Saturday, October 24, 2009

5 year Anniversary in London and Paris

So, as many of you know, we celebrated our five year anniversary by taking an incredible 10 day trip to London and Paris. This was the trip of a lifetime and we took some 2000+ photos and 10+ hours of footage. Some pretty amazing pictures and even more amazing memories...so needless to say, it's a little overwhelming to try and blog! Today I am conquering the overwhelming feeling of trying to upload picture by picture... but I might only get a few blogged.

This is part 1 of several blogs that we'll post to share a little of our trip! Enjoy!

Flying coach and flying Business Elite Class are two very, very, very different things. In fact, flying in the front cabin with "those" people is more like going to a high-end resort at 30,000 feet. Before we could even think, we were being offered drinks and newspapers; the movies were all FREE; the food was better than Morton's; and our "seats" became beds - completely flat with pillows and a comforter. WOW. Thanks Aunt Kathy for the buddy passses!
A little nap on the plane! They supplied the little eye cover thingies (which we kept as a souvenier of course). Although the beds were great, we only slept for 2 hours; the rest of the time we were being fed!
Arriving in London! We bought tickets to the Red bus tour on our first day there so that we could get an overview of the city without walking our feet off. We are converts to the "hop-on-hop-off" bus tours. They rock.
The weather was near perfect the entire trip. Here we are in front of Tower of London.
A picture of the big London Eye; the aquarium behind. Is it even possible for London to be 72 degrees and clear in August?!?!

More to come!!

6 comments:

Katie C Kirkham said...

Amazing. 5 years AND a Paris trip. thats huge!

MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY. Moola get here fast so we can come see you!!!!!!!!!!

Ami said...

Can't wait to see more of those 1000 pics! I asked matt where we are going for our 5 year anni. Better be good like yours!

Turok said...

SO SO SO jealous! Thats awesome! I am dying to go to Europe....one of these days i will make it...

South Shore Salutations said...

Fun Fun Fun!

Cody and Valerie Walker said...

Hi guys! Wow, that's so awesome that you got to take that amazing trip! We miss you and hope you're doing well:)

Alma said...

Loved these pics already- looks like a blast. Look forward to reading/seeing more.

At the beach in San Francisco

At the beach in San Francisco
During our Christmas visit to CA, we went to Baker's beach to take some photos and enjoy the beautiful scenery.

Welcome...

Yes, yes, we realize we're jumping on a bandwagon....but come on, it's just so much fun! How else can you turn yourself or your family into instant celebrities?! Or make everyone else think you have a perfect life...

Anyway, welcome to our newest addition! It doesn't cry or need attention. And no diaper changing. Whatever we tell it to do, it does (until the computer crashes). And we can sleep in on Saturday.

Well, life is good. We live in Connnecticut. You know, the place about which Glenn Close's character in the Stepford Wives said, "Where in America could a whole town of robots go unnoticed? Connecticut!"

Allan is working as a Landscape Designer and Corinne is working as a Singer/Dancer/Actress! We have the greatest church ward this side of the Mississippi - lots of big active families and our chapel is only 2 miles away. Allan serves as the 11 year old primary teacher and Blazer leader, and Corinne is the YW Personal Progress Leader. There are hundreds of young people in our ward, so it's busy!

Browse our recently added pictures, slideshows, and posts. We'll do our best to keep it updated.

The parade!

The parade!
There is a big balloon parade put on by UBS, and they set everything up just outside our balcony -- cool!

The big parade

The big parade
Corinne getting some new friends in Connecticut.

Trip to Washington DC Aug 2007

Trip to Kauai May 2006