We get a whole weekend off!

Well today and yesterday where great.
Yesterday Kristin and I worked all day with Boone. We got up rather early and surprised him by trying to make the shelves for Blain's new office. Sadly we had to wait to actually finish setting them up because we ended up having to move the whole office around to fit them...our leader has such good measuring skills he got shelves that don't really fit in the designated space! Then we cleaned the chalet and Doris' room. Next a very french lunch with Theresa, Boone, Kristin, and Thierry. We are learning to appreciate these 2 hours with the group and are beginning to love playing computer games as part of our really french lunch break :)

After lunch we did outdoor work. I learned to mow thanks to the nimon and then I cleared vines off the grange. I got to stand a really long ladder and I even touched the roof! Needless to say not something everyone would love, but I love heights so it was actually a ton of fun. Plus it's a job you do alone so I could listen to music! Once we finished Kristin and I showered, flew a kite with the girls (Lena and Glenda) and then made dinner. We had "chicken po po" in the words of Thierry. For those americans reading it was chicken pot pie and slushes/milkshakes made by the mad scientist that is Boone. It was really nice to get to know the staff better. Even though Kristin and I are the youngest on staff they are beginning to treat us like family and last night was fun to sit, eat, talk, and then we all ended the evening by watching Hitch together! So So funny! And Sam got to come watch too! Yes for living right in the valley, you can go home, but you always come back!

Today was equally as fun, though a little different than yesterday. I got to sleep. It was my first real day off since STEVE and soooo soooo nice to sleep in. Then in the afternoon our new equipier Doris got here. She is austrian, but speaks perfect french, english, italian, and german. Gosh these silly europeans and their languages! Blain and Gudren got home today from their 10th anniversary vacation in Spain and David and the old cook came back for the fall. Thierry has once again returned to Albertville for the weekend and Allan and family are once again at their own house. All in all it was hectic with everyone leaving and arriving.

Right now Lena and Glenda are drawing me some beautiful pictures of horses as they just got dropped off by the bus and their parents are planning a little surprise so we're babysitting for a few minutes. We love this job perhaps the most out of all. These little girls are sooo cute and they love to do random crazy things with us. We've already tried to fly a kite and ended up caught in the trees and gone apple picking and ended up eating worms instead :)
When they leave Kristin will start cooking up some sloppy joes and french fries and we're giving Doris a welcome to Champfleuri dinner the american way, way too many carbs and some one tree hill to go with it!
Hope all is well for all of you and that you're all having a smooth transition into the '07-'08 school year! God Bless!