June 8th- Munich

June 8th-Munich

W had a pretty relax day today.  We got up REALLY early...we had to be
down in the lobby of the Kyriad by 5:30 a.m. To get to the airport by
6:30 because our flight left at 8:15 from the Paris De Gualle airport.
It usually takes apparently about an hour to get there, but it ended
up taking us like 30 minutes because our taxi driver was flying! I
swear he was going about 100 miles an hour!  So we got there in plenty
of time, and had a very uneventful flight back to Munich.  When we got
there, Mom and Dad were waiting for us, and it was so great to we them
again!  I sure have missed them since they left on their mission.  It
has been really fun to be with my dad.  What a good dad.  It has also
been so much fun to see them in action here on their mission.  We
rented a huge old van there at the airport, and we actually split up
so that the girls could go to the store with my mom, and the boys went
home to the mission home.  The store was really cool actually, and we
had fun being there with mom.  I can't believe that she can speak
German!  It's so much fun to hear her sprekin deutch!  She is so
awesome.  We got a few things for lunch, and later on for dinner with
the Zone Alexander's, plus we got about 20 chocolate bars! We wanted
to try everything, so we got everything!  It's amazing...they have one
entire side wall of the store completely dedicated to all different
kinds of chocolate!  So yummy. Unfortunately,  Stockton is NOT liking
all of this chocolate, and cheese and stuff.   Really need to lay off,
but it is just so yummy!  It really isn't worth it though.  He gets
quite grumpsters.  Poor little dude.  He had been the best baby ever
here!  It's been fun to have him as well.  It has been really fun to
see my mom and dad with him.
   So we hung out for quite a white.  We weren't really able to do
much, because it has been raining pretty hard all day, so it was nice
to kind of chill and do nothing for a bit.  That night starting at
about 5 or so, all of the zone leaders from the mission came over to
the house and started up in Zone  leader council.  It was really fun
to see them all and text to now them a little bit. They are a great
group!  They really love my parents, which is really fun to see.  I am
so glad that they get to experience their greatness like we did all
growing up.  They really are wonderful people, and are perfect mission
presidents!  My mom set up a big dinner of sandwiches with meats and
cheeses and all sorts of yummy things, and boy can those  missionaries
eat!  It is so great how grateful they are for good things to eat.
Something that they didn't have to either buy or make.  they had a
great council all together, and we were able t o share some
experiences of our own as well.  Makes me excited to be a missionary
someday with my dear!  We pretty much fell into bed as well, we were
so tired.  It was a great recharge day.  We have a pretty busy day
tomorrow!

The sister in the middle (Sister Claire Pingree) is a great friend to the Smith fam!  Her family is in our ward here in Denver, so it was fun to be able to deliver a little package to her, and chat with her for a little while. She is so wonderful. 

The whole big group after Zone Leader Council