so you think YOU have cool Dance moves?

Had a FUNTASTIC DAY!! when we got home we headed out back to take pictures!!! yee haw! we took a lot of fun pic's. The Louvre was AMAZING!!! so huge. i still can't get over it. wow. I will post some photo's from the louvre next. DANCE DANCE!!!!!!!

so sad to leave...

this WONDERFULL place!!! We have made so many friends here. i will be so sad to leave. I took my camera to Mutual on Wednesday, but they were playing HOCKEY so i got ... um... NO photo's... that's sd, but hey. there's always next time. Thi =s is a cute girl that i like alot. PEACE OUT!!! haha lol. She was the first girl to sit by me, and talk to me. so sweet. (thank you so muc Anabel!!) she is so awesome. and this other one is so bad that it is kinda cool... maybe not. ;D Me and Raphael. The funny kiddo. He is an awesome little guy :D ha ha. so fun.

Riding Bikes at the Chateau de Versailles...

was a TOTAL sucess!!! you know with 2 babies, and slow kids, my mom thought it would be a disaster but everyone kept up, and it was a total blast!!! It was the perfect temp, and breezy. That place was so fun to Photograph, cause everywhere you turn, there is beauty. We biked round the Grand Canal. SO pretty!!! i got SO many photos, and i will post a couple.
this one is so cute. everyone was sitting on the edge of the water, and looking at the Chateau.So candid. they all were. So cutethis was Rogan's first Bike ride!!! My dad prides himself in his bike-ride-teaching skills. So we put him on a bike, and he did it!!!!! He really did. so cute. WE all were so happy!
I think James really enjoyed bieng there. He was Mr. Gldiator (i think) with his stick. How typical of him. bless his heart. He is the sassy-iest little guy i have ever met!!! a little spitfire!!! but hey. you got to love 'em!

this is the only photo i got while bike riding. (wink!) well that's ok. ha ha. I really loved it!!! so fun.


I think this one ios so sweet. Eli and dad. How cute!!! eli had so much fun. Feeling the wind through his hair, he felt like he was the king.

silly Rog. You are the funniest little guy i know. i htink you had fun riding bikes. Every day when we say, ok what should we do today, Rogan ALWAYS tells us we are going to "ride bikes at the Versailles Park!" SO we did. He had a great time. i am glad he finally got his wish ;D
This was my bike. i fell in love with it the seconed i saw it. OMGSH. it is beautiful! I wanted to bring it home!! m m m I need to forget about it. a silly thing to love, but it is good to have little things you like... and WISH you could have!!! lol i am a funny girl,. Mr eli!!! you fixed our bikes. thank you!!! you are a sassy little cutie. So is Rogan AND James!!! cannon's are so funny. i love 'em. eli... i LOVE you little man!!!
This si a great picture of Grant althoug it is blury. hey. give me a break!!! i was like 100 yards away!!! lol A great smile. He is awesome. i love him. (kisses!)
My mom and my dad are so cute. They mke eachother laugh, and are so silly. I love them. They are so sweet. It was a blast!!! Whoever goes to Versailles, GO BIKING if you go to the Chateu. We have gone dozens of times, and we love it... and be sure to bring your camera!!!!! have a great day, leighs

Missing you...

I am having the time of my life... howeva...I miss home too much. But let me tell you. i am beyond gratefull that i HAVE taken this trip. i have grown SOOOO much, emotionly, spiritully, mentaally, and well... physicly (wink!) (al;l that heavy lifting has gotten us ready for FRANCE!! lol) I have developed an even deeper for friends, and just the little things.. like COSTCO!!! This Thanksgiving i think we will really be the most Thankfull people ever!!! There is no Target to go to , or 31 Flavors, or Hollywood Movie (wink!) so funny. I will miss France DEARLY and ll the other plces thet we hve been to. There are so many dear dear friends that we have made, and come to love. SO many. But we are lso SUPER excited to see ll of our friends and family the SECONERD we get home!!! I miis you guys ll too much, and we are SOOOOOO excited to give you ll hugs nd kisses!! See you in November!!! love, -leighs.

The Louvre... again (wink!)

