Easter in London

For Easter this year, we decided to head to London to visit a mutual friend of my sister and I. It was a quick weekend...but it was a lot of fun! Thanks to our friends Lonna and Gabor, my sister and her family and of course my sweet little family!

Happy Belated Easter! Bonne Pâques!

A little behind

I've been slacking on the blogging lately...so, here are some pics to document some of the latest fun activities.

Back in February we headed to the local zoo with some friends. This is her good friend Lisa; whom she absolutely loves, sharing a Popsicle. 

She loves bags, pails,....you name it! Anything you can put something in.

Snuggles with my baby!

Horseback Riding with her buddy Lisa.

The two girls enjoying each others company.

Ganagobie

This last Saturday we headed north about 15 minutes to a small village called Ganagobie. They are known for their Benedictine Monastery. Unfortunately, we didn't get a chance to go in side the abbey but the grounds were amazing! Here are some photos of the area. I didn't bring my camera so these pics are from the internet.

Around the abbey you have lots of little trails.

View of the valley from above.

Church and abbey

Mosaic floors inside the church. I love mosaic art!

We are so grateful for living in such a beautiful place.

Silly Seni

We made Valentine cards this week for our family members and she tells me: "mommy take a picture of me".

Her Valentine's.

While she is enjoying her bath, she tells me again: "mommy take a picture of me"....gotta love it!

We came home from a date on Friday night to this. This girl absolutely loves to read!

She is learning how to take pictures. Of course she took a shot of Cinderella's glass slipper and ...

her toes.

LOVE this girl

Seni makes us so happy! We absolutely love and adore her!

Showing me her dance moves!

Fete de St. Marcel-Barjols

In January we went to the village of Barjols to check out their Fete de St. Marcel. The town's patron saint. This festival commemorates the survival of the town after a siege in 1350.

This town is also known for their tanneries. After 400 years, in 1983 they finally stopped producing.

Champignon fountain.

My hot babe and baby!

Another view of the town while walking around.

The parade

Poor ox he was supposed to be slaughtered and roasted the next day. (I hope they really didn't do this). He even has gold painted horns and hoofs.

Christmas Recap

Hello all! I hesitate posting this because we sincerely feel bad we were not able to see everyone we wanted to while we briefly visited the US for Christmas. So, I apologize in advance to those we missed. Hopefully we can visit again soon and catch on the next go around.
We were very grateful to have the chance to come home for Christmas. It was a needed trip that I had been longing for for quite a while. Although, I love having the chance to live in France and experience new things as well as get to know my family, it is just different than home (The US). I had been very depressed since the summer time and really didn't have any idea why...my goodness there are so many wonderful, beautiful things here to see. But nonetheless, I was. I've reached out to my expat friends who helped me understand that this was normal...whew! The one thing I realized in talking with them is they all returned home freuquently (couple of times a year) to help with their homesickness. So, when we were given the chance to come home, we took it.
Our first stop was California where my family is currently living. We enjoyed a few days of fun with the entire family! It was great!The one bummer here is we didn't get a family photo with everyone :(

my mom with seni, jason and zara

again...the cute grandkids

matt and i on a hot date

danielle, baby jason at the grave sight for my brother Jason

After this we headed to Utah to visit with Matt's family as well as my extended relatives.

Group shot of everyone.

all of the grandkids

We had a wonderful trip...thank you to everyone! We didn't realize how much we needed this until we were there! Again, I apologize if we didn't get to see you. We hope we can next time. Have a wonderful New Year!
Until next time!
Ciao!