A beautiful England day

We haven't had a whole lot of nice weather so let me tell you when we get it we enjoy it. The past couple days have been absolutely beautiful. Of course I'd like to add about 10 degrees but the low 70's I"LL TAKE IT!!! Here a few pictures of my growing boys enjoying a day outside with momma.

Ok everyone, I have succumed to the blogging world and figured this would be a great place for you all to follow our adventures traveling Europe and beyond. I will do each trip individually but since we've gone a few places so far I'll summarize for now. Since getting to Europe 9 months ago (already!?!) We have traveled to Stonehenge which was one of our first trips. It was so wierd to actually be standing there and you can see in the picture that the fog made it even more majestic. I kept thinking "am I really here?"

Over the past christmas break we got in the car and went all over the place. Pictures will be in order of places I mention. We first went to Belgium and I think this was my favorite. The cold was enough to make anyone swear to never go again but we managed. Next we went to Amsterdam and I wasn't too impressed. It was quite a dirty city. After that we traveled to Cologne Germany and at Christmas time it was beautiful. Still beyond cold but really pretty. We then circled back to belgium to stay in another city and I still loved it. The canals running through the cities were so peaceful.

After a few month break we decided it was time to head out again. This time we went to Palma Mallorca, Spain. This has been my favorite travel thus far. For one it was a warmer climate so I didn't have to wonder if I needed back surgery from shivering so bad. Needless to say we have learned to travel to warmer climates in winter and vice versa. Spain was beautiful, the beaches the countryside, everything. The pictures are us at the beach, us on a old wooden train that wound through the mountains and then the last picture is of me and Josiah in a small spanish community.

Our next trip was to Ireland when matt's mom came for a visit. I don't have many good pictures of this trip and I don't know why. There wasn't a whole lot to do here in my opinion. So as you can see from my 1 picture there isn't much....Sorry!!How could I forget to mention Paris. Come on, its Paris. I really liked Paris alot. The main drag where all the celebs shop was amazing. I had to pop into a few just to check the prices and let me tell you, I'll never afford a pair of socks in those places. It was still amazing to walk the streets. There were some celebs SOMEWHERE because the Louis Vitton store was Crawling with dudes in black suits and you were not allowed anywhere near the upstairs entrance. Black sedans were lined up the back alley. So, there was someone in there!!! THEN as we were walking past a VERY uppity ritzy hotel I notice red carpet and paparazzi EVERYWHERE. I told matt I just gotta get in on this. So I stood there for like 45 minutes waiting for whoever it was to come out. Matt and the poor boys stood thier freezing while I tried to feed my Smut addiction. I gave in and left only to find out that Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher and Bruce Willis came out moments later. DAMN IT!!!! Now for my favorite part. The eiffel tower. Whooo doggy it was beautiful at night. All lit up blue and on every hour 1000's upon 1000's of strobe lights went off making it sparkle. Well me and my "shiny nickel" syndrome didn't do to well with that. I couldn't move, I was just staring. We did go ALL the way to the top and I did Kiss my husband atop the Eiffel Tower While it was sparkling. One other thing.....we froze. Yep solid!!! I will drag Matt back ther in the summer and do it all again without the fear of becoming a human popcicle. Enjoy the pictures!!!Our next travels are scheduled for late June and we'll be going to Rome and Barcelona so expect some good pictures from there. That's all I got thus far. Josiah has been accepted to "reception" which is what they call kindergarten. He should start in September. Noah is keeping right up with Josiah and just as onry as ever. Matt is working on his 2nd masters degree and buried in his work. I'm so proud of all he does but dang it I never see him. I hope you all enjoy this blog and keeping up with our new "european" life. Until next time...........