Exciting Update

So I have been neglecting the blog for too long. Facebook is so much easier for me to update and I have just been doing that! But I have been asked nicely =) to update here too, so I am going to try to do that too!

Let's see since the last time I blog a lot has gone on! First we went skiing in Durango, Co before Christmas. It was a blast. We all had so much fun. It snowed

soooo much, but it was so pretty.

We had a great Christmas. Lance got me a gun and it's PINK!! How awesome is that. Now our house is super protected, don't be coming over unannounced! =)

In January we went to Dallas and Atlanta for hunting shows. Both we super fun. Our friends from South Africa, Meggan and Rudi, came to our house between the shows and stayed with us. We had a blast in Atlanta. We went to the aquarium and Coca Cola World

and of course Meggs and I shopped!!

Also in January we found out that I'm pregnant!! We are excepting a little one the end of September!

In February L was gone for hunting shows. He drove to Salt Lake City and Reno, NV and then home. I did get to join him but I flew to all of the place!! =) I did drive home with him though. We went over the Hoover Dam and drove by Area 51 and 52, those were the only cool things on the drive home!!

In March we went with 11 other family and friends to the gorgeous Dominican Republic. It was amazing!! We stayed at a WONDERFUL private villa with all the amenities. It was amazing, I could go back right now for sure!

So that updates everyone for now! We do find out the baby is next week, so I'll try and update after that!

Paris

Ok so this post has an OVER load of pictures. It's hard to write a post on such an amazing city without lots of pictures and it's hard to put into words how much I love this City. Seriously, I love it. It is gorgeous. I love the cafes, the streets, walking everywhere, public transportation, the oldness, the new parts of the city, the buildings, the people I love it all. This is L and I's second time to come to Paris and for sure not our last. For my parents and my sis it was their 1st time to visit Paris and they LOVED it too!!!

L and I at Notre Dame. We went to Notre Dame and walked around the outside and then waited in a LONG line to go inside. Notre Dame is very pretty but not my favorite church. It is very dark inside. The stained glass is amazing. Very detailed and colorful.
After we ate lunch at Les Duex Magot (where Hemingway visited while he lived in Paris) we walked around the area and discovered this AMAZING church. It is St Suplice. One of my favorite churches and I can't wait to go back once it is completely restored. We really just stumbled upon this church and I am so glad we did. The front of it is being resorted so there were scaffolding set up around half of the front, but still is was gorgeous. The waterfall in the front of the church was so pretty too!! This is inside St. Suplice. Seriously SO PRETTY!!! I could have walked around for an hour in here. There is so much detail in everything. LOVE IT!

This is outside the Louvre looking up the Champs Elysses to the Arc de Triomph.
The pyramid outside the Louvre
The Mona Lisa. It's neat to see her because of how famous the painting is, but there are SO many people trying to get as close as they can (which isn't very close). The painting is behind glass and then there is a fence thing around it so you can't get very close and then you have to fight through the people to get up close. But it's still great to see.
The inverted pyramid inside the Louvre
We went to a French macaron class in Versailles. It was amazing. Macarons are the best thing EVER. They are not like our coconut macarons. These are little sandwiches with a soft chewy outside and a great filling! The lady that we took the class from, Patricia, was wonderful. She is super sweet and a great cook and we got to take a lot of them home with us! The best macarons are from Laudree. It is a cafe and the main one is on the Champs Elysses my favorite is raspberry and L's fav is vanilla. I could eat a million of these!
At the cooking class
The hubs and I in the gardens at Versailles
The pretty manicured gardens at Versailles. So so pretty!
The wonderful Eiffel Tower
The hubs and I in front of Notre Dame at night. We took a night tour, it was awesome to see everything lit up at night. Paris truly is the City of Lights.
The Eiffel Tower sparkles for 5 minutes at every hour starting at dusk and going until I think midnight. It is so pretty to see lit up without it sparkling, but to see it sparkling is gorgeous. I could sit there all night and watch it! It is wonderful. If you ever have the chance to go to Paris, GO!!! I can't wait to go back!

Update

Ok a long overdue update about our life! We have been busy, busy around here! The hubs and I went to one of the World Series games in Dallas. We had an absolute blast. We are Yankees fans and went to the winning World Series game last year in NYC and said we'd go to a World Series every year so we did our 2nd annual MLB World Series trip and it was so fun. It was great time just us. We ate some great food, shopped and watched the game. It was perfect.

We also went to the Luke Bryan/Jason Aldean concert, which was a blast. They put on a great concert. I also got to take my sis and 2 friends to the Justin Beiber concert. My lands! It was the loudest concert EVER! Crazy girls screaming the WHOLE time! But we had a fun. The girls loved it! And my sis caught one of the drumsticks at the end. She was pumped!

Update on little Cohen (from the last post) He is doing AMAZING. He is walking on his own, talking and doing wonderful. He is still going to therapy, but is doing so good. Praise the Lord!

Other than that nothing much has been going on. I haven't uploaded my camera in awhile so the next post should have some pictures AND i still haven't finished our Europe vacation my FAV city is left (PARIS) So that should be coming soon too!

