In October we headed to the USA for a long vacation. Chris works in Florida every fall, so we stopped there for a couple weeks to enjoy the warm weather. We were so excited to visit Legoland for “Brick or Treat”. The...
Category - Vacation
On our last day we asked the kids what they would like to do, and they all said they wanted to ride in one of the big hop on/off buses for a bus tour. They had been seeing them all week and wanted to ride one and also I think...
I booked a behind the scenes bakery tour for our family so we could learn how to make baguettes! Our tour started out with breakfast! We each got to pick a pastry and drink. We had some fresh squeezed orange juice that was...
I loved this day. I have always wanted to go to the roof of the Notre Dame, but the line is super long. I knew there was no way I wanted to wait in that line with four kids who are on a vacation sleep schedule, so I searched the...
On Sunday morning we realized we should have prepared better the night before. The restaurants and bakeries near where we were staying were all closed. We woke up late, and by the time we found something open it was close to...
My sister’s family is on a European vacation, so we decided to head to Paris to meet them there. We planned our trip for a few extra days so we could enjoy Paris with four kids at a leisurely pace. The first day we woke up...
On the way home from Frankfurt we decided to take a slight detour in the old city of Heidelberg to see the old town square Christmas markets. Here is Oliver showing great interest in all the grilled hotdogs and sausages. The...
We went on another trip to the Frankfurt Temple. This time we stopped off in Nuremberg on the way there to see the huge Christmas market. Unfortunately the weather was not great, with cold rain/snow coming down on us. But it...
The last day of Grandma’s visit with us, we decided to travel to the town of Melk and see the big monastery there. We were excited to travel somewhere new to explore. Here we are taking the train. This is how it goes...
Okay, we have been out of town all week, hence the blogging lag. We are now back to posting the rest of my mom’s visit, and then I will still have to back blog all of July. How did this happen? Anyway, we posted some pics...