Our first official visitor!

Last weekend we had our first official visitor. Brian's brother Geoff just happened to have a business trip scheduled to Milan, Italy so he decided to fly out a bit early and rented a car and drove 3.5 hours to Geneva for a couple days. It was fun to have someone to "entertain". I can't wait for more of y'all to come and visit. The only bad thing is that we are still in the hotel so Geoff got the couch to sleep on. (We are moving into our appartment today and tomorrow but that is for another post later.) We took Geoff to a couple of local areas in interest but we didn't even scratch the surface. We drove about 10 min. and crossed into France and rode the gondola up Mount Saleve (also the name of our ward here). This is the view looking down from the top of right where the gondola comes up. See how steep it is? It was really nice cuz we had a great view of all of the Geneva are and even more. It was a bit chilly at the top but it was fun anyway. Poor Geoff kept saying that he was so excited for cooler weather here but when came right down to it, he was cold here. He has truly become a Texan. Brian, of course, got a popsicle while we were up at the top. Here he is with James, as James tries to take th popsicle stick out of his mouth. The next day, after church, we went to Annecy, France and walked around the lake. It was beautiful and not even an hour drive from Geneva. The lake was amazing looking and I can't wait to go back in the Summer. James even got to ride the carousel with Brian. He kept having a hard time figuring out where I was as I called to him while he zipped by. It was funny. On Monday, we headed out to the U.N. so Geoff could check it out. Then we walked the 2 blocks to the Geneva Botanical Garden where we walked around in the sun so Geoff could stay warm. James really liked "drinking" out of the water fountain. (It is drinkable water). After that we went downtown and got sandwitches and headed to the lake to eat. I took James home to nap but Brian and Geoff went walking around the lake and even walked all the way out to the Jet d'eau (Jet of water) that, unfortunately, was not working at all while Geoff was here. He will just have to see it next time he comes to visit. Hint, hint! Geoff was also kind enough to stuff his suitcase full of stuff for us from home. Mostly things that I forgot to get. And a few treats too! Thanks, Geoff! So, as y'all can see we are super-fun to visit. When you come we will pack your days full of fun and sights and whatever you want. So, don't be strangers! Hope to see you soon. Right after Geoff left, James decided to have a "Who can open their mouth the widest?" contest. I think he won. What do you think?