Mindy Carlson

The Swiss Family Carlson visits Zurich

This weekend, hot off our trip to Sedrun, we went off to Zurich for an overnight trip. There was an international horse show jumping competition happening there and I was NOT going to miss it. E came along with me for some quality time and Mark took H to the Dinosaur Museum. It’s like the…

Mindy Carlson

January 26, 2015

The Swiss Family Carlson

Horse Jumping, James Joyce, Marc Chagall, Swiss Family Carlson, Zurich

How I Ruined H’s Backpack

I mentioned on Facebook last week that I ruined H’s backpack as we were leaving the hotel in Sedrun. Well, here’s the whole story. We always have the boys bring their backpacks along on trips. They are in charge of picking out what they want to bring and also in charge of carrying it and…

Mindy Carlson

January 22, 2015

Kids, The Swiss Family Carlson

Backpack destroyed, Disentis, funny parenting stories, parenting, Sedrun, Swiss Family CarlsonBear

The Swiss Family Carlson Visits Disentis-Sedrun!

Disentis and its little sister, Sedrun, are little skiing towns in the southeast portion of Switzerland past Lucerne by about 30 minutes and in the Canton of Graubunden. (The leadership that led to the formation of the canton was called The Grey League. It sounds like a comic book hero team and, therefore, makes this…

Mindy Carlson

January 19, 2015

The Swiss Family Carlson

Curling, Disentis, Mountain pictures, Open-air Curling, Sedrun, Swiss Family Carlson, Swiss Skiing, Switzerland