Let them eat Black Forest cake: Watch out Switzerland!

So this last week our family took a trip down to Switzerland for a week so that Tanner could go through the temple for the first time. So on the way down we stopped at a gas station and got some lunch. There was this little box by the cash register that said American candy and I got this and it just reminded me so much of home!

On our way to Bern we stopped in Zurich at the Freitag store. It is this company that makes bags out of recycled tarps from trucks and bicycle inner tubes and Tanner got one for his mission. This is what the store looks like and you can go up on the top and look out over the city.

Looking out over the river...

So this street has significance because it is the street that my great great grandmother on my Dad's side, Rosa Bertha lived and grew up until she moved to Utah when she was sixteen. I am so grateful for what she did and it was so cool to be there.

SO beautiful

Tiny alleys

Then we went up on the old city wall and looked out over the river.

This little park was perfect and and the weather was perfect!

Tanner even found an old man to play chess with!

When we got to Bern this was the view out of our hotel window.

So the next day we went to the temple!! While my family went through a session I did baptisms with an Italian and French group. It was super cool.

The next day we decided to go see the alps and drive to Interlaken and Grindelwald. This is walking around a little place called Wilderswill.

Lots of cow bells!

The alps and Tanner!

That night we went to the grocery store and because Swiss Independence Day was August 1st, we saw a cake with the National Anthem on it. I wonder how that tasted...

On Friday we went back to the temple and Tosha did baptisms with me. We finished about an hour and a half before Tanner and my parents so we sat in the lobby and read and slept and slept and waited....

And finally they came out!

After the temple we decided to go back and look at the alps because it was more clear.

If you look really closely in this picture you can see a small waterfall and Tanner wanted it to look like it was coming from his water bottle so this is the best we got.