December 2015

(image taken from the top of

Sacre Coeur)

It is COLD

here in Paris!!

I so wish it would snow.

Steve and I had tickets to

go see U2 here in Paris 

on November 15th...

two days after the attacks.

U2 postponed that show 

and came back to play

on

December 7th.

It was such an amazing show!

Emotional and powerful..

the picture above showed

all the names of the people

that were killed on that terrible day

here in Paris.

I didn't get many great pictures..

but on 

December 17th

Stephen flew home for Christmas

and Griffin's school

held it's annual 

holiday show!

Griff is in the green..

it was such a great show!

His school is small..

1st grade through 5th.

And the show was in French and 

English.

We are so proud of you Griffy!!

The next day

December 18th..

our anniversary.

22 years!

Christmas morning!

I don't know why I don't

insist on a family photo

on Christmas.

Next year.

This was our 4th

Christmas in Paris.

I wonder where we'll be 

next year.

A few days later

my mom, sister and

niece came for a visit!

I think it's the best time

to visit Paris..

especially if the weather

is nice!

Paris is decorated beautifully

and the Christmas markets

are fun!

We did all the 

touristy things!

One of our favorite's was

spending the day 

in Montmartre.

Walking around 

the charming Place du Tertre 

And climbed to 

the top of 

Sacre Coeur!

What a view!

Sophie 

Hannah..

they are like sisters 

:)

A great day!

And on January 5th..

we celebrated Steve's 

49th!!

Stephen went back to Miami..

Hannah's college applications 

are all in..

Will and Griff are 

settling back in school

and I'm enjoying some 

quiet days!

I think I'm all caught up!!

Happy 2016!!

Happy 2016!

Bonjour!

And thank you for

the emails regarding our

whereabouts!

I seem to need to take a break

from blogging from

December to January.

I hope to be here more often

now that we are back to 

school and work.

I'm going to go way back

to November to catch up.

I've been trying to visit as many

new places as I can..as this is most likely

our last year here in Paris.

So..

I found myself on this cold, rainy

late November day 

walking around the Palais-Royal in

the 1st arrondissement. 

I had gone over that way

to vist an herboristerie..

a little shop that sells vitamins,

herbs, teas etc.

I haven't been very good

about taking my good camera

out with me..

I'm glad I did on this day!

After walking around 

in the rain and the cold..

I went to Verjus for lunch.

I had been dying to try the 

fried chicken sandwich and 

it did not disappoint!

And...

 we decided to fly Stephen

home for Thanksgiving!

This was the first year 

since living in Paris

that we celebrated Thanksgiving 

on the actual holiday.

Hannah and Will had a long weekend,

Steve took the day off from work

and we kept Griffin home from school.

It was so nice to be together.

And Griff lost his first tooth!

I'll catch up 

more tomorrow!

Happy New Year!