Prayers for Cohen

Hey guys. A friend of mine's son, Cohen, who is 2, was in an accident this past Saturday. I am going just copy from their blog so you can see what's going on. But please pray for him and their family. He needs healing, rest and comfort.

This is from their blog http://www.cohenritter.blogspot.com/

On October 9, 2010 two year old Cohen Ritter was involved in an accident at his home in Yukon, Oklahoma. He suffered a head injury and multiple skull fractures and is currently in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.When he was taken to the hospital on Saturday by ambulance, doctors were unsure of his prognosis but are expecting him to fully recover. He has been temporarily placed on a ventilator to allow his body to rest and for the swelling in his brain to go down. Doctors have said he will have to have atleast one surgery on one of his skull fractures in order to repair some of the damage. A CT scan and an MRI were both completed today and they are saying he possibly has a blood clot in one of his jugular veins and they may have to give him some blood thinners to rid the clot. Doctors have requested that Cohen is not talked to or touched because they do not want to stimulate him but rather for him to rest. We are waiting now to let his body kick in and help him progress in his healing and recovery.

On the blog there will be updates on his progression. Also their is a paypal link to help the family financially, while they are at the hospital and not being able to work. If you feel you can help financially I know the family will apperciate it more than you'll know. Thank you for your prayers and for passing this along to others so we can have many people praying for the Ritter family.

Random

So I am linking up to Carissa's Miscellany Monday!

1. Seriously so glad my hubby is home! 3 nights was a long time to be gone and I am happy he's back.

2. My massage this weekend was AMAZING and I can't wait to get another one.

3. Losing weight SUCKS! OK technically losing weight is awesome and getting the final outcome is awesome, but getting there sucks. So hard. But I'll get there! So far I've lost 6 lbs and I will "officially" weigh again on Wednesday so we'll see!

4. It has cooled off here in Oklahoma. I think fall has finally arrived. I took this pic this morning on my way to work! It was quite chilly

5. I wish I was in bed snuggling with this little guy. I am SUPER sleepy today and I hope I get a nap!

6. Excited to go on a walk with my hubby today. We have been walking everyday and I so enjoy that time with him. It is so special to me to just be him and I!

I hope you all have a great Monday!

Edinburgh, Scotland

After London we flew from the London City airport to Edinburgh. If you are flying out of London and can fly from London City do it! It is a wonderful small airport, that isn't very busy. It's a super quaint not busy airport, which is nice especially in London. Anyways, we flew to Edinburgh and stayed 2 nights there. (I wish we could've stayed longer!) We stayed at the Apex Waterloo Hotel. Which was a nice hotel right in the middle of town. We could pretty much walk everywhere. We did the hop on hop off bus tour, which i HIGHLY recommend in any town you are in. It gives you an overview of the city and then you can get off and see what you want. It was great. The first day we just rode it and only got off at the Edinburgh Castle and the Scotch Whiskey experience and then our second day we went to Holyrood Palace. The "new" main street in Edinburgh has some great shopping and the "old" main street (to the castle) has some good touristy shopping, if you are looking for typical Scottish things. The second day we were there that afternoon we went to St Andrews. It is about an hour and half away, but gorgeous to see. The golf course is so pretty and it's right on the ocean. The town of St. Andrews is also so pretty. I wish we could have stayed the night there and I know if we get back to Scotland we will. It was a very cute smaller town with lots to do. Seeing the countryside was wonderful. Everything was so green and pretty.The view from the Castle
Listening to our audio guides at Holyrood Palace. Another thing I recommend is getting the audio guides at places that offer them. They have some great info on them!
Part of the ruins of Holyrood Abbey
The hubs and I in front of the abbey
Holyrood Abbey

At Holyrood Palace- This is the Queen's resident when she is in Scotland
The Scotch Monument in the center of town with beautiful hydrangeas
The hubby at the Scotch Whiskey experience.
The Chapel at the Edinburgh Castle
The Edinburgh Castle

London

The end of July we went to London, Edinburgh and Paris with my parents and sister. We had an amazing time. The first day we took an overview tour of London. We saw most of the highlights on London and got to visit Westminster Abbey and the Tower of London. That evening we went to a nice restuurant by our hotel. We stayed at the St James Sofitel. It was an amazing hotel. Nice size rooms and wonderful beds! =)Lance and I in Trafalager Square. Probably one of the busiest places I've ever been in the evenings. It was PACKED with people. Street performers, tourist, locals, everyone!
My chocolate raspberry shake at the Chocolate Bar in Harrods. If you are in London go to this place. It is AMAZING!! First off Harrods is CRAZY! It's so big and seriously has everything, but the chocolate bar is wonderful! YUMMY

The family in front of Parliament and Big Ben
The Eye of London and the Thames River. The street performers on the river are amazing. They are so entertaining! Also there are some great place to eat on the river down from the Eye. Walking around in the evening was so much fun and so entertaining.
The Tower Bridge
My sister and I with a Beefeater
London was very nice. The weather was wonderful and we got to see so many things! Our next stop is the gorgeous Edinburgh, Scotland