Monday, April 2, 2012

Conference/Palm Sunday Weekend

We had an Embassy sponsored Egg Hunt in the Ambassador's garden Saturday morning.  
Erin and Anna helped with the games, and with eating the food.
 The eggs were not difficult to find but at least they were divided in age groups.  Nate searched for his 10 then shared his loot with his siblings and neighbors.
We enjoyed a wonderful weekend of conference.  With the time difference we don't get conference until much later in the day.  Saturday evening the YW watched last weekend's YW broadcast.  Then we watched the Saturday morning session from 6-8pm.  Sunday morning we drove to Ursula's for a Palm Sunday brunch.  We listened to Saturday afternoon's session on our drive down (Pres. Holland's talk was my favorite, hadn't considered his interpretation of the parable like that before.)
 Ursula's weeping willow blowing in the breeze.

 Us, blowing in the breeze.

 Brunch of zopf, cheese, dried meats and Easterfladen, with little chocolate eggs and eirli (little easter eggs) at each setting.

 We took a walk to a church in Romainmotier.  It was breezy but spring is in the air!

 The church steeple.

 A door across from the church.  The mailbox is in the middle of the shrub,  Luckily they keep it trimmed around the box.  Soon they won't be able to get in the house, though.

 Inside the church the trim is all painted.  Even the stones that make the walls are traced around with red paint to emphasize them.  Very different from other churches we've been in.

 Stained glass at the front.
 This is the front of the church.  Notice the pillar just on the left side with the stripes going up.
 This is that pillar.  I thought the dragon on the left was very interesting with the two people avoiding his fire.  Not sure what the story is ? 

 Kent is deep in concentration.

 Erin was teaching Nate a dance that turned into a free for all. 

 Ryan under the weeping willow.

 Enjoying the mid day sunshine before heading home for conference.

Love the spring flowers, last bites of Osterfladen (Easter flat cake) that Ursula made.

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