PARIS -- Our 10 yr Anniversary Trip!

June 3rd - June 10th 2013

We made it to Paris despite rush hour traffic from the airport to our hotel...

The sites were stunning and the weather was perfect - 

warm & sunny, quite like home!

One disclaimer... our hotel was very centrally located (near the Eiffel Tower), so as you will soon see, there are lots of cool pictures from various points in our exploration of the famous 1000 ft steel structure!

making the climb!

 view from the top...

 just having fun...

 view at dusk (10:30pm) from across the bridge...

 the view from our hotel balcony...  and the final sparkle before it goes dark for the night!Notre Dame

celebrating nearly 1,000 years since the start of construction!  

this took >175 years to complete...

the original crown of thorns from Jesus' crucifixion

 beautiful stained glass in all the cathedrals...

 the love lock bridge...  

We added our lock celebrating our 10 year wedding anniversary ;)

climbing the towers @ Notre Dame & check out the view!

"Point Zero" = the center of France

 Sainte Chapel - originally built to house the crown of thorns

 The Louvre

 The views from the river...

 We climbed the Arc Du Triumph...

 Versailles - Chateau and Gardens

 the street markets of Rue Clare

 Ecole de Militaire

Sacré Cœur

the open markets of Montmartre

lookin up...

We had an awesome trip... one that we will look back on and remember for a lifetime.

Thanks to Nana for coming down to watch the girls, and for keeping them so happy and safe!  

I did quite a bit of exploring on my own with my Rick Steves guide book while Eddie was working, then we took a couple days over the weekend to explore together and hit the highlights of my adventures!  Paris is a beautiful city, but it is a big city... and I was glad to return to my small town life with my girls~

We have a 4 year old...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALI PAYTON MYERS!!!
It seems like just yesterday I was holding you in my arms for the first time.  We were so excited to meet the little girl we already loved so much.  You have been such a joy and blessing in our lives, and now in Avery's life.  You are an amazing little girl, beautiful inside and out!

You are already setting goals and blowing them out of the water -- just look at your determination to ride your bike w/ no training wheels by the time you were 4!!!  You got the bike for your 3rd birthday and look how far you have come.

You love riding your motorcycle, playing with Avery and your friends, swimming, dancing, going on adventures.  You have the best laugh and smile that lights up the world -  You have an amazing vocabulary, sense of direction, and level of comprehension -- I often feel like I'm having a conversation with a friend!

We want to soak up every second of this precious time -- make lots of fun memories together as a family, and raise you as an independent fun loving girl who knows and loves God.  Your mommy & daddy are so proud of you and will always love you, for ever and ever... no matter what!

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"You made my whole being.  You formed me in my mother's body.  I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way.  What you have done is wonderful.  I know this very well." ~Psalm 139: 13-14

"The Lord will keep his promises.  With love, he takes care of all he has made." ~Psalm 145:13

"For every good and perfect gift is from God" ~ James 1:17

"Nothing above us, nothing below us, or anything else in the whole world will ever be able to separate us from the love of God (or your parents)" ~ Romans 8:39

Princess Ali's 4th Birthday Party -