New Years

2009:

Fabulous year. Another year at Western, new friends, new adventures. I traveled multiple times to New York, went backpacking through five European countries (Italy, France, Ireland, Scotland, England), and also recently made a trip to the Oregon Coast. Most of my time was spent in Bellingham though and I'm happy about that. I've got a new nephew and a huge family that lives here. I am blessed for sure. I continued to lead worship at my church, Hillcrest Chapel, and decided to start leading a Bible study for college women. I've grown a lot this year, and while I've certainly had a significant amount of failures (think Behavioral Neuroscience), it's been mostly uphill. And recently in my prayer times, I've been able to confidently tell the Lord that I'm content. My worship pastor and friend wrote a song called "Home" and one of the lyrics is "Whether to the right or to the left, you'll say 'Go and serve this is the way.' I'll follow you today." That right there seems to be my life motto right now, and I'm loving it. All in all, 2009 was great.

2010:

I'm looking forward to becoming a CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) this next quarter. I'm taking the class at Bellingham Tech, while taking Biology at Western and a nutrition class online through Bellevue Community College. It's going to be a weird quarter, but it'll be good to get more pre-reqs finished. Hopefully I'll be making more trips, nothing quite as crazy in '09, but Hawaii, more trips to Oregon, and New York are all in store. Oh wait- kidding. I forgot. I'm going to Tuscany in June to nanny, and also to Nantucket. :) I'll be applying to Nursing schools soon, and I'm thrilled. I'll continue my Bible study and also leading worship.

Resolutions:

Last year I chose three Fruits of the Spirit to work on. They were kindness, goodness and self control. It was amazing to see God working in me in these areas. I've been thinking and praying about which three to choose for this year, and patience is certainly going to be the first one. I'm not sure which other two I'm going to choose, but I'm still thinking and praying. I love seeing the opportunities God puts in front of me. When I prayed for kindness, I found myself in situations that I had to be choose to be kind.

So for now, patience. More to come.

Connecting the Dots

My mom came up to me yesterday and told me that lots of people have been asking her what I'm doing. "Is she moving to New York?" "Is she going back to live in Europe?" "Nursing? Not nursing?" Apparently my life is confusing to people. If that's the case, read on! I'm going to connect some dots, cross some t's, dot the i's. :)

New York: As most of you probably know, I nanny for a wonderful family in New York from time to time. Since I've been able to go out there so much, I've gotten to know the cities surrounding their town of Mt. Kisco and have totally fallen in love with the whole state. I am seriously considering moving to NY either next Fall or the Fall after. I want to go to Pace University, but am applying to a few other schools around their home in Mt. Kisco as well. The Kleins have graciously offered to let me live with them if need be. (They are incredible.) So, that's New York for ya. Hopefully I'll end up there for at least two years. If I go to New York, I fully and completely plan on moving back here.

Europe: I went backpacking in Europe for a month this past Spring, and discovered that I LOVE European countries and would love to live there for awhile. Right now this isn't really an option, unless I put off school for awhile. (Not going to happen though.) It's a dream. I would love to make cappuccinos, read books, speak Italian and eat fresh pasta and do nothing else for a year. Unfortunately, for many reasons this isn't a real possibility. Boo adulthood.

Why Leave Bellingham?: I'm at Western, but WWU does not have a nursing school- which is d-u-m-b dumb. I'm applying to Whatcom as well as a few other in state schools in order to complete my RN. It's possible that I might stay here, but I'm applying to lots of other places too.

So- that should probably wrap up any confusion about my life. Right now I have three more classes to take before I can enter nursing school. (Microbiology, Anatomy and Physiology I and II.) If I can finish these by Summer, that would be sweet and hopefully I can apply to nursing school earlier. WWU doesn't offer A&P II in the Summer though. Whatcom maybe? Once again. We'll see.

Phew. That's a lot of me talking about what could be. For now, I'm trying to ace classes and work so I can make enough money to eventually move to Europe. ;)

For the love of Starbucks.

I visited Starbucks this morning for a hot cup o' joe. I broke away from my usual drink and decided to just go with a tall drip. (Pike Place Blend.) Yum. Look how cute this cup is? Love it.

The purpose of this post is to tell you that I spilt my coffee on my lap a record THREE times. THREE!! That is just ridiculous.

and also that:

A.) I love the red cups.

and

B.) I will finally give into being called the "Tornado" by my adoring parents. I suppose the shoe really does fit in this case.

