So this last weekend, we helped to chaperone a biology high school trip to Catalina. While exhausting, it was a lovely trip, and we got some great footage along the way. Enjoy. P.S. Take a look at the video, about halfway through, is the great footage. It was surreal. A glimpse into God's glory in creation. [View Full Entry]

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So we arrived Sunday afternoon, after an 11 hour flight in which the Harry Potter series kept us busy.:) Chet's on Book 5, I am on Book 2. It was great to have a 5 inch thick book for Chet because at least it slowed him down a little, he went through 2 of them. Steve met us at the airport with two happy pups and Susie surprised us by flying in, too! It was so nice seeing both their faces as we arrived! We talked their ears off the entire way back home about all our memories and experiences. First [View Full Entry]

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So last night was a great celebration in honor of our 5 year anniversary. We were able to spend a wonderful day visiting the Louvre and Musee Rodin. I can't believe we got to see Mona Lisa, The Thinker, and The Kiss, all on our special day! I definitely won't forget it! We left in the evening to celebrate our anniversary in Paris, and got to eat dinner at that lovely cafe that we had spent the day prior. We had a great dinner, and I had view of two of my favorites in the world: my husband and the Eiffel [View Full Entry]

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Hello from Paris. I haven't written in a while so this will be a sort of jumbling of lessons learned and experiences that I thought everyone would enjoy. I have learned that the French often serve pizza with a fried egg on top. While in Lyon, Kat and I were sitting in a cafe and we couldn't read anything on the menu so I order Pizza Lyonnaise, naturally. It arrived with a fried egg on top. This turned out to be a delightful thing but I nevertheless felt rather obese eating it. It gave me pause to consider how this small [View Full Entry]

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Today, we began with a small crepe breakfast and coffee outside of the Musee D' Orsay. Let me tell you, Europeans make coffee that packs a powerful punch! One creme and three cubes of sugar later, it still tasted like an entire pot of brewed coffee in a mini tea cup! We went through Musee D' Orsay in a couple of hours, and Cheston got to see Rodin sculptures, which were his favorites, and I got to see Monet and Renoir, which are my two favorite. Impressionistic art has been my favorite since I was a little girl because of the [View Full Entry]

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We made it to Paris today, and all I wanted to see was my precious Eiffel Tower. I have wanted to see that tower (well and of course the rest of Paris) since I was a little girl. My dreams were fulfilled this evening, when we took a stroll to see it. (Of course we will be going to climb it tomorrow morning to see the day view and then again on the night of our anniversary to see the night view. So this will not be my last viewing. But I do have to say, even though it sounds dramatic, [View Full Entry]

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Just returned from a really great and encouraging visit with Juliana. We ended up staying the night at her house and driving back to Koblenz, to pack up for Paris today. The time with her was very restful and very encouraging and we got to enjoy American food on a military base and she even treated us to watching the Bourne Ultimatum. (You can imagine Chet's excitement, since he's an avid reader of Robert Ludlum's books.) Jules just poured out blessings on us from the moment we got there, until the moment we left. She is very generous and selfless and [View Full Entry]

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Just a very short post to tell you that we are back in Koblenz, until August 14th. Sunday, we are making a nice little day trip down to Heidelberg to see Juliana, my close friend and roommate of 3 years from college. She lives in Germany working with a youth group on a military base in Ramstein. Then, we will be heading for Paris to celebrate our anniversary and to say, "Au revoir!" to Europe. We fly home on August 19th. Chet will probably post a blog sometime today.=) K [View Full Entry]

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So now that we have been in France for two days, we can definitely say that we enjoy it! We are more than LOUSY at the language, but everyone we have run into has been very nice and definitely doesn't fit into that stereotype that we have heard of. I think as long as you try at their language and laugh at yourself when you butcher it big time, they pity you. :) We briefly stopped through Geneve (Geneva), which was really a great stop. We got to see Calvin's church (St. Pierre) and Chet got to touch John Calvin's chair. [View Full Entry]

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We've made a decision. A large one I suppose. Before I reveal the decision I would like to outline a few of the factors: 1) Being cooped up in our little hotel in Grindewald for all but two hours of the day due to foul weather. 2) Our initial excitement over the exchange rate from the dollar to the swiss franc (the first positive one we've had) having been decimated by the price of everything and paying 40 francs for parking in Zurich. 3) Eating salami, assorted swiss cheese cubes with pretzel rolls that we bought at the market for lunch [View Full Entry]

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