Good morning everyone

As I said in my last blog, I was waiting on pictures of my Grandchildren. I had sent a message to Marissa to tell the baby- Switzerland Grandma said to smile. Well being a true Fisher and I think already taking after "Uncle Craig" {Pooh-bear 2} decided to put together a nice show; here's what Marissa had to say:

Hi Everyone!

Chris and I just got back from our 2nd ultrasound! The pictures aren't as good this time, but thats because the little thing kept moving around! I think he or she did about 3 flips just while we were watching and at one point it even looked like it was doing the Michael Jackson "Thriller" dance with its hands! LOL! Poor thing looked like it just wasnt able to get comfortable so it kept trying new positions to lay in.

The doctor said everything looks good! We got to listen the the heart beat which was 150 bpm (supposedly that means boy according to the old wives tales.)

We have our 18 week scan on Aug. 30th - thats the big one where they check all the organs to make sure everything is where it should be AND we can find out if it's a boy or girl. Chris REALLY wants to know and I would also like to know but like the idea of waiting and letting it be a surprise, but Im not sure if I will be able to say no when they ask me if we want to know or not. So, if anyone wants to place your bets about what you think it is, now might be the time.

Love,

Marissa 

    And A beautiful picture of Mommy and Daddy!

      

Our car

This is a "First" in our 29 moves, today- while at work Rich received a phone call asking {how anxious are you to get your car?} Then he was told that a car came in for him...it was a VW, wrong make, wrong color, wrong year!! The car we got was meant to go to Russia and for awhile today no-one knew where our car was! How do you loose a car? Well, in all of our years of travel- I have to say that the Army never lost our thing's... at least they always knew where everything was! 
Late this afternoon we were informed that our car had been located in Antwerp and would be here "sometime" next week. I'm glad that this happened while here in Europe..we have great public transportation and are able to get around just fine. 
My next blog will have a new ultrasound picture of Chris and Marissa's baby. I'm so excited to see! Also I'm waiting on pictures of Shealynn and Brady. Moving in is coming along fine, our shipment from Va. will be delivered on Wednesday; I have no-idea where I'm going to put those two rocker/recliners...perhaps one in the guest suite.

Swiss National Day

 I thought everyone might be interested in hearing about the up-coming Swiss Day. As you can read below, there will be quite a celebration ending with fireworks! I'm not sure where we will watch the fireworks yet, we were told that you can see them good from our house. We'll be taking the camera to get lots of pictures. I'm excited about checking out this fun day. It's really a shame that Chris {Mac} and Linda won't be able to make it up for the weekend....you see, she let her Passport expire and is now having to wait for a new one!

 

1th August 2010, Swiss National Day

Bern awaits you on August 1 with an enticing 1st-of-August schedule of events. You can find out all about the official celebrations here: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (also Saturday, July 31, 2010) Open House at the House of Parliament Visitors will be able to view the chamber of the National Council, the chamber of the Council of States, the Hall of the Dome (Kuppelhalle), and the Wandelhalle lobby. On August 1 at 11:00 a.m., President of the National Council Pascale Bruderer Wyss and President of the Council of States Erika Forster-Vannini will be taking questions from the public in the chamber of the National Council. Wait times are to be expected. 10:30 a.m. / 11:30 a.m. / 5:30 p.m. / 6:30 p.m. (meeting point: Zytglogge) Guided tours of the Clock Tower (Zytglogge) Number of participants limited to 20 persons per group 11:30 a.m. – approx. 1:30 p.m. "Bärner Jodlerpredigt" yodeling concert at the Cathedral (Münster) 2:00 p.m. – midnight Food and drink in Minister Square (Münsterplatz) 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. Paper lantern workshop and children's play area on the Cathedral Terrace (Münsterplattform) Paper lantern making, face painting, game tables, balloons, storytelling 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. River rides starting from the Schwellenmätteli restaurant with the "Pontonierfahrverein" boating club of Bern Starting at 5:00 p.m. Various concerts in Minister Square (Münsterplatz) 4:00 – 4:45 p.m. Organ concert Evergreens, pop, and classics at the Church of the Holy Ghost with Jürg Brunner 9:00 p.m. Paper lantern parade (starting from BearPark) Music by the brass band of the Salvation Army of Bern; free ice cream for kids taking part 9:30 p.m. Bonfire at the "Ostsignal" on Gurten Mountain 9:30 p.m. Official celebration in Minister Square (Münsterplatz) with a speech by the president of the city council Urs Frieden and rapper Greis, followed by an impromptu ringing of the bells 10:00 p.m. Procap sea of lights in Parliament Square (Bundesplatz) 10:30 p.m. Fireworks on Gurten Mountain in 6 tableaux Musical accompaniment of the fireworks tableaux live on Energy Bern, 101.7 MHz Best viewing locations: Cathedral Terrace, Monbijou Bridge, Nydegg Bridge, Kirchenfeld Bridge, Aargauerstalden, Rose Garden, and House of Parliament Terrace.

Ikea

Rich and I were able to go to Ikea last night {his friend and co worker had offered to take us}. We purchased kitchen cabinets 3 set's to be exact. Any way it was late when we got home so Rich said he'd put them together after work tomorrow. That was fine..I'm just happy that we found some nice ones that were affordable. Earlier today Rich had phoned from work to say we had been invited out to dinner by some friends from the Embassy, also adding that he could put one or two of the cabinets together once we got home. Well we got home around 9:30, and after a few drinks at dinner...guess who went to bed and what is still in the box? LOL It's alright though...he'll get them up soon enough and I will be able to put together my kitchen. I'm excited to see them up, I think there going to be beautiful. Not to worry..I will take before and after pictures for my Blog.

Sunday

Yesterday Rich and I decided to take a break from un-packing/arranging rooms; so we took the Tram to the top of Gerkin. It was a wonderful place and we will for sure be taking our Grandchildren there. When the boys were little we used to take them to a park called Tarzan Land, well this place is a larger improved version of that. We walked around some and had a great lunch before heading back to the house. Here's just one of the many pictures:

 

Done

"Unpacking" that is. We were able to finish emptying the boxes yesterday. I now have things everywhere, seriously....we really need to purchase some cabinets! Today I will try to arrange the living room "somewhat", yesterday Rich was also able to hook-up our AFN in record time! I should say that it's good to see the commercials that were on when the boy's were growing up...still going strong. Makes me miss them even more!!!!!! They grew up to fast and I wish I could turn back the time :(((((...pause... Alright enough feeling sorry for myself, I've got too much to do!
For those of you who were concerned about Rich getting a beer yesterday, we made a trip to the grocery last evening and found a store that sold beer and wine. Rich got two bottles of Hefe-Weissen Dunkle Beer which made his day complete.

Day 2

It's the second day of unpacking. While Rich was at work yesterday I managed to unpack all of the boxes in the kitchen, living room and guest room. we have found that the Israeli team did a horrible job. Even though I had everything sorted, they "still" managed to pack several rooms in a box; and their were several "unmarked" boxes as well. Richard had them place the unmarked in the garage- so today we get to go through the "mystery boxes". Right now we have a lot of things on the floor... just not sure where to put everything; plus we need to make a trip to Ikea to purchase a few things: however we are still waiting on our car. I had one bookcase- and it did not hold together on this journey. We like to read and I have tons of cookbooks so needless to say our stacks of books are high.
Rich keep's asking for a beer....so the challenge is: The first one of you to show up with a beer, will get a "special" gift.