Ore-Gone

White sand?? Yes please!

I have found the recipe for a great mini-vacation. It includes the following:

-Rock climbing

-A beach

-Flying a kite

-Climbing up to the top of a lighthouse

-Fresh fish and chips overlooking the harbor

-Car games

-oh... and laughing till you cry.

I went to Oregon for a few days to visit my friend Dustin. He recently moved to Salem, so the day after my finals were over, I went to go visit him! We had such a blast. We drove to Portland for rock climbing at this great bouldering gym called The Circuit. I'm embarrassed to say that my shoulders are still a little sore. What a blast though. Then the next day, we gassed up his car and drove to the Oregon Coast. We went to Newport beach. It was gorgeous, and much warmer than we anticipated it being. (Warmer = about 40 degrees.)

This is right next to the lighthouse, overlooking the ocean.

Possibly my favorite picture of all time- we went to the tide pools below the lighthouse.

Dustin looks like he's six.

Here's the lighthouse. It wasn't that fabulous of a view, to be honest, but the tour guides made up for it. (I had to keep myself from looking at Dustin because I knew if I did I would burst out in laughter.)

When we first pulled into the beach.

We had super yummy fish and chips overlooking the harbor, we climbed to the top of a working lighthouse, and attempted to fly a kite that we purchased. There was literally NO wind. I forced Dustin to try and fly it though, because I figured that we bought this stupid little octopus kite, and therefore we are going to at least try. You know? So Dustin just started sprinting around the beach yelling "Katy! It's working! It's working!" I was trying to take pictures but had tears streaming down my face from laughing.

Dustin and our octopus.

Down on the beach.

All in all, it was a super fun little vacation. Neither of us had been to the Oregon coast in years, so it was fun for both of us. And it was also nice to take a break and just have fun after weeks of sitting in that stinkin' Western library.

Nursing, Nursing, Nursing!

I just registered for the Certified Nursing Assistant program at BTC for Winter quarter. Excuse the short post, but I am so, so, so excited!

New Plans: The College Update

This might not be a super interesting post, but it's all about my newest plans for schooling. As you all (probably) know, I'm going to school for Nursing. I'm not in a nursing program yet, and Western does not offer a program which is a huge bummer. So I've been looking into schools that I can transfer to.

Here is the new and improved list:

West Coast:

University of Washington

Northwest University

Seattle University

Seattle Pacific University

Whatcom Community College (don't really want to go here, but I'm applying anyways)

Biola University

East Coast:

New York University

Pace University

Cochran School of Nursing

Westchester Community College (Also don't want to go here, mainly because I would only receive my Associates degree, and I really want to graduate with a bachelors.)

So. That's the list thus far. Some of these schools are incredibly expensive. NYU? Like 45,000 buckaroos a year. Yeah right. So if I end up deciding to go to some of these schools, I'm hoping for some prayer partners to make it happen.

My new MacBook

It's sleek, shiny, thin, awhh. Beautiful. I somewhat impulsively purchased a new MacBook this past week, and I love, love, love it! Reese likes it because of the Photo Booth application. Last night she and I took about 75 pictures on it. I'd like to share the highlights. There are a couple cute ones, but there are some disastrous ones too... Reese just looks so funny in them!

A Perfect Afternoon

Let me paint you a picture. I would ask you to close your eyes in order to see it better, but for obvious reasons, that won't quite work.

I am currently sitting inside the Woods Coffee in downtown Bellingham, typing on my beautiful new MacBook. I'm wearing a summer dress with cute black stockings underneath, and a long sweater over top. I have a scarf on, too, and my trusty "jingle flats," as I lovingly refer to them, are on my feet. I'm drinking a warm nonfat vanilla latte that is in a for-here mug. (Much better than the to-go cups. I'm working on slowing down, remember?) Oh. And one more thing. John Mayer is singing "Gravity" in my ears and I love it. Now, right here, in this moment. I am content. Oh so very content.

Contentment seems to be this crazy, radical idea that is always just out of my reach. I love my life, and I always have. I'm happy, and I feel like I always have been. But contentment just seems to never be approachable. But awhhh let me tell you. Today, I have discovered it. I've been thinking about Paul, and how he says "I have learned to be content in every situation." I love The Message version:

"I've learned by now to be quite content whatever my circumstances. I'm just as happy with little as with much, with much as with little. I've found the recipe for being happy whether full or hungry, hands full or hands empty. Whatever I have, wherever I am, I can make it through anything in the One who makes me who I am."

