Wee wee pari

I was in Paris just a few days ago. If you ever wonder if the Eiffel tower is as amazing as it looks on T.V.......... Yes it is!!!! Paris is a very large wonderful city. The Louvre was amazing, for me at least. Trav and the kids were sleeping on the benches. I was always told the Mona Lisa was disappointing, I thought it was beautiful. Its amazing to see all these things that have made it through century's and it makes you wonder if stuff we make now will last that long. We got to know the metro really well. I feel like we spent more then 1/2 our time there getting from one place to the next. I have never seen so many scams in one place at one time, every where you looked there was someone trying to get money out of you. If they were'nt scamming they were singing on the metro, playing instrument or dancing on the street to get a few coins out of you. Even with all of that, when you walk through Paris its hard to keep your eyes on whats going on around you. I was to busy looking at all there is to see. Paris left me speechless at times. We traveled an hour outside Paris to Versilles the most luxurious palace in the world, and Chatres the ideal gothic cathedral. Both we well worth the trip.

Munich, Austria, Czech Republic.

We have done alot of traveling this past month. It has been so wonderful. We rented a Nissan Pathfinder and headed out. We drove 3 hrs to Munich where we spent the day. We saw the palace...... Then drove to Ruette for a 2 night stay, we saw some beautiful castles including Cinderellas castle. Then we had to make an emergency dental pit stop for Trav in Garmisch. We left Garmisch and drove to Innsbruck for a one night stay, we didnt see a whole lot here. The next morning we went to the Eagles nest, and Hitlers under ground bunkers. It was very interesting. The views from the Eagles nest were breath taking. After that we went to a salt mine. A train took us deep into the mountain, crossed an under ground lake, and slide down huge slides before taking another train out of the mine. It was a fun activity for the kids. Then we stopped in Salzburg, yes the wonderful place where the sound of music was filmed. We did the sound of music tour, and saw Motzart's house. Then we sang our way to Vienna. I loved Vienna!!!! The land of princess Sisi, Sarriah loves her. We saw her summer and winter palace, and also the crypt where she now lies. This city was beautiful, anything I say about it wont do it justice. 3 nights later we drove to Prague. We saw eveything worth seeing. Prague is another beautiful city, they also have great shopping.

Other then all the soccer fans, we really enjoyed this trip.

Switzerland

We spent the weekend traveling through switzerland. We did 4 cities in 2 days. It was beautiful. It is amazing how each country even though they are attached can be so different and at the same time so much the same. We got a better exchange rate with the Swiss Frank then with the Euro, but dont let that fool you. In Switzerland the prices are doubled to match the Euro.

Our 1st stop was Zurich. Beautiful town full of life and swans!!! We saw all the sights that the weather would allow, including the big and the small munster. and the Trav and the kids took a ride on a ferris wheel.

Our 2nd stop was Lucerne, where we spent the night. Lucerne was my favorite stop. The atmospher was wanderful. There was a lot of mideavil sights to see. The Jesuits church was beautiful. I wish we would have had more time here but we had to press on to stop #3.......

Stop #3 was Basel. We enjoyed Basel, we saw Einsteins home where he lived with his wife and children while he figured out relativity, next we saw the houses of parliment, the mideavil clock tower, and the church which had the most beautiful statue, the detail in it was unreal!

Last stop was Bern, the capital of Switzerland. This is a huge city but we did get to see the munster, and the mideavil wall before heading for home.

Tooth Fairy is coming to visit....... again.

Parker lost his very first tooth tonight! He is going to bed early so the tooth fairy can come visit him. Sarriah (who is now an expert at losing teeth) helped him tuck it under his pillow and explained to him how it all works. Parker says he is going to pretend to be asleep so he can catch a glimps of the fairy dressed in the fluffy pink dress. (since Sarriah saw her, and pink is the only color she wears) Our poor little tooth fairy is going to go broke at the rate my kiddos are losing teeth.

Tick.

So my poor little daughter has bad luck. We found a tick on her last night. I called the Fam, Grandma and Grandpa, Dad, Mom, and after trying everything they said I decided the tick was dead. So I covered it in neosporin (because I dont have vasalin) and slapped a big ole piece of tape over it in case it was playing posum and put her to bed. She was so freaked out she was shaking. We went to the doc's this morning and they picked it off and sent it to the lab. Now we just have to watch for a rash.

These things always happen to Sarriah. The only thing funny about the whole experience was when Sarriah asked what ticks do to you, I told her they suck your blood. She started to laugh and said "if it sucks out alot of my blood it will get big and fat and then we can rip it off!"

Mothers day flowers

Trav sent me these beautiful flowers for mothers day. Even though he wasnt here for mothers day, he still made me feel special.

Slumber party

We had a crazy American Idol/Makeover slumber party.

First we sang our hearts out then we got all dolled up for a movie night in

with popdorn and soda. The kids got to bed late and the moms even later, but we enjoyed every moment of our wild little night. We had all 7 kids singin and dancing, and I'm sure the ice cream sundies we made helped keep our energy levels stay high.

Our 4day weekend

First we went to Nurnberg Germany, It was a cool town with large castle.

Then we went to Wurzburg Germany, to see the biggest castle we have ever seen. We also went on a tour of a wine cellar which was really beautiful.

Last we went to Treir Germany which was amazing. Mostly because we played hide and seek in the roman baths with the kids. The town was cool but playing with the kids was the high light. there were all these underground tunnels you could run around in and hide. We had a blast!!

Trav's trip to Isreal

Trav in front of Jerusalem, Trav in front of Wailing Wall, Garden of
Gethsemane.

Sarriahs bone

This is what has been causing that strange odor from Sarriahs nose. After 2yrs it was finally discovered and removed thanks to Dr. Ravi. Sarriah was such a trooper! She didnt move even though they didnt numb her before they took it out. She now says she can smell better, and her nose doesnt hurt anymore.

Moms if you think there is something wrong with your little tikes, make someone listen to you! This piece of bone was embedded in her nose for over 2yrs, and who knows how many doctors. This is not human bone. The smell that was coming from her nose was almost unbearable for the rest of us. We are so happy to be putting this whole thing behind us, and even more pleased that it wasnt fungus or worse.