Sabrer le Champagne

My uncle had David B. "sabrer le champagne". It's when you hit the neck of a champagne bottle in such a way that the neck of the bottle comes off neatly. He hit it at a bad angle after cheers of "harder", and, well...the rest you can see!

This is total immersion to French culture

4 stitches, some bandages, and some French cheese later:

France

we're leaving tomorrow morning with several more bags than we came with

It has been a crazy, but very full and blessed ten days!!

I'm connected through the free wifi at the McDonald's that was walking distance from our old house

I've taken over 3,000 pictures so far, walked through Lyon several times, especially enjoying the medieval section and the Roman Amphitheater, bought several books, and was given 2 full boxes of books (mostly relating to philosophy and religion) from my uncle, eaten many amazing meals, many of which were enjoyed with extended family over several hours, and thoroughly enjoyed all the beauty around me!! And most of all, I've been able to spend some good time with my grand-parents, and with my Suzanne, Alex, Matt, and Timmy, though not nearly enough!!

I forgot how fast they drive here, and how narrow the roads are!! (now I realize why I have tended to drive faster than most Americans..)

a few pics:

Roman road

A bridge over Le Rhone

We are standing on some remains of the Roman Amphitheater, with a long exposure (13 seconds). We had to stay really still

Le Rhone, 15 second exposure

A few November Pictures

Snow Soccer

La Vie en Rose

Bradley Belschner, our sous chef

My parents celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary this week!

My dad's Christmas village

My little Buick LeSabre feels like a tank with these! I like older cars..they are powerful and sturdy!

Skating!

Eric, reading a very cool magazine!

Luke Anthony Nieuwsma

A fluried Moscow

The following pictures were taken at NSA when I was feeling a bit trigger happy.

A Mr. Schlect pose

Mr. Nathan D. Wilson

Simply Donny

A view from the Millers house

meat the meet!

Daddy with his deer and his dear

The Indefatigable

Morning light

Our house lighted up

The Wrench/Williams plus extentions at West of Paris

Decorated for Christmas

Apparently the E street house stayed up to 2 am building him

The Noble Steed

Clouds

A view from our balcony one morning

Moscow Mountain

There you have it.