Okay. How beautiful is that?! Love it.

So. Right now, I'm content. And man oh man, am I loving it.

This kind of has to do with this post, but not really.

These kids are the lights of my life.

These kids just bless my life so much. So much joy. So innocent. They add to my joy for life.

Be Still.

"Be still and know that I am God."
-Psalm 46:10

Be still.

Quit the worrying, quiet your heart, and just be still. Stop talking and over-thinking. Just. Be. Still. Take a breath and listen.

And know that I am God.

The Prince of Peace. The Solid Rock. The Good Shepherd. The Creator of All Things. The Alpha and Omega. The Beginning and End. The One who was, and is, and is to come. The Lord Almighty. Maker of Heaven and Earth.

"Be still, and know that I am God."

New York: When Tino Came to Visit

I have about a million pictures of my family in New York; Sorry, I should specify. Not my family, per se, but they've pretty much become it. All those pictures are on my second camera though, and I have yet to upload them to my computer. That blog post will come another day.


For now, I have pictures from my point and shoot, which are pretty much only of me and Tino from when he came to visit! We had so much fun. The first full day he was in town, the two of us went on a 25 mile bike trip. What a blast. It was gorgeous out, and we really loved being able to catch up after missing each other for 3.5 weeks. While it was sunny and beautiful for the first 19 miles, we hit a major rain/thunder/lightning storm on the 2oth. At this point, we were crossing a bridge over one of the reservoirs. I gotta say though, we embraced it. We were laughing and enjoying the rain. It was dumping, and in a matter of seconds, we were completely soaked. Oh well. We got good pictures.Can you tell? We are completed drenched.


Besides the bike ride, we went into the city twice. Once in the daytime for like 7 hours, and then later in the week at night. (Left around 5, had dinner, walked around Cental Park for a couple hours...) Very fun. And we spent lots and lots of time with the Kleins. It was a lovely trip.


We played frisbee in Central Park.... And I was wearing my new cute Target dress! Woohoo!

I have this problem. I don't have a husband or any cute kids to blog about (which really isn't a problem at all, come to think of it...). But this makes me wonder what interesting things I could possibly write about. Most of the blogs I read are either cute little families or amazing superwomen-type folk like the Pioneer Woman. And you know something? I just don't fit into either of these categories. Therefore, it's been two months since I've blogged anything which is just pathetic. So here I am. Back in action.

Today was my first day back at Western. I walked through the Arboretum to get to school, and from my house it only took 12 minutes! This is exciting news. I walked it four times today, and am thankful that I got to enjoy some peace and quiet in between classes. I used my morning walk as a prayer walk, and prayed specifically for my sister and her munchkins. (It's Reese's 3rd birthday tomorrow, so she was on my mind.) I also took time to thank my Jesus for my generous parents who are blessing me with the gift of an education at Western.

...Then I started to think about what I am thankful for. It wasn't hard to make a list...

I am thankful. I am thankful for the beautiful colors of the leaves and trees. I am thankful for the view of the Bay on my walk to class. I am thankful for my friends- faces that I haven't seen in months, lining the fountain in Red Square. I am thankful for freedom. I can make my own decisions. I am thankful for the gift of relationships. I am thankful that I get to serve at my church. And tonight, tonight I am thankful that I have a constant friend in Jesus. I may not get to see Jesus in skin form, but I see him everyday. I saw him at my worship night tonight. Friends gathered in a basement to sing praises to our God; to pray for one another and for our campus. I saw Jesus in Tino. He blesses me everyday and spreads Jesus' love. I heard Jesus in my mom's words today. She looks out for me. She cares for me. She wants me to succeed in all areas of my life. Today, I am thankful. I am thankful that the people around me spread the love of Jesus. These people really are the hands and feet of Jesus.

I just had a little baby Bible study over the phone with T. We read some of what Paul spoke to Timothy. "Flee from all of this, and pursue righteousness, godliness..." So, as I begin my Fall quarter at Western, I plan to pursue righteousness. I plan to pursue godliness, and to live a life of life. A life that is truly life.

I'm inspired by the Word of God, and I'm ready to fight the good fight of the faith on my campus.

Peace

Currently I'm in New York nannying for the Klein family for a month.

