Monday, April 27, 2009

Bonjour!!

I love Paris! We had the best time ever! Abe and Kim brought Jake and Susie and Josh and I along on their fabulous trip to Paris!

We ran around on very little sleep and did everything; The Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, Normandy, an extremely posh cruise down the Seine, private tour of Versailles. Sleep was so last night LOL!

And if that isn't enough, we went to London, did everything there! We went to Les Miserables (my personal favorite) went to Harrods, Big Ben, the Tower, Westminster Abbey, stayed the night there and rode home on the Eurostar at 190mph!

Oh and so, so much more!! We've never been so spoiled, pampered or had more fun! Merci!

Sorry this was one of those blogs where I post WAY to many pictures!

View from our room.Top of the Eiffel Tower.

Photography experts, and yes Abe is proud of his Canon. LOL
Sacra Coeur
Palace of Versaille.
Tired of eating WAY too fancy of food, needed a big burger and fries.
Pointe Du Hoc, Normandy
Omaha beach, Normandy
The Castle of William the Conqueror, Caen.
Abbey aux Hommes, Caen
GQ in London.
Cool shot of Big Ben.

The tube.

The Tower Bridge.

All 6 of us, at the Tower of London!
Being lazy on the lawn of Westminster Abbey.

Brothers being typical Americans.

My favorite part!
The train ride back from London under the Channel. If you look close we are all in the picture. ;)

Monday, April 13, 2009

Easter, Family Pictures and Dad's Birthday!!

It is my dad's 70th birthday on Tuesday and thought it would be nice to get the entire family together for a picture. It is the first time in years that we all got together. Both parents, 6 kids, 6 in-laws and 16 grand-kids. In a way it was kind of a miracle.

So this is what we did....

Easter egg hunt
We had the older boys hide the eggs for the little kids. It was the funniest thing to see where they hid the eggs.

Dinner with dad
Getting a table for 14 on a Saturday evening in Sandy was tough, but Steve pulled through.

Birthday celebration
hmmm.... again Steve pulled through. We used his hotel to have our party!

Family pictures
This was amazing. We were so worried that it might rain (or snow) and it was beautiful! The kids were awesome, pictures went really fast and everyone smiled! Again Steve was the man! He brought his camera and took the pictures! (I only got one on my camera of the kids, I will get the pros pics later)