Dudelange, Luxembourg

7.4.08

• Dad would always watch a movie in the morning and then we wouldn't leave until like 11:00am. That's a late start!
• Rested in the morning and then had lunch at Sonya's two different types of potato salads, brats and hot dogs (don't remember what they called them) & cantaloupe
• Went to the city park which had lots of toys and a water fountain for kids to play in
• Shaydon is learning to sleep/nap in his stroller.
• Then walked around down town Dudelange even though most stores were closed
• Stopped at the bakery and got dessert for tomorrow night

7.5.08

• Breakfast at Sonya's crescent roles with meat (don't remember the name) cantaloupe and OJ
• Traveled to Belgium in two different cars

7. 7.08

• Sonya worked until 2:00 and Franck went to pick up Celene from the city so mom and I relaxed with Shaydon at Sonya's house
• Dinner at Celine parents house salad with olive oil and balsamic vinegar, pork with gravy, carrots, potatoes cherry and apple tarts.
• Celine's parent were very nice and shared their family history and also gave Shaydon a stuffed raccoon.

7.8.08

• Took a train ride into Luxembourg City or the "City"
• Saw the LDS Missionary's walking and Mimi bought everyone Ice Cream, interesting they (missionary's) got cake batter flavor ice cream
• Celine took us home in her car so we could stop at the "Mall" and shop. We only had time to go into two stores, but they were good stores.
• Dinner at Tom's parents house. Tom is a friend of Franck's who came to the states one of the times when he came over. We had drinks to start with then starters bread with salmon spread, Fondue with beef and ostrich meat coleslaw and potato salad and then Ice cream with chocolate and waffle.
• Franck and Dad stayed late while the rest of us went home with our belly's full and tired

7.9.08

• Got up early and had Hot coco and pastries at the local market
• Went to the grocery store
• Went to the Luxembourg city museum and some last minute shopping
• Dinner at Sonya's house vegetable soup with bread and fresh rhubarb tart delicious.
• We ate something different every day
• Arrived early to the movie Hancock so we went and had a drink. The screen was huge bigger than our IMAX in Boise
• Sonya and Mimi stayed home with Shaydon while Mom, Dad, me, Celine and Franck went to the City

Dudelange, Luxembourg

Paris, France

7.2.08

• Took the metro to get around which was a 1st for everyone, but me.


• Our first stop was the Eiffel Tower such an amazing structure


• Then grandpa took Shaydon on his 1st carousel ride While the rest of us ate crapes with chocolate
  
• Then it was off to The Sacré-Cœur Basilica "Basilica of the Sacred Heart" is a Roman Catholic basilica it is located on the highest point in Paris.


• Went on a dinner boat ride up the Seine River which was beautiful to see all the sites we saw earlier that day, Mimi liked this because we didn't have to walk! The food was a 4 course meal that was delicious. We all tried lots of new things, including veal.
  
• Had drinks at the corner cafe and people watched. When you order water it's either flat or sparkling and comes in a small or large bottle that you pour into a glass.
  
• Our 1st night in the Kyriad Hotel I slept with Mimi and I think she wished she would of kept the ear plugs from the plane as Shaydon got up 3 times during the night. Which I thought was pretty good considering the time change, but Mimi didn't think so.


• Breakfast was on the plane "gross". Lunch was at "touristy" restaurant not very good food, but like the onion soup. Dinner on the Boat I had the cantaloupe soup, veal, and citrus sorbet for dessert.

7.3.08

• The Champs Elysees and the Notre Dame were our 2 stops for today


• Don't forget the bakery on the corner for some bread and pastry's (couldn't get enough of the chocolate crescent rolls)


• Loaded back into the Van that Franck borrowed from his work to hall us and our stuff back to Dudelange Luxembourg. About a 3 hour car ride through the green lush country, but not without some traffic. It was hard to stay awake some of the time because we were so tired, but we would miss out on our personal tour of the county side.
  
• Mimi stayed at Sonya's house while Me, Shaydon, Mom and Dad slept at Franck's apartment which was down town Dudelange Luxembourg


• Breakfast was at the Hotel buffet style(meat, cheese, breads, pastries, coffee, hot coco, OJ, fruit cocktail and prunes) Lunch at Dinner at McDonald's because nothing else was open. Most of the stores/restaurants close by 7:00pm and we got in late from France.

