and the most beautiful city scape on the other.
It's something you never tire of looking at, I've never once passed thru that part of town and didn't go WOW. And the feel and smell of the crisp air never goes unnoticed either. Our 3.5 years here have flown by. This is the only home that Chance has ever remembered knowing. He has grown from a 2 year old toddler in to a little boy, and I hope that he will remember his time here as it defines his early childhood.
We have been blessed with great weather these last couple weekends, and have tried to spend as much time outside as possible. We've spent time in some of our favorite parks. I remember when we first got here and Chance could barely go down the slides.
This week at our favorite "Big" park, Brooks rode in a swing for the first time. And loved every minute of it!
We will miss these parks, the feel of community when you go there, knowing that you are bound to run in to someone you know. We have spent hours in these parks, on warm sunny summer days, to playing in the snow in the dead of winter. The best part of the parks undoubtedly are our friends. Our friends filled our lives and made our time in Zurich what it was.
We will miss the lake front, watching the baby swans every year, the seasons change by watching my favorite trees change from one stage from the other. I will miss my walks along the lake, a time to reflect and enjoy this once in a life time experience.
The past couple weeks have been filled with goodbyes. Not only do we leave behind a fantastic city and place to live, but more importantly we leave behind our friends. They have been our rock to stand on, our family away from home. We have raised our kids together, and watched eachothers' families grow.
I went out for one last farewell with the girls. We wondered why we didn't do this more often, why does it take a goodbye to pull us away from the typical bedtime routine. It's hard to put into words these ladies, and how much I will miss their friendship.....
And the last night we were in town was exactly how I wanted to spend it, with the friends we love the most and Chance's friends that he has grown up with and that we have watched turn from toddlers in to kids. That night we had some very tearful goodbyes. I felt a part of me was left there as we went back to the hotel to spend our last night.
We take with us an amazing experience. We have grown closer as a family, as a couple. We have accomplished one of our biggest life goals. And in the process to we have grown our family. We came as 3 and leave as 4.
Zurich, you will forever be a piece of us. Thank you for the opportunity to live here, and for treating us so well. We look forward to our next adventure back in Texas, and hope to one day bring our kids back to see and remember the place that they began.
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