Paint Dance for Homecoming

This is homecoming week and on Monday night we had a paint dance. I was completely unprepared for the amount of paint I was going to get on me. I went thinking there would only be splatters like in "Ms. Congeniality" but we were masterpieces by the end of the night. It took two days of showers and 5 different washing of my hair to get it all out, but it was worth it!

From left to right; Kaylynn, Missy, Me and Theresa

Room Rearranging and Peach Days

Yesterday Jory and I decided to shake things up a little bit and completely rearrange our room. Things got a little sweaty when we moved both of our beds, the tv and fridge, but we love it now.

We also went to Peach Days this weekend, which was very fun. Unfortunately without the family I couldn't find the car show, but we went to the motorcycle show, and went on some carnival rides. We had to go get peach shakes too at Peach City. We waited for a while, but it was worth it.

Friends Jory and Theresa

80s dancing

I though I should let you all know how great college is going. We had an 80s dance last weekend and all of my roommates got really into it. All of our hair took time, but turned out great. Enjoy these pictures!

April and I had alot of fun 80s posing.

April me and my roommate Jory with our hair all done.Our sunglasses were so rad that we had to wear them everywhere, even out to eat.

This pose is just for Jessie. haha! Those leg warmers wer awesome.

Jordan has moved out

On Monday we moved everything from Jordan's room to Logan Utah. She is staying at the Valley View Towers on Utah State's campus. Her room mates name is Jory and we all worked very hard to unpack. There were alot of clothes, but it went quickly. I can only hope that everything goes okay.

Small and traditional, but somehow everything fit.

Handmade covers for her zebra pillows. Invisible zippers were a challenge, but they turned out great.

I am thinking about even joing a sorority after going on a tour. It's totally not my style, but the girls were so nice and they do such great things for charity. I sure hope it turns out okay, but if you know any secrets about sororities share them with me. ha ha!

More Europe

Sorry it's been so late in the game, but I figured better late than never. Enjoy these pictures.

Hotel de Ville was Mom's favorite area! It was busy and we had great baggette sandwiches.

We went to the LDS church on Sunday. It was beautiful and we got to have our sacrament lesson in English. We even met a cousin of one of our neighbors. The world is so small.

Pompidou center was so fun. The fountain was ridiculous, and people danced in it. If you can notice their was a mermaid and the fountain came from her boob. The music festival was great. Eating crepes while we listened to bands felt very hip and European.

Degas was amazing! I love him for all of his ballerinas. I can't post all of the pictures, but just know that there are alot of ballerinas.

Seeing toddler's armor is always depressing, but there were acutally some cool peices of armor in Napolean's armory.
Luxemborg Gardens were beautiful and busy. Certain grassy areas you were allowed to sit on, and they were over run by students and businessmen. People played soccer and listened to bands play.

Ah the Louvre. It had such a great underground system to get around that we really didn't go through the pyramid. We saw it from below while we shopped, but didn't go through it. The Louvre was overwhelming, but very enjoyable. We've seen enough of the virgin to last us a life time.

Monet's waterlillies were one of the best things in Paris, next to their olives. There were two oval rooms and 8 paintings in total. 4 surrounded the walls, and you observed from a bench in the middle. Each painting represented a different time of the day. We've now turned our pictures into prints and put them in our back bathroom. Memories of Paris will remain.

Our last night in Paris before heading off to Venice we went to see the Eiffel Tower at night. My pictures don't do it justice, but it was beautiful. We ate crepes and avoided gypsies. So Parisian!

Ciao Venizia

Well tomorrow morning we head out for home. Our flight leaves at 11:20 Paris time (By the way Paris is 8 hrs ahead of Utah time). We survived the night train with little sleep, but it was an adventure. I really felt like Harry Potter in our little compartment. Venice was amazing, but not having the blistering heat has been nice for a day. Well we get in tomorrow at 6:something Utah time, and we can't wait to post more pictures. Enjoy these for the moment, before we pack up everything and head out. Love you all!

Om, the birds were terrifying. I ran to try and get away from them, but we still got pooped on, TWICE! ha ha, the joys of Venice.

The crazy shopping at the Rialto Bridge was great. It was crowded, but they had such fun things to sell. We saw alot of pinnochios and Venician masks.

We went to a little island in the Lagoon called Murano. We watched a man make little glass flowers. It was crazy to see it go from sand to a chandellier with just pliers and a fire.