Paris, France

Bye for now.......

See you in 11 day's

We will MISS you daddy

We LOVE you daddy

PRAY for us daddy

THANK YOU daddy for letting us go

(even if me the little sh*t gets to go before you, daddy)

I will miss your baths, kisses, hugs, walks, playing with me, feeding me, making me laugh, changing my diapers and clothes, taking me for a ride in the car and telling me you love me!!!

1st

Hair Cut/Trim

My Mother-in-law trimmed Shaydon's hair when we were in bear lake over Memorial weekend. It was sad knowing that my baby is growing up.

So precious!!!


Tooth

It's on the bottom right just poking through he is defiantly been more fussy but we love teething biscuits

Since I 1st made this post he now has #2 right in the front

YEA!!!!!

It came yesterday afternoon right after I posted to our blog

6 day's or 4 business day's

It was Bitter Sweet

We will miss you daddy

Thanks for your Prayers!!!

Europe?

Everyone say and extra prayer for Shaydon's Passport to arrive by

Tuesday mid morning at the latest

or

Scott will be a single Father for 10 day's

(Thanks for all of you who are helping make this trip happen)

We leave on Tuesday

7.1.08

Ahoy!! Trey

The Birthday Boy!!!

Tired Birthday Boy!!

(In the back ground is a HUGE jumphouse wet slide)

A little jump house for the kids

Bestest Buddies

It was Trey 4th Birthday

They had a BBQ and lots of treats

Thanks for throwing such a GREAT Party!!

Boise Hawks Baseball

He was more interested with the Bird than smiling for the camera

The kids loved the car

We went with the Perkins

The Hawks won 7-6 in the bottom of the 9th inning

This was the longest Shaydon had been up in a long time we left the game at 10:00pm and by the time we got out of the parking lot he was asleep. He was such a trooper!! I thought he might sleep in, but it was just a thought!!! No such LUCK....

DaD's DaY!!!!

We love you soooo much

and appreciate all

you do for our little family.

it just wouldn't be the same

with out your funny jokes,

being a perfectionist,

and a Hardworker.

(and many more)

Thanks for being you!!

Enjoy your new Grill and of course that AWESOME

Tie that was handmade. (It took me a while, but worth it)

We hope all the fathers that we know have a WONDERFUL Day!!

Roaring Springs

Today was our 1st trip to the water park. Shaydon was so excited that he skipped his mid-morning feeding, he did so good. We only stayed for about 2 hours because I had to work. It was perfect though to see what I need to bring and what I don't. It's going to be fun just going for a few hours. Thanks Scott for our season pass. We even ventured down the slide together.

We have lots of friends with passes so there is always going to be someone to go with!!!

Fun Free Fridays Giveaway

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This is my favorite!!!

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Yard Sale Heaven

So usually when I go to Yard sales there is soooo much girl stuff, but today I hit the jackpot!! I was a little sad because I had to work in the morning and wasn't able to go before work. (Early bird gets the worm). So on my way home there was one close to my house so I stopped.

Boy's Boy's Boy's

Tables of clothes and toys!!

Lots of name brand stuff

Here are a couple of my favorites

I love this jacket from the GAP $3.00

The inside vest snaps out so it can just be a suit coat

Rebecca does this look familiar???

and also this electric power wheels $10.00

I called Scott to tell him where I was and that I would be a little (long) while, when I got home my brother was there and so we all went back and we found more to buy!!! It was so fun.... I know you think I am CRAZY to get so excited, but I had it all washed, folded and in storage boxes with in a few hours.

Fun Friday

Strawberry Freezer Jam

Thank you to Jessica for inviting me to make Strawberry Freezer Jam. It's one of those things I have always wanted to do, but haven't.

So we both got the recipes from our grandma's thinking they would be different, but they were exactly the same.

Guess our Grandams think alike!!

I also made some of my mom's homemade rolls to go with the jam, it was delicious!

