Here's the video when I was coming down from the top of the Eiffel Tower! It was almost 1000 feet tall! I went up to the very top and had a spectacular view of the whole city! Bert stayed on the middle platform enjoying the view from there. The days were cloudy, but so what else is new for this part of the world? At least it wasn't as cold as it is in England!

Paris in February 2011

Is there anything more beautiful than Paris? Five wonderful days there and we didn't even begin to see everything. We went to Notre Dame, the Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the Musee Orsay, the Sacre Couer (Sacred Heart chapel.

Happy, Happy Anniversary, Bert!

Wow! Bert and I are celebrating our 3rd anniversary on Wednesday. Just one day before going to UT to be with all of our wonderful children and grandchildren, including a new baby boy that Lindsey is carrying. We also get to celebrate with Becky and Scott and Bailey as Bailey is baptized in AZ.

What blessings we are enjoying. What happiness all of our family brings to us. How grateful I am for this wonderful man I am married to. He brightens my life and is truly a helpmeet to me!

I love you, Bert! I am so grateful that you come home every day for lunch. I love that we get to walk together, talk together, go to church together, and laugh together.

Thank you for all that you do for me, for our families, and for others! You are such a good, good man!

Look at these beautiful flowers! They are lining the streets on our way to church. Every month or two there are different colors and flowers.

Belvedere Hall

Oh, my! I haven't spent this much time cleaning a home in years! This old 1788 barn conversion is so dusty! I am forever sweeping cobwebs, vacuuming new carpet, cleaning 4 bathrooms! When will you all come and use them so I feel like me work isn't in vain?



We have had several friends over for games already and some of the comments are these: Well, I guess we don't need to go see Ripon Castle anymore! My whole house fits into your living room and kitchen! You should charge admission for the tours! You could sublet the back rooms and no one would even hear each other.



Anyway, it is a beautiful, rustic home and we are settling in and enjoying it, too! Both Bert and I know we don't want this size home when we come back and get our own! It is way too big to ramble around in with just the two of us! But, the kingsize bed fit through the door and so did the big brown couch and bigscreen TV. Those are the important things, right?



Here's some pictures!

We've now been to London! What a crazy city that is! I loved every minute of it! Bert would have loved staying home in his "jammies" playing spider solitare, watching TV and reading. He says he can do all of that at once!

From Buckingham Palace and the changing of the guards, to Westminster Abbey where Handel is buried, as well as many of the kings and queens of the ages, to an Indian restaurant that Bert's Tyler found online and just had to try.

It was a hustle and bustle time, but enjoyable and very fast-paced!