PARIS!!!

We have seeing a lot here in Paris. We saw the "Thinker", the Mona Lisa, Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, I could go on for a while. Here are a few pictures from the past few days.

Aedan when we arrived in Paris by train from London!

Avery Rose and Hannah in their new berets.

Aedan doing what boys do!

Aedan at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower

Arc de Triomphe

Breath taking

Seeing the Eiffel tower today was simply breath taking!! We are all excited to go up on Monday. We took a city tour this morning and went into Notre Dame. Beautiful!!!
We are staying in an amazing apartment!! Very spacious!!
Today in France they are celebrating summer solstice with concerts all over the place starting later this evening.
Wednesday is the day we will spend at Disneyland Paris, all of the kids are very excited!
I will hopefully get a chance to post more pictures in a couple of days.
I hope you all aren't melting!!!

Oh, your American!

Funny story of the day. We were in the bug house at the London Zoo today and a man was holding a tarantula talking about it and answering questions. Avery Rose, Aedan, and Hannah were up close watching when Hannah noticed that the tarantula pooped on the mans hand and promptly squeals "Ew, he pooped on your hand!" The looks confused at her, and asks, "what?" Then he said, "Oh, your American! Yes, he went to the loo in my hand, and you are very fortunate to see it because he only goes once a week." LOL. The kids thought that was hilarious!!

More pictures!

Walking across Abbey Road!

Aedan at the Harry Potter bridge over the train station

Fancy kids on our way to see Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat.

A few more pictures!

Today I am making up for lost time in regards to posting pictures!
Here you go!

Aedan in front of Stonehenge listening to recordings about what we are looking at.

Aedan and Avery Rose on the Underground

Avery Rose peaking out of the telephone booth

Aedan, Avery Rose, and Christina with Big Ben in the background

Christina on the boat headed to Greenwich with Big Ben in the background.

Aedan in front of the London Eye. The worlds tallest Ferris Wheel

Christina posing by the sign for our stop.

Buckingham Palace

Here is a picture from when we went to Buckingham Palace the other day. Now I know that not one of us is in this photo but I am sure you can use your imagination. We haven't been gone so long that you forgot what we look like, right???

Yesterday

First of all, I posted about 6 pictures yesterday and for some reason they aren't showing up.
Yesterday we took a long walk around Hyde Park. It is beautiful!!! The kids copied a man who was putting seeds in his hand and little birds would land and take it right out of his hand. We didn't have seeds but they did have leftover bread from feeding the ducks. Aedan, Hannah, and Avery Rose got birds to land on them. They also, along with me, feed the ducks right from our hands. For lunch we ate at Hard Rock Cafe. That was very fun! We also took a tour of the vault downstairs. We then took the tube to the British Museum and walked around there for a while. We then went and had Gelato for dinner then back to our apartment.
Today we are off to Stonehenge. I am very excited!!

Our day today...

This morning we took the Underground to get the boat that took us to Greenwich. Being at 0 longitude was very facinating!
We had lunch at a great Italian restaurant!
After lunch we visited the Maritime museum.
Aedan and I took a little nap on the boat on our way back.
Aedan and I were exhausted so we came home and Bob and the other kids went on to Covent Gardens.
That is all for now!

I almost forgot to tell you!

I have to share with you all that last night I LITERALLY fell asleep in the bathtub!!! I was even dreaming before my head tipped backwards and woke me up! That can't be good!
In this apartment that we are staying at there are 2 bath tubs and only one shower. The one shower is downstairs in Tim's room so I opted to use the bathtub connected to our bedroom. I was so tired and the water was nice and warm so I totally dozed off!!
That was a first for me!

First full day in London

Here is what we did today:
Walk to Buckingham Palace.
Saw Big Ben.
Rode on the London Eye. http://www.londoneye.com/
Visited the London Aquarium.
Walked inside the Westminster Abbey.
Took the Underground to Piccidilly.
Ate at Rainforest Cafe.

We are all ready to go to bed but it is only 6:35 p.m.!! So, I am trying to keep everyone up for a little while at least.

That is all for now.

We made it!

Our flight took off on time and it was pretty much uneventful which is what I had been praying for. There were little episodes of bad turbulence and the kids didn't sleep a lot but other than that it was great!
We just came home from Harrod's and dinner. Tomorrow we are going to the London Eye.
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All the many passports!!

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We are running late!!

We were supposed to leave for LAX 25 minutes ago. Oops! Josh Larson is trying to stow away with our luggage. Right now we are waiting for daddy!!
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Waiting to leave for LAX!!

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Tomorrow is the day!!

We are leaving to London tomorrow evening. I have been to the mall 17 times in the past 3 days. Well, maybe not quite that much but A LOT!!
I am trying to finish my packing quickly tonight because I really want to watch the Dodger game tonight. Clayton Kershaw against Greg Maddux!!

No comment necessary!!

Aedan's culmination

Getting his dress shoes on.

Walking through the parking lot.

Handsome man!

Bob and I with Aedan

Aedan on stage.

Aedan Glenn Koreiba is not an elementary student anymore, he is a middle school student. YIKES!!!
The program was nice then we went to Outback for dinner, and he got a digital camera from Momma Angie and Papa!

Tim's graduation

Timothy Bradford Wiseman graduated from Granada Hills Charter High School. He played bagpipes during the opening ceremonies and at the end. We all had a great time!!

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?????

Question, what is $150.00 plus $61.39???

$211.39!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is how much it cost me to fill up my Excursion the other day.
When is the maddness going to end???
BTW, my credit card only lets me put in $150 at a time so I just started it over. That is why there are 2 receipts!