It was a fun Friday afternoon visiting, laughing and getting messy

It's nice because we are VT partners and we gave our girls some of the finished product

Vote For Michael Paquin

We all know it's about who you know. Michael is my uncle and deserves this nomination!!!

This was him boating with us last year!!!

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BEAR LAKE

What and ADVENTURE!!!
The Hunts & The Gerratts

We had a pot luck for a breakfast menu. Lots of visiting and relaxing!! Reading books, watching DVD's, playing games, Eating, Eating and Eating. Did I say EATING?! You should of seen the snack table. We have a sweet tooth. We teased that no one could leave until the food was gone. We ended up leaving lots of food for our friends that live there. Thanks again to Angie and Jeff for hooking us up with a spacious Cabin with Beautiful view of the lake. I am sad I didn't even get a pix fo the Cabin. The weather didn't cooperate for us, but we still had a GREAT time. Thanks for everyone who came and made it a fun trip.

Thursday

• Pack and travel to Burley
• Family Pictures canceled due to weather
• Dinner at Al's with Hunt's and Beck's (Jennica Down)

Friday

• Load Rhino
• Gather last minute stuff
• Leave for Bear Lake went through Logan Utah
• Check into Cabin and unload
• My dinner night Mexican (chicken enchilada, black beans and rice)
• Wait in anticipation for everyone to arrive
• Happy Birthday to Todd

Saturday

• Swimming at the indoor pool
• Lunch by Alisa hogies sandwiches
• The guys unloaded the boat went for a ride and docked it over night
• Dinner by Debbie Italian (Lasagna green salad)
• Bingo Night with the Grand prize of $1.00 Congrats Brooke

Sunday

• Everyone slept in as good as you can with kids
• Went for a walk to the park Awesome Jumpo'lean (I made that word up)
• Lunch by Yvonne Southwestern Salad Bar (Delicious)
• Guys road the motor-X bikes/Rhino there were trails right off our cabin
• Wendy's grilled Chicken (marinated with balsamic vinegar) red potatoes and veggies and rolls
• Went wake boarding and surfing in the 38 degree water, Did yo say die hard?!!! There was still snow on the mountains in the background pics to prove it
• Campfire with smores' (strawberry marshmallow's) and lots of stories
• Poker night congrats Scott for the big winnings

Monday

• Slept in
• Packed up and left for Idaho, went through Montpelier, Idaho
• Stopped in Pocatello for Lunch and meet up with My family and traveled to Burley together
• Family Pictures canceled due to weather in Burley again. (Sara are we ever going to get these pix taken? The darn weather)

Sunday Afternoon

Tyson, Scott Bo, Rodney and Chris

Today after church we went to Nampa to visit the Down's. We had a BBQ and then took the "kids" to the baseball field.


Batter Up?!!

They also have a roommate right now, Rodney Berry who is a HS friend and just moved over to Idaho from California.

Oh, don't forget Congrats to Melissa with #3 on the way!!! She stayed home for some R&R!!



Here are some pix of the little guys...



Treyton and Nixon brought a bike and a dump truck which Shaydon had more fun playing with than they did. They like playing with Shaydon's toys.








Everything goes to the mouth!!! Including GRASS

My New Toy...

When I visited California in March my Aunt Connie gave me an HP !PAC. Just like when you are a kid and you get a new toy you hurry home to get things set up and working. Well, I am not very good at techy stuff so It's taken my awhile to get things rolling. Good thing our friend Dustin does this stuff for a living and with a little bribing (BBQ) he brought his family and came over and help me finish getting it to sync. Thanks guys!!!

I am still getting use to doing everything electronic VS paper, but I am going to love it!!!

Update...

Shadyon's fever broke on Sunday afternoon, Yea!!! So I didn't have to take him back to the Doctors office. I think he had Roseolla because when his fever broke he broke out in a rash all over his body and face. Thanks Yvonne for the heads up. He is still napping a lot more than he use to during the day and is only nursing, no solids. Just not interested. His personality is slowing coming back, but still is not himself. He is only waking up one a night now and today is was at 6:30am. So things are looking better for Mom and Shaydon.

Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers we really appreciated it.