Let me put you in my shoes:
At this exact moment, I'm listening to four adorable monkeys talk about their spy operations. Apparently, they are all from different places around the world. (ie. Jordan is from Sydney, Australia and is currently working on perfecting his Australian accent. William is from the UK- London to be exact, and Paul, after hearing William say he was from the UK, informed me he was from the SK.) Go figure.


Look at that graph that Jordan made! He informed me that our economy is in trouble and we need to "stimulate it if we want to make things happen."


Here is William working at "the office."

Paul and Isabelle at the mini picnic table in the back yard.


All in all, life is great over here and I am really enjoying the kiddos. :)

And in other news...

Tino is coming to visit!!!
He is flying out here on August 20th and I am so excited! Can't wait to see him again.

More to come later. I hear a screaming child.

Raspberry Picking!

Tino and I went raspberry picking a week or so ago and had so much fun- the raspberries out at Boxx Berry Farms were gigantic. Like, huge. Seriously. We made a delicious cobbler and it was so good that we decided to go out picking with some friends and make it again.

We went with our buddies Chris and Linden. The berries weren't quite as big this time around, but still delicious and the cobbler didn't fail us.

We plan to become professional bakers by the end of the summer.
Chris and Tino shared a cabin at Royal Family and have become good friends.

Linden and Chris! So cute.

England

Here are some shots from England, as promised!

This was definitely one of my favorite stops while we were in London. My favorite movie of all time is Notting Hill. My mom and I have probably watched it 30 times, and we still laugh and cry at all the same spots. Anyways, Hugh Grant's character, William Thacker, owns The Travel Bookshop in Notting Hill. THIS IS IT! It's the real one! I peaked inside (it was closed) and everything is the same. There is a small wooden desk in the corner where he had his cash register etc. etc. Matt couldn't quite understand why I was so enthralled with this store, or why we had to take a 30 minute Tube ride out to Notting Hill just so I could see some bookstore, but he went and happily took pictures for me.
Here is Matt in front of Center Court at Wimbledon. We were nearing the end of our long day in London but knew we wanted to get out to see Wimbledon, so we arrived here around 8:30. It was great to see the courts! We couldn't go in, but we took lots of pictures outside the gates.
Big Ben!
This is in Southampton. Matt and my oldest cousin, Ian, went to a tank museum for the day while I hung out with Mark and Holly. (Mark is 23(?) and Holly is 11.) We went out to the beach and saw the Isle of Wight. It was a great day! I didn't want to go to a tank museum, that's for sure, but Matt and Ian had so much fun!

From left to right: Ian, Katy, Fred, Mark.
This is in their house in Southampton. It was great to spend time with them- they are such great people, and I'm sure I've said this before but they were so good to us! We want them to come visit us soon!

Home Sweet Home

Matt and I arrived home last Tuesday after a good rest of our trip. We wrote a post in England, but for some reason it didn't post nor did it save! Bummer, I know.

We had an incredible trip! England was amazing, mainly because we got to know my family. It was fun to share stories and to enjoy their company. My family was nothing but welcoming and loving towards us, and I can't wait to go back to visit! All my pictures are unorganized on my computer, so posting any pictures would prove to be a nightmare right now. We had a great time though, and I really appreciate all of you following this blog! Though I won't be posting much more about Europe (I'll organize my pictures tomorrow and put up some from England), continue to read this blog so I can update you on my busy life!

Hope everyone is doing well. I'm feeling particularly blessed tonight. The Lord's love is so rich, so perfect, so refreshnig.

Hello from Scotland! -Matt

Me Kilt and Katy at the Edinburgh Castle, ignore the elvis hair, it was really windy!

Kilt and Katy overlooking Edinburgh
A couple hundred years later....

At the Roslyn chapel

(this is the castle I found in Dublin, it was pretty cool)

