few nights of the kids waking up at 3am ready to go!) We had soooo much fun, but we are glad to be back in our beds and on our routines again.