Annie Oakley and Snow!

So I already posted about this hike a little while ago, but here are some more pictures of it.

 So for the last couple of months I have been preparing to be part of this school production, Annie Oakley.  I'm not sure if I've already posted about it, but Annie Oakley was a woman sharp shooter in the wild west and the play is her story.  I was one of her six sisters, Catherine Anne.  So we FINALLY performed.  We did it 4 times, once for the junior school, middle school, senior school, and then parents and friends.

 Beginning scene ( I was wearing three very heavy skirts)

 A lullaby that Anna, Tacie, and I sang

 "Chief Sitting Bull"

 A dance

 My magic tricks as part of the Wild West Show

 The ending scene

 Final bows

 Jodie and me

 Tacie and me

 The whole cast

 Devyn, Caleb, and Josh came to see Tacie and me in the Friday night production.

 The Zauggs, a senior couple in the office came too and gave me some sweet flowers.

 And Sister Kohler was very sweet to make a candy poster for me and Tacie who slept over that night.

 We had such a fun time performing together!

 A couple of Sundays ago President was gone so Sister Kohler and I decided to go walk around the nearby cemetery again.  The last time we did that we were pining after Tanner, but this time we were just enjoying being together.

 These are just some of my good friends at school this year, Margaux, Tacie, and Saga.

 For some reason we had this mug and I used it for my hot chocolate the other day and it just seemed so fitting for our lives right now!

 This weekend the three of us went to St. Gallen, Switzerland for a stake conference and while we were there it snowed!  It turned into winter overnight and I already can't wait until Christmas!  I love the feeling of the Christmas season here.

 Today after the meeting Sister Kohler and I headed back to Munich on the train while President headed to Stuttgart for more interviews.  We had an adventure on the trains, but got there safely and the Office Elders were there waiting for us on the other side!

 Tanner is doing well and sends us pictures and funny stories every week!  

Life just keeps moving here and before we know it it will be halfway over!  I can't believe it!

Fall Break Adventures

So this last week was fall Break for me and it started off with us driving down to Innsbruck, Austria on Friday.  We actually stayed in a little tiny place outside of Innsbruck called Mutters.

The first night we ate at this cute little Italian place and they gave President a bib to go with his pasta because of his white shirt.

 The next morning at breakfast we found TINY little Rittersport chocolates at our places.  They were so cute!

 After breakfast we decided we would ride this Seilbahn up the mountain and then walk back down because it was such a gorgeous day.

 At the top we hiked around a little bit first and found these really cool tree houses along the way.  You can see there was already snow on the ground up there!

 Then we came to this GORGEOUS view at the top.

 There were these funny little chairs there and my Mom was enjoying soaking up the sun very much.

 On our way back down we saw some sheep and there were really new lambs that were so cute!!!

 This is Sister Kohler soaking up the sun while we wait for President to take a phone call.

 Here you can see the Bahn we took.

We even found some mushrooms on the way.  

President enjoying the view out the hotel window.

 That night we went to a musical fireside that the missionaries participated in to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their building and it was really fun.

The next morning we went back to the church for sacrament meeting and then we changed and went to walk around the grounds of Schloss Ambross.  So gorgeous.

 There were these funny peacocks on the wall.

 After that we went back to the hotel and decided to go for a walk and find a picnic spot.  We started off by going to see this cute, tiny chapel by our hotel.

 On that same little road it was interesting to compare the very old houses (back) and the new, modern ones all clumped together.

 Continuing on our walk we saw some cows and chickens.  When the chickens saw us they all came running over because they thought I had food.  Then this old lady came who actually did have food for them.  (Hint: Remember the cows)

 We walked by the sign welcoming people to Mutters.

Remember the cows?  Well we eventually found a table outside an empty cafe to eat at and all of a sudden a farmer walks by with his cows.  It was pretty funny so my Mom tried to get some pictures but didn't really.  Then we heard a bell and President said, "Get your camera ready, here comes another one."  And it was a good thing he said that because then she captured these great pictures of the cow coming around the corning and sticking his head in my Dad's lap.  Then he consumed the banana peels and tried to eat all the other food before the farmer came and rescued us.  It was a bit alarming, but my Mom and I could not stop laughing.

 Walking back to the hotel this was the beautiful view.

 On Monday we went back to Schloss Ambross because it was the National Day of Austria so all the museums were free.  Here's some cool armor.

 And here are some really old and scary sharks.

 There was this gruesome picture and the caption explained that this was a man who got gored during a jousting tournament, but because the injury did not hurt his brain, he lived...that seems nice, doesn't it?

 Then we went to the Hofkirche and this was the beautiful grounds.

 When we came back from Austria we had transfers, so Wednesday we picked up the goldens and Thursday we went to the Bahnhof to see all the transferring missionaries.  Here is a last picture with Sister Abram who has been in our ward before she got transferred.

 That night the leaving (dying) missionaries came in and the next morning we took them to the airport and Sister Page was the only sister going home.  So here was a last picture of us together.

 For mutual last week we carved pumpkins and I didn't know what to carve so...I carved a car.

 On Saturday we went to the International Ward trunk-or-treat and Halloween party and that was fun.

 So Tanner got to his mission and this is him with his President.  We are waiting to hear from him tomorrow.  Keep him in your prayers!