Yep you read right, Im actually blogging again!  Its been a great great time in Scotland with Nick and Im loving it here.  It was great to see him again not to mention Edinburgh is absolutely beautiful!  We have seen a good amount, my favorite is just the countryside itself.  Everywhere you go its giant green rolling hills spotted with white sheep.  Unfortunately it is true, Katy did lose her camera the other night but we still have not lost hope.  To be positive, we still have all of my pictures (many of which are very similar) and Katy still has her first memory card, which has about her first 800 pictures or so.  But its still a real bummer.  The first day we arrived in Edinburgh we hung out with Kilt, and then got to meet a couple of his friends and watched some rugby, then went out to a couple of really neat bars.  The first was called the Standing Order and it was originally a bank so the inside was amazing and it was a really beautiful building.  The second was called Opal and it was really cool as well.  It was a real good time.  Tuesday was definitely the day of rest we needed.  Slept great, Katy had been off and on with a cold, and now I have it was well.  Luckily its just been a little bit of a runny nose, nothing that is affecting our trip at all.  We still managed to get out to town and look for Katy's camera.  We checked both The Standing Order, and Opal but didn't have any luck at either.  We then got some great Italian dinner and some desert which was amazing and headed home to relax back at the house.  Then Kilt and I took a drive for about 80 miles through the countryside.  Katy wasn't feel so hot so she stayed home and relaxed.  We drove all through the middle of nowhere in the countryside, blasted music and caught up, it was a great time.  Then today we got up around 11!  We couldnt believe we slept that much!  I woke up with a cat on one side of my head, a dog on the other side of my head, another cat on my chest, and another one on the couch next to my bed.  Im starting to get the feeling they like me.  But we got up and got going right away.  We first went to Roslyn Chapel, then to the Edinburgh Castle which was so awesome!  There was so much to see!  The Crown Jewels, the names of all the Scottish soldiers lost in WWI and WWII.  It was really something to see.  Then we had some great Chinese Buffet!  Kilt and I ate until we were sick, we then had to sprint 3 blocks for the bus so by the time we got on we were feeling it!  We then came back to the house and have been relaxing ever since!  Its been awesome to see Kilt and meet his family.  Were taking a train down to London tomorrow evening at 5:30.  Should be exciting!

Because I know some of you LOVE to pray...

Umm I lost my camera last night. There are only two places I think it can be, and then just the short distance that we walked in between them. I called both places today, and neither has seen my camera. :( I also called the Edinburgh police station and wasn't able to get through, but I'll try again. (They have a lost property number you can call.) I'm just really frustrated. I never forget things, and I'm always super, super careful with my camera. At this point it's not even so much the camera as it is all the pictures that are on it. 

So please pray that it'll show up. I'm worried that someone took it and isn't going to return it. I don't know. Please just do me a favor and pray that it turns up. Thank you, thank you.

Matt's Turn

This is in Dublins St. Stevens Green

Alright alright Im blogging again. Been a while but the trip is good. Everything has been great so far and Im having as good as a time as katy. I am having a little bit of withdrawl from the sports world, its starting to really take a toll on me. You never realize how much you take sportscenter for granted until you get to Europe. Getting to Dublin was a little stressful but since then everything has been great. Met some really great people from a lot of different places, seen a lot too. Dublin is cool because I dont feel like we are going from Church to church and museum to museum and all that jazz. There are only a couple real sights to see here, but other than that its just hanging out and enjoying the everyday beauty and atsmosphere of the area and the people here. The people here are the nicest of any place I have ever been to, better than the States, better than Bellingham. I have never met happier and nicer people in my life. The parks are awesome, the shopping is really cool here, they have entire districts simply dedicated to Pub Bars and Clubs, another section with just shopping and stuff like that, none of which have any cars running through them. Makes it really fun and really nice to just stroll around and see all the cool stuff. Im loving it here. Its a really fun place to come and stay. I think Katy has covered all the other basics on what we have been doing, but as far as Im concerned its fantastic and hope the trip finishes out just the way it has been so far...great!

Evan: Wakeboard and jet ski soon yes?
Harry: See you soon, blazing sattles night when I get home.
Mom: Never missed home cooking more in my life...
Lizzy: Keep watching Thomas the tank engine while im gone, make me proud
French movie being shot at Versallies

New shirt

Finally in Dublin!

Hey everyone! Its Katy, but Matt will be posting something in a sec. He is on the phone with Lauren right now. :)

Here we are walking around beautiful Dublin at night! This is us in the Temple Bar district- right outside our hostel.
So, we had some awful delays when we were trying to leave Paris. Our flight was canceled due to an Air Traffic Control strike, so we had to stay an extra night in Paris. This isn't quite as lovely as it sounds- we were sitting at this random bus station for 2 hours, trying to make a plan, and then didn't get back to our hostel until late that night. We were up at 5 the next morning, got on a metro and the shuttle bus and were out at the airport by 7:15. We had to sit there until 1:20 when we were put on a flight. We were worried RyanAir wouldn't compensate us, and that was what was so frustrating. Its a long, detailed story which involves me crying in a phone station and Matt devising plans as to how he planned on giving RyanAir a piece of his mind. We were not happy.