Today after we got into Paris, we went out to do some last minute shopping. The metro was espeically crowded today, but for some reason the policia closed down the stop to the Champs de Elysses. It made out lives a little difficult, but we figured it out with our now great knowledge of the Paris metro.

Venezia

Hello everyone, we are now in Venice. We have already had two cones of gelato, and have even rode through the Lagoon. It is beautiful weather and extremely hot and humid. It is to be expected, but still very hot. Our train ride to Venice, was a little tougher than we though. Can you say Nightmare!! We missed our train to Venice by 5 mins, because our train was late, and then we waited an hour for the next train, but it was overflowing!! We stood for three hours from Milano to Venice. Can you imagine no air conditioning, closed windows, sitting on your luggage, with European hygiene at its best.
After the train ride everything has been great. The monastery is more than we expected, with great AC. The shower is amazing, and we even have a be'day(We aren't European enough to know how to spell that yet). We've walked EVERYWHERE! We've seen the little gondala boys, exactly like the pictures. Beautiful, Gorgeous, Wish you were here!
We head back to Paris tomorrow on the night train. Sorry no more pictures right now, because we are at an internet cafè. Just know that we've taken a ton, and will upload as soon as we can. We will right more when we get back, love you all!! Ciao!

Viola!!

Our computer finally works!! We have done so much so will just show a few quick pictures of all the amazing things we have seen. I for sure am tired, but I am sooo happy that this computer finally works!!!! Thanks for the prayers, cuz it's a miracle that we finally got through.





Notre Dame was amazing! It was overwhelming to see all the things you have heard so much about.

It was so exciting when we finally got to see the Eiffel Tower. We waited in line for 2 hrs, but it was so worth it! We had no idea that it would have soooo many stairs. Luckily we just walked down from the first floor, but it was a long way down.

Jessie, this one is for you. Right on the side of the Eiffel Tower you can find the name Caldiero!

Aaron would be so jealous. We saw the thinker!! It was so cool, we had no idea it would be here and then we just kinda ran into it.

Avenue Montaigne!! It was incredible!! I freaked out when I saw the Chanel, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Armani, and Fendi. It was all my fashion classes have culminated to.

There she is. It was near impossible to get a picture of it, but I dove into the mosh pit and was able to push the Asains away for a second. I hardly had time to look at her I was so busy looking through my camera.

Little did we know that we came when the biggest sales of the summer hit Paris. Every store in all of Paris has merchandise 30-75% off. It's the only word I know of French, but I know it well, soldes. Today was insane, and there were huge crowds, but we shopped. Mom even got herself a pair of shoes. Yay!

We love you all and can't wait to post more pictures!

Oh we are really scared about the whole thing in Venice. The pigeons are going to be crazy. I can see the scene from the birds right now!! AHH!! Anyways we have seen so much!! We saw Monet's waterlillies, and the Mona Lisa. It was super hard to see her though, we had to push really hard to get to the front. We are having a blast and tonight we are going to see the Eiffel Tower all lite up. I went shopping at an H&M today so you know I am in heaven.
Please pass out the word to family that we are alive. We know that Shu probably won't be checking this blog at all so if you could let him know. Thanks, and we love and miss you very much. Mom says to tell you that we are praying for you and to not forget to pray for us. Love you all!!!
Dad, Mom and Jordan

Computer troubles

No need to worry French people are very nice. We are alive and well. Sorry we haven't written, but France is more of a struggle than we thought, from a technical perspective. We are typing on a french computer so it is a little difficult. We will try and get up and running because we got some really good pictures today. We found the Paris ward here and they were very helpful. Hope to be able to show you Notre Dame soon, love you all!!!

Jordan's 18th

We celebrated a little early, but we had to make sure we had a cake. Mom went all out and made a great cake, and even tried to make an 18 out of whipped cream.

We were forced to take tons of pictures, but we decided to have fun with it.

Senior Dinner

On May 24th Mom planned a dinner for all of the seniors(18!!) in the ward and their parents. It went really well, and we all had the chance to say one last good bye. However, I think it meant more to the parents than to the seniors.

Europe Prep

This week has been busy. We've been researching everything on Europe. We've watched Rick Steve movies and been mapping out everything. If anyone knows more about the Metro system in Paris. Let us know, Mom will sleep better at night if she knows. We leave on the 20th, and at least Mom and I are VERY excited!

The Beginning

We've finally started a blog after receiving so much peer pressure. Hope we can keep up with all of you crazy bloggers.