Paris...

Recently my sister Pat remarked that she knew I had been to Paris, but she had never seen a single picture.....Not even one framed in my home. So I thought I would find them and scan them in (that trip was pre-digital camera for us) Probably the reason why I don't have them for display is because the pictures aren't that great. Anyway...we were there, it was June of 1999. Notre Dame...unfortunately, renovation was occurring at the time and we couldn't get inside The Eiffel Tower at night The Seine River The tunnel where Princess Diana 's fatal crash occurred....Above the tunnel is a memorial where people leave flowers and notes The Louvre...built in 1190 during the reign of Philippe Auguste to reinforce defense of the capital against the Anglo-Norman threat At the time of our visit, the museum had a huge exhibit of Egyptian sarcophaguses The Champs-Elysees with the Arc de Triomphe in the background We had a wonderful lunch at a sidewalk cafe on the Champs-Elysees The Arc de TriompheThe Arc de Triomphe was commissioned by Emperor Napoleon in 1806. It is 165 ft high with lots of little tiny steps up to the top Here is the view from the top La Sainte Chapelle (the holy chapel) is located on the Ile de la cite, one of the two islands in the Seine. It was constructed by order of Louis the IX to be the chapel of the Royal Palace and to store relics which Louis had acquired one being Christ's Crown of Thorns. The stained glass windows were exquisite

We had a very fun time in the 3 days that we were there before taking the train under the english channel to london....Paris is a very romantic city and if the opportunity should arise, I would love to return sometime.

June Happenings

Walt Rubke graduated from his court ordered alcohol-drug program!I am so proud of Walt for walking through this journey and staying clean and sober!

Since Meredith and Chris decided to move to Boston so Chris could pursue his Phd, she planned one last Moms and daughters get together. First we met for sushi.....When the restaurant closed, we weren't done having fun so we piled into Jan's suv and headed over to B & N for coffee and more chatting!
CBS had a summer leadership swim party at Juanita's home, it was a beautiful day! Both moms and kids had a great time.....Last summer the MOMs had a beach bonfire and enjoyed it so much, we decided it should be an annual occurence. We headed down to Oceanside on 6/20 for a wonderful time of swimming, bonfire with roasted hot dogs and s'mores. Jackson Agape Gritten....isn't he adorable? Joel and Jill agreed to meet Paul and me in Corona so we could finally meet their grandson. What a precious gift!

Lake Mead, Memorial Weekend

The weather was great and the water was nice although a little brisk. We had a nice weekend with alot of relaxing......The pictures can speak for themselves