Oh well. We're here now and we LOVE it!! We've made new friends again, for wonderful girls from England, and we are going to visit them on our trip from Edinburgh to London! We can't wait. We went out with them last night and had an absolute ball. Today we went to the Guinness Storehouse and sampled a pint of Guinness at the top of the building that overlooks all of Dublin. It was so fun, and really interesting. There was a lot of history that we were able to walk through, and we learned all about how they brew their beer and why its so special. :) I still don't like the taste of beer, but I've got to say, the 7 or 8 sips that I actually took were pretty good! We also walked to St. Patrick's Cathedral and yesterday made a trip to St. Stephen's Green, Trinity College and walked through the shopping district. There was tons of live music and lots of entertainment!

Here is the something something Christchurch church. (Sorry about the redundancy there...)

Yes! The Guinness factory. It was so cool to walk through this building! Did you know that Arthur Guinness got a 9000 year lease on the St. James building because he was so confident that his product would be this good??? They are celebrating their 250th year right now. Unreal. haha I was apparently mad at Matt and ripped our map right in half. Oops...

Okay, I think- op, yep, he just walked over. He will write a blog next. :) Love you all, and I can't wait to come home so soon! We're heading to Edinburgh tomorrow.

Miss you all,
cheers,
Katy

Hark! (That was for you, monkey!)

I love Paris.
(So does Matt. I also love blogging- not the same for him.)

Okay, here we go...

Yay! We made friends! We met two new friends from eastern France in the train station the other night, and they had just missed their train and needed a place to sleep for the night. They have been away in Sweden for ten months and were trying to get home. We walked them over to our hostel, and they asked if we would like to go out with them for the night. There names are Emily and William, and they were so much fun! So the four of us, plus Netty and Henry (our roommates from Texas) and another friend from Paris, Thomas, went out on a late night adventure. We left our hostel at 11 at night and walked around Paris for a few hours! We had so much fun!! We laughed so hard and also got to see Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower all lit up. We sat on the Pont Neuf (a beautiful bridge overlooking all sorts of gorgeous buildings) and shared stories and adventures. I just realized that I have a new memory card in so I cant show you pictures of us all. Bummer. Sorry.

Today I've been a little under the weather, I started to feel really gross last night and ended up laying in the hostel reading for a few hours while Matt went out. We walked to the pharmacy this morning and got me some meds, so hopefully that'll help out. We had a pretty low key day today because of this, but it has actually turned out to be my favorite day in Paris! The sun finally came out, and we were able to walk around and really enjoy the scenery. Everything is much more beautiful when the canvas behind it is a bright blue sky!

We walked back over to Pont Neuf, and then walked over to the Louvre. We decided not to go inside, but instead walked around the gardens and fountains. It was so gorgeous! Next we walked over to the Arc de Triomphe. This was a few mile walk, but it was really nice in the sun today. Lots of peope were out walking and biking around.

Matt on Pont Neuf.

Us at the Arc de Triomphe.


Yesterday we went out to Versailles, which was amazing. The decoration in there totally blows my mind! The gardens are absolutely stunning, and to see the King and Queen's chambers was really something!



Can you imagine having every single room in your house painted like this?? Yeah. Crazy stuff.

We head out late tonight to Dublin. We have to catch a bus at 8:30 tonight to get to the little airport, and we have a room booked for tonight. :) We are SOO excited!

Hope all is well, here are some prayer requests:
-That I'll start feeling better.
- That our flight will go smoothly. (Apparently these little planes are a little sketchy!)
-That we quickly find our hostel tonight! We're arriving after midnight so we won't have much help getting around.
-That we'll regain some energy. We have both been dragging for the last couple days, and we want to keep going as hard as we have been. We've seen a lot, and definitely want to keep that up.

Thanks everyone, hope Bellingham isn't too lonely without us. :)

Oh! Oh! Oh!
PS. We found our first Starbucks yesterday and it was amazing. I was a very happy girl!

Au revoir!

Bonjour!

Hey everyone! All is well in Paris. I only have a couple minutes so I will make this a quick post! We climbed the Eiffel Tower today and despite freezing temperatures, it was so so wonderful!Its a long way down, and Matt doesnt like heights!!