We re on our way...

to Pris!!! gin. There is so much to see, do and photograph. tee hee. cool colors, etc. well, got to go!! see you soon! -e.

Ah Paris!!!

Today, we kinda just hung out in Paris... it was super fun. There are so many things to see in Paris. Everywhere you look, you see a building that is like at least 500 years old. theese people are truely blessed to have that. nothin like that in Utah!!! i really appreciate that. so pretty. WE went to a Japonise Resteraunt, (it was really good) and after our tummies were full with goodness, we went to a Chocolat Shop that we found while we were trying to find a park.(another thing you don't get here.) hmmm. WE had fun Just playing around, and having fun. Lots of cool signs, bilboards, and resteraunt fronts. some of them SO *inspiring*!It was a super-duper day. WE are headed to the Louvre today... i do not think we will get many photo's, but i will tell you about it.

The Arc de Triumph...

was awesome. we got some great shots too. lots lots... too many to post. but i will post some. ;D Even though we are already verry fimiliar with the Arc de Triumph, it was neat to go to the top to see all of Paris in one shot... at point ZERO!!! SO cool. Paris is getting to be our town. as we look around, we see fimiliar places and it is nice. The Arc was magnificent. Inside, the elevator see-through, so we got to see where we were going. fun fun!! just take a look at the photo's we got!!! (oh, and the one of us all together, ya. my mom took that one. That alone prooves that you are an AWESOME Photographer!!!) well,. enjoy!! (i know we did!) love, leighs

going...going... GONE!!!!

my mom is BRILLIANT... good only for her though. Everyone knows how WONDERFUL her crepes are. You know right!!! so she made some tonight. (the first time since FOR EVER!!!) and we all huddle around, and james reaches out to get one. SMACK!!! So we are wondering why we can't got one. She says,"i can teach you, but i have to CHARGE!!!" (milkshake) So we were like. oh ya. ya. she was not joking. so we rush up to the change jar, and take all the 2 euro's and run down to get one. here's her with her booty! enjoy!!! ( i know we did!)
-e.

oh my goodness!!

These pictures are so fun to look back at. Some serious laughs. ;D These are some French friends of ours. They are hilarious. This was in Normandie. We were all on a big Family Vacation together, and one day, iwe decided to go back out in the field out back, and just play.i snatched the camera on the way out. good thing too. i took about 120. ya. we got a little crazy. i had to post some. I have been DYING to for too long. they are probably going to kill me fo doing it, but hey. whatever. The reason they are funny is cause they did it all themselves. They posed... something i did not expect. They got so silly. lol. They are little rascalls. all of them. But you know what? i love 'em. They think they are a Boys Band. What a crack up!!! well, have a great Week end!!!

got a question for you...

here's a great question that you can spend a ton of time thinking about. When we were on our way to the Louvre, mom had a great question. Want to hear it? i want you to think long and hard about it and give me your answer. ok. here it is. What makes Art great? think about it, and i will hear from you soon ;D love, e.

LOUVRE

this was our first trip to the Louvre. we were there all day, and only got the DENNON section done!!! that goes to show how BIG it was. It is so pretty. all the best works of art in 1 place. so big. so interesting. i love it. It was so fun to go see the Pyramid dome, he real thing Wesaw the Mona Lisa(of corse!!!!) She was looking good ;) she was so small!!! we saw some interesting art too. So many awesome pieces. and the Cielings!!! OMGSH. they were a work of art. so amazing. All the Sculpture, Paintings, and Artifacts were all breathtaking. We ate there too!!! i ate at the Louvre!!! lol. well we are heading off to the /versailles Chateau right now. wow. 3 GREAT day's...in a ROW!!! i am super excited. i hear it competes with Buckingham Palace! i will definately post about it as soon as i can. Have a

*The Eifel Tower*

Oh la la!!! We did it!!! we went to the Eifel Tower (sp?) last night. It was so pretty. It was so big too!!! so fun. we took over 175 photo's so i think it was worth it. yo ucould see all of Paris in one shot!!! As you can see, it was windy, but that made it fun. WE had such a fun time trying new things, and enjoying ourselves. I think this Picture of Rogan with mo is so cute. he did htat himself!!! and We got pictures of everyone kissing everyone. It was funny. i made my Mom and Dad kiss several times till i got it just right... i think they will thank me later. how Romantic!!! ;D An Extra Bonus was that we got to go the top. It was such a neat experience up there. It is so pretty at night. When we got to the Botom, they lit it up. all sparkl-ey. so pretty. we didn't get good pictures of that. flash or no flash ;) but we had a pretty good time. We were so tired, but it was SO worth it. Now that we see it again, it has a fimiliar feeling. like a new meaning to it. more personal. So fun!!!

