So I am finally getting this pics up! we took so many that i'm sure you will get bored looking at all of them, but for those of you at work and already bored here ya go!!! I have put captions on all the pics so when you run your mouse over them it will tell you what you are looking at. Hope you enjoy and if you ever get a chance to go to Paris it is well worth it!!!!

So I am getting very acquainted with Pau France. This was my third day to just walk around by myself and do what ever I felt like doing at that moment. Kinda a cool notion. Nothing hang on me to get done (besides go buy those cute jeans i tried on earlier), no dishes in the sink, no laundry piling up on the floor, not even any diapers to change, although I would gladly do that about now! The slow pace of France has been a welcomed and nice change. I love to just sit and watch as the people stroll by and talk to each other in a language I would love to learn. The food here is marvelous and dangerous at the same time. Almost every time Wade and I go to dinner we end up getting something other than we thought. Like last night I ordered fried prawns. In the US of A that would be breaded and dropped in a lot of oil and served up with a nice dipping sauce. In France... little shrimp with eyes, legs and shell served in the frying pan not battered just cooked! Still good, just different!! This was our favorite meal so far. Wade ordered the steak medium well, which came out medium but was still good.

I ordered the chicken kabob that was served over rice. Bon appetite! So good! For the first time since Wade and I have been together, almost 13 years!!!, I finished my meal first! His was so chewy he almost needed me to help him move his jaw. Still good though!? We had a wonderful dinner and even better conversation.

This is our first pic together in France. We are standing in the down stairs lobby of our hotel.

What a cool sight to see. As we were walking around I just looked down this side street and saw the church off in the distance and had to take a picture. All you photographers would love it!! Even with my lack of picture taking skill all the shots I have gotten have been great. Pretty easy when the scenery is so beautiful!

This is another church we found just walking around. Just as gorgeous on the inside! Makes me think of my professor in college who taught me architecture. It is so cool to actually see the things I learned about in a book. Cant wait for my parents to go to Jerusalem and see the land that our Savior walked on! What a ride that will be!!!

Wade sitting outside at a pizzeria we ate at the second night we were in town. I love to eat here because you get to eat outside. The weather is amazing and there is so much more room outside than in the little buildings. They set up tables and chairs several times a day. They set them up when they open. Then take them down when they break for a two hour lunch and then set them back up for dinner.

Pau France

So we finally arrived in Pau France! I know for sure now that God did not make me a traveler! (If I had forgotten before) The plane ride was awful and I felt like kissing the ground when we landed. In fact I almost did as I was puking when we got out of the plane!!

But we are here now and I am feeling much better! To my relief! I have prayed that God would make this an amazing trip of a lifetime. And so far it has been.

The French people here in Pau have been very nice and helpful. Today was a bit of a slow day around here because it is Sunday and most everything is closed or has shorter hours. So we walked around and just did some site-seeing. Which was amazing and fun to do with my best friend in this 70* weather.

We miss our Sally very much but would not have made that flight or today very well with her here! Not to mention the two hour breakfast, lunch, and dinners! We got to see her on the web-cam and that was great! We love you baby and can't wait to see you but we know you are having fun with family! What a great family we have too! love you all very much!!!!

This is our Hotel. It looks much cooler from the outside than inside our room. The inside is very plain and nothing to write home about. There is no a/c so we just open the window. The weather is great so we really don't need an a/c. Though I am just waiting for those darn pigeons to fly into our room! On our first full day here in Pau we went on a tour of the castle that King Henry IV lived in. It was built in the 14th century and this was a tapestry that hung on the wall. They were on almost every wall and covered the length of the walls. They were really amazing to look at and all the detail that went into them!

This was the royal bed chamber. The tour was in French so we really didn't get all the cool little things about each room. We just got a paper explaining the generel ideas.

The building on the right side of this picture is a church. It is Sunday today so they were having mass. We got woken up by the church bells ringing for several minutes. What an awesome way to wake up on Sunday morning! We went inside after mass and marveled at the history! I love it! Wish I would have brushed up on my architecture before coming!

This is just a look at a street you walk down. On one side is these tall buildings and on the other is a pan0ramic view of the Pyrenees Mountain Range. We couldn't see it today because it was foggy. Wade is dying for me to see it! So hopefully we get to tomorrow.

This is a picture looking over the balcony I was just standing at. One of the beautiful things about Pau is the vegetation. Most of it is centuries old because the kings of the past imported plants from afar. Like the palm trees and roses bushes!

This is a look at the castle from inside the courtyard. They have done a lot of restoration to the building so it looks very clean and nice compared with some of the buildings on the street. Very impressive!

Another look over the balcony.

America's next top model!

Sally is so into putting on clothes all by herself. She is learning so much right now and is constantly on the move. I was rolling laughing at her today so I just had to share these fun pics. Although I must say these first ones are a little bit embarrassing!

Oh yes! She is wearing my bra!

And she can't really figure out what to do with it.
You can't really tell in these pics but she is wearing her bright pink

swimsuit top around the top of her diaper too. Love it!

I think she is proud of the fact that she can

wear the same size as mommy!

This is her new "Cheese" pose. And i just love the placement of her hands.
It's like Ricky Bobby, "I'm not sure what to do with my hands."

These are the plus size models! I just love all those fat rolls!!

Look at Graham sitting up like a big boy!

Sally also loves to put on her daddy's socks! We played with the socks, taking them off putting them back on, for about 30 minutes! She thought it was so cool.

A super model has always got to stay hydrated!

Where a kid can be a kid!

There is nothing like being a kid again! I turned 29 August 2nd so naturally my family decided to take me to the best place in the world for a birthday party... Chuck E Cheese!! As you get to be as old as me you get to have your b-parties where the kiddos can be entertained and have fun. Well we like to blame it on the kiddos but really we have as much fun as they do and get to be a kid again ourselves! How could you not have fun when you such an awesome family as I do and get to hang out with everyone!!

I love these little faces so much! I have the most beautiful nieces and nephews in the world!!

Hanna

Reagan

Bradley


Carter



Please smile for mommy!!

Laura, me and Sarah.

Jen, Hanna and Sally. I love this hat I got for her at the "Children's Place"!
Wade is not only an amazing daddy, but an amazing uncle too! Right little Reagan!!

Sally had a lot of fun this time at CC. She was going the whole time and Lilly loved to help. The cool thing about little ones is you don't even have to put money in and they still love it!!


This is my Grandpa Sasnett with little Graham. We were trying really hard to get that little guy to give us a smile.