a walk around the block

J'aime notre quartier!

(I love our neighborhood)

 le chat à l'extérieur de notre cuisine

(the cat outside of our kitchen)

 la boulangerie en bas

(the bakery downstairs)

 le magasin à côté de la boulangerie, un petit chien

(the store next to the bakery, a little dog)

 le chien très mignon attendre leur maître

(the very cute dog waiting for his owner)

 attention aux trains

(careful of the trains)

 pourquoi pas?

(why not?)

le 23

(the 23)

 un grosse tête laide

(a big ugly head)

 un Boxer sautant

(a Boxer jumping)

le tram

(the tram)

deux chiens duveteux - un petit peu indistinct

(two fluffy dogs - a little bit blurry)

 le rue verticale à notre rue

(the street perpendicular to our street)

 une bonne idée pour la transportaion publique

(a good idea for public transportation)

l'arrêt de bus juste devant notre apartment

(the bus stop just in front of our apartment)

un Labrador

(a Labrador)

marseilles vs. manchester united - feb 23, 2001

My husband enjoys soccer (football).

I'm always so thankful when he gets to play or watch it on TV.

This night, he got to see a European Cup Game LIVE!!!

Some of his soccer buddies joined together and
drove 2 hours to Marseilles for the match.

I was at home watching it on television - so fun!

He took this picture from his place in the stands.

Like magic to see a stadium full and lit up like this.

Both teams played well, and the end result was 0-0.

We will see how Marseilles does when they play in Manchester.

Hope you enjoyed.

I have to admit, I am getting more and more into soccer and rugby,

and I LOVE it!

--L

in town

showing Paris what Nice is all about

back of bus #4 or 7 - i can't remember

 old nice

 eating sokka

 narrow paths in old nice

Mediterranean sea and promenade

 carnival floats

 not a fan

 in my dreams, i ride sea horses

 like the rose parade, but not

 find my husband

 cute little tiny egg holders - couldn't resist taking a picture

 au revoir Elisa - merci pour venir

à bientôt à Paris ;)

--L

birthday - feb 21, 2001

3 decades later and this is what you get

Elisa came from Paris to visit me - 

we made cookies the night before the BIG day

 my French class

Javier (Argentina), Kanna (Japan), me, Anne Marie (our professor), 

Joseppe (Italy), Kartick (India), Abdula (Saudi Arabia)...

I'm so thankful for these classes

 Elisa took us out for lunch

 Crystal and Leon (and Tonio, of course), thank you for these yummy treats

 oh...French pastries...I really don't have any words

 blessed!

 

thank you Micah and Sonic!!!

 reading a note from my mom

 displaying some of my gifts

 tonio took me out for Japanese food for dinner

Miso soup - yum!!!!

 so good

 fried bananas - we went all out

 no comment

 eel

circle what doesn't belong

thank you Jesus for blessing me so much on my birthday 

through my husband, family and friends

--L

horses - feb 19, 2011

A woman at church found out i loved horses

Her daughter rides, so they invited me to watch one of her lessons

i was such a happy girl

 

molly's size

 Coralie (12 yrs) rode the black and white paint, Colorado

 a bareback lesson for balance

 in french, it's called "à cru" - literally "raw"

 gallop

 i didn't pet ALL of them, but i sure did try

 they look tiny, right?

 well, they are - the horses come in small, medium and large

every young girl's first love - a pony

this day was so much fun

it smelled like home....mmmmm =)

--L