Long Summer and New Addition

Back to try this again......

We had a very long summer.   The girls were adjusting to new soccer schedules, and a new team.  We spent three weeks in Europe, traveling to Paris, Normandy and London.  We celebrated our parent's birthdays at the farm in Indiana the week before the kids went back to school, and then I had to start recruiting for Girl Scouts.

 Europe was an amazing trip.  We started in Paris at the Westin Vendome in Paris.   We took the most amazing pastry tour.  We walked all throughout Paris and enjoyed everything from Chocolate to Macaroons and gelato.   The Dinner Cruise on the Seine was amazing.  We got a river view of some of the most historical buildings at dusk.

We headed off to Normandy early in the morning on a train to meet our guide who toured us around all of the historical sights in the Normandy area.  We stayed briefly in America when we visited the cemetery and viewed the gorgeous marble headstone for all those who gave their lives so we could stay free.   

The Eurostar took us to London where we spent two weeks enjoying the sights and sounds of the city before they hosted the summer Olympics.   We only got to briefly see some of the venues because they closed them to the public to prepare for the games which were only a few weeks away.  The coolest part of the trip was being interviewed for a radio show in London about how far we had traveled to watch the Olympic torch run through the countryside at Warwick Castle.   

After we headed back to the heat for a few days, we headed off the Indiana to see family.  The girls really enjoyed themselves, and enjoyed some skeet shooting and a corn hole tournament before we headed home for school.

Our newest addition to the family is little Percy Jackson Finnick.  He adopted us.  It took a few days for Stitch to like him, and Sirius is happy to have a new playmate as long as he remembers to be gentle.  It has been fun watching him investigate my sewing machine after I had it in for it's yearly spa service, and brought it home and tested it.   He's not certain if he likes the sounds or not.  

'Til next time!