J'eime Paris!!

They call it the City of Lights. It really never sleeps! This was taken at 1am.

We were so lucky that there was a light drizzle because we only waited for 30 min. in line to go up the Eiffel tower. It usually takes around 4 hours!!

Love of my Life

TWO kissing pictures??! Does that give me a PG rating now?

It was not only awesome to have my dad there because, well, he's my dad, but he was a translator, tour guide, comic relief, and historian all in one!

Eiffel by day.

It just so happens that when we got out of our metro stop (the Paris Metro system puts NYC and Budapest to shame) that there was a War Memorial March going through the Arc de Triumph. Thanks Napoleon for this hugamungus arch.

Dad in his element. Sitting down on memory lane...

We packed for Paris in an hour, we got a babysitter for 5 days, drove down the road from our house in a taxi and I REALLY missed my kids. Almost in tears, we arrived to the airport and called my kids. (Sad, I know! But I have never left them for this long.) Haley said, "Mom, I gotta go. Niki (our babysitter) has made a really good breakfast." Tears gone. I was good to go!

This is my FAVORITE CITY SO FAR! I guess it's appropriate to go since I have a french name and that my heritage somewhat comes from there as well. My dad served his mission there back when it was a 2 1/2 years long mission. Then after marrying my mom, his family of three moved back there with my mom (5 months pregnant with my sister) for about 3 years. My sister was born there. (She gets all the luck. The hair, the boobs, being born in France...) This city has SOOOO much to see it's a bit overwhelming, but all in all it was just plain amazing. Stunning. Ridiculously wonderful.

5 Days in Paris without kids felt like 10 days. We did so much my feet are still throbbing. There will be more pics to come if/when this dumb uploading issue subsides soon. (We took around 500.) We were even smart enough to take some with a tri-pod at night the last night. not pictured. To be continued...