France - Three days in paris

Then we went to Paris, we had a lot of fun. We just visited Versailles since we've already been two years ago and visited then the Louvre, Notre-Dame, the Arc-de Triomphe...

Paris by night

The Eiffel Tower from the Louvre, it was not sparkling then.

Notre-Dame

Versailles, la Gallerie des glaces (hall of mirrors)

The royal chapel

France - A stroll in Annecy

Sorry it has taken so long for us to post anything but here it is, finally, a new post about our french vacation! Enjoy!

The first few days in France we spent in Habère-Poche with my mom, dad and little sister Héloïse. We went for a little stroll in Annecy. The weather was perfect and we had a very nice afternoon snack sitting in the grass and looking at the lake.

In the old town (La vieille ville)

At the lake

And here is one of my favorite dish, la Tomme Blanche, served with potatoes and a salade, and of course charcuterie.

Spore Creature Creator

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Meet Chumba-woo.

Make your creature at: http://www.spore.com/

Artwork

We're still in the process of furnishing/decorating the house. Very soon, we'll have our farm-style dining table and benches made with wood from old barns (I know, it's really cool!)
But for now, here's new paintings that we got for the bedrooms from artist Olga Cuttell.
What do you think?

Spring Warble

This one is in our bedroom, on my side

Morning Song

Still our bedroom but Jay's side

Haze Grace

And this one will be in the guest bedroom when we're done adding moving stuff around.

News from the backyard

It's been a long time we didn't post any pictures of our flowers and of the famous banana tree. There's less and less flowers with summer being here, so this will probably be the last of it before next year.
Enjoy!

The pink hibiscus

The blue hibiscus

Don't know about those, they actually are wild flowers growing near our trash outside.

Same as above...

And the banana tree!

The banana tree flower, not very colorful...

Beaver's bend

The weekend after we got back from Cincinatti, we were out and about again, this time in Oklahoma. We went to spend the weekend in Beaver's bend with our friends Cheryl and François. It was really fun and relaxing, even Sabrina had a blast!

We're back

Hello everyone,

Sorry, it's been a long time we didn't post anything new. Life got in the way.

Now we're here, so here's the pics from Jay's dad retirement party! It was a surprise party and Don had no clue of what was being prepared. The party was at a golf course, we spent the whole day playing and driving around in the golf carts (that was my favorite part)

Enjoy the pictures!

On the way to the golf course with Craig (Jay's uncle)

Don and Craig

The Axe family

Our team. We didn't win the scramble but Jay got longest putt

No worries, I was the designated driver.

Happy retirement!

All the friends together