Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Merry Christmas!


It’s been a busy year but a great one for our family. Hard to believe that we’ve been living in France for almost two years now. We’re blessed to live in a beautiful, quiet area of Provence that has enabled us to get to know some wonderful locals and allowed us to feel like we’re getting into the culture. At the same time, this area affords us the opportunity to also have friends from all around the world because of a strong expat community. We continue to love to travel at every opportunity we get, though our list of “must sees” seems to grow more quickly than we’ll likely ever have time to visit. That said, we’ve very much enjoyed the visitors we’ve received so far and would love more anytime!

Matt: continues to work for the ITER Organization and enjoys the challenge of the project and collaborating with people from all over the world every day. Mesia: I still feel I’m living a dream and am eternally grateful to have the chance to be here to get to know more about my heritage, my family who lives here, and to learn the language and customs. Seneca: now 3 and has (already!) started at the international school here and attends 2 days of school in French and 2 days in English each week. She is a perfect mix of girly and rough as she loves to dress up and carry her purse around everywhere but is never afraid to play hard and get dirty. She is such a gift and we feel blessed every day to have her in our family!

 We appreciate your love and friendship and hope you have a wonderful Christmas. We are grateful for this season and the opportunity to celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ.

 Matt, Mesia, and Seneca Rae

Lots to catch up on...

It has been a very long time since our last post....I will try and up date you all!

In October my sister invited us to Jason's (my nephew) first birthday party. Since she lives relatively close (in Germany), we thought it would be a great opportunity to go and visit.

We decided to drive and checkout the sites on the way to and from her village.

This is Basel

Danielle had a pirate birthday party for Jason! It was so cute! Everyone dressed up as pirates. My dad flew in town to surprise us all! So cool!

Seneca snuggling with her Aunt Danielle
On our way home we make a few stops. Our first was Rheinfalls, Switzerland.


Stein am Rhein

Zurich

Mountains of the Chartreuse just North of Grenoble

Seni snuggling with Daddy!
Seni being silly

Silly again.