10 things that *inspire* me.

well, here are 10 of hte MANY things that inspire yours truely. (that's me!)





1.- my Family. this is a picture of my Aunt Chelsea. She inspires me. she is so awesome. such an example ro me. she is like my big sis htat i neva had ;) ( i love you Chels!!!!)



2.- Creating. I love to Create. there are so many colorfull doo-dads to work with, and it is always -something new-. Weather it is Scrapbooking, Photography, Fabric, or doodling, i always feel at peace. It feels so good to let the creative juices just flow onto your page and make it your own. That is what i love about it. It is all you. And in Future Generations they can look back and look at who you were and what you were like. there is SO much to explore!




3.- Beautiful Packaging/food. This is a big one. I am always the one to go into the Patisseries (sp?) and Bakeries just to get a peek @ all teh Beautiful Deserts and Bread. it's a shame i have not taken photo's of them until now. especially now, that we are in the cullinary country of the world!!! So many neat color's and textures to "feast your eyes upon" i love it. (smile!)



4. this is a big one kind of like creating, but kinda not :) Flea Markets/Antique shops. We went to one as you know the other day and let me tell you ... again that it ROCKED!!! So many cool things you did not even know existed!! It is giving us *great* ideas for our scrapbook room. just walking around to see every little detail is awesome. this is definately a BIG one for me.



5.- well not only is pink one of my colors, but flowers also. they are so cool. All sorts of different shapes and colors, and textures, and smells!!! i always have real flowers in as many places as i can. they definately inspire.



6.-i go tto hand it to you man. you inspire me. your sassy attitude, and your yummy skin. you are one of my hero's (wink!) i think this has to be the cutest little man out there. His attitude makes him our eli. what a pretty name!!! you are the coolest dude i know. i love you!!!



7.- This one is huge too. My friends. They lift me up when i am bummed, and always are my shoulder to cry on. they are so funny. Laina. you are so fresh, and have bright ideas that blossom into amazing things. you are determined to folow through, and keep to the right. Ash. you are wonderfull. you are so colorfull, and happy. Your smile makes my day. Yuo are too darn cute!!! You never scice to AMAZE me. Jordan. you are so funny. Thanks for bieng you! ;D love you guys!!!



8.- I can not believe i am posting this picture, but i will. :) This stands for good Humor. I love good Humor. The story behind this photo is i was swimming, and this deflated intertube got stuck around my waist. when i took off my towel, to show everyone, they LAUGHED. my mom drug me outside and we did a little photoshoot. this is my Betty Boop pose. how lame. But back to Humor. When it is right, it can make my day. ;D

9.- ANTHROPOLOGY!!! i love shopping @ this store. EVERYTHING in that store is inspiring. I am going to go there when we get back, and photograph the heck out of it. That place is AWESOME!!!!! love it. yum. yum. yum.



10.- this is a huge one as well. they all are though. aren't they? at least for me! My mom is one of my biggest inspirations. When i did something that is not that cute or something like that, she always says it is awesome. Now when i look back, i smile. She is my favorite Woman. She is such a great influence on my every move. She is sassy and sweet, all at the same time. (wink!) I am so glad i have her to live with. we are so much alike, and i have and do learn SO much from her. I love her. (kisses!!!)



...11.- the big one. I do not know exactly how to explain this one. the photo inspires me. old things like that. History kindof, and time i guess is how i can explain it. Bu tdoesn't this photo ROCK?!!
All of theese things inspire me. i love eacha nd every one. i am so happy i can share them too!!!