Paris Holds the Key to my Heart! :)

To celebrate our 10 year anniversary (early) We headed to Paris and London.  It was sooo much fun.  London is Beautiful and Paris is busy with interesting things everywhere.  Our hotels were small and no A/C which was different for me.  We ate in Cafe's along the street and shopped along the way.  We walked the streets and saw the sights.  Learning our way around the 'tube' and the 'metro' were interesting (scary at times), but overall, it was a great trip.  I was impressed with Darin and his ability to speak French and communicate.



It was fun to see other people and how life is somewhere else.  My favorite parts were the Eiffel Tower and watching the musical 'WICKED' in London.  I missed the kids and would think of them often as we would see different things that reminded me of them.

Darin was bumped to 1st class on our flight home and he let me have it!  My first time in 1st class and I'm not sure I can ever go back! LOL.

Here are MANY photo's of the highlights of our trip! :)

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Happy 9th Birthday J-bers!!!!!

I have an AWESOME 9 year old.  I love this girl so much.  J is such a great person.  This year she has enjoyed swimming a lot and helping take care of Meg.  She is always quick to find a way to help.  She is so talented and kind hearted.  

We were gone on her birthday this year, so she got two birthdays.  :)  Grandma Sue and Grandpa were here and helped her celebrate on her real birthday.  THEN when we got home, she had another one.  This time she invited some friends over and played a bunch of games.  She planned all the games herself and I think she had a great time! :)

Happy 9th J-bers.  We love you soooo much and love that we are a family! :)

 The girls built a balloon tower.  It was pretty cool!  :)

1st SWIM Meet!!!

We have been kickin' hard at swim practice for a good week now.  :)  Summer is here and J and Lo are excited to be on the swim team here.  We had our first swim meet last night and after a few minor jitters and a learning curve of how these meets actually work, it was a great night.  :)  J swam the 25 freestyle, 100 M freestyle relay and 100 M Medley relay! :)  She did such a GREAT job and was super excited about it.  Lo swam the 25 freestyle and the 25 M backstroke. :)  He did AWESOME!!!  They both enjoyed hanging out with friends in between their events.  Once I get their times, I will post them, but I'm not sure what they are right now.

It was a bit chaotic when we got there.  I have never been to a swim meet before and I didn't know what to do or where to help, so all 3 of us were feeling a bit overwhelmed and confused.  BUT now I've got it down.  I'm set for the rest of the meets! :)