Mowing the lawn!

Allen mowed our grass last night. The boys helped too.

Ben had to get the right attire on to mow the grass! He is all about dressing up right now. 

Then the lawn mower broke, the toy one. 

Back up and running!!

Loving the imagination right now. 

The Heugels Visit!

Joanne, Tyler and Justin came to visit the beginning of June.  Always a blessing to get to spend time with them.  Amazing how we have known each other since second grade!  A sweet, sweet friendship and gift from God!  Love this sweet family.  So fun to see them as parents.  Justin was adorable and my boys LOVED having him around.
 

 

Allen got out the sprinkler and water guns one afternoon. 

 

Catching water in the cone.

Sweet days of summer!

Paradise Wildlife Park

After the retreat, we went and check out a zoo called Paradise Wildlife Park. They had an amazing amount of animals and the boys had a blast! 

The boys were excited about the reindeer!

This cheetah had been a part of someone's personal collection!  Can you imagine? Anyways, this lady was rubbing him and the purring was amazing.  He was in a really small enclosure and she said it was because at this point he could not handle a bigger enclosure. 

 

Tigers!

 

There was a little Lion Cub.  So cute and playful!

Then we got to the inflatable slide and the boys were in heaven!  They went up and down it and would have continued all day long.

 

Retreat

We were blessed to get a weekend away the end of May as a family.  We were invited to a retreat with some of Allen's coworkers.  It was a beautiful location and the boys had a great time playing with all their friends. 

The weather was gorgeous!

 

 

 

This bush was hollow inside.  It made a great hideout!

 

Ben and his friends learned a great song titled, "God's still working on me!"  Loved hearing him sing such a sweet song.  A great reminder that God is still working on all of us! 

 

 

Paris Day 4

On Sunday morning, our last day in Paris, we went to another market/flee market/furniture market. We didn't take any pictures that morning.  Then we headed back to our hotel.  Of course, before we left, I needed to get one last crepe and Allen got one last ice cream!

Blurry Team Dickerson!

At the train station headed back to England. 

10 YEARS!!  What a wild ride it has been!  Allen is amazing and I am so thankful for the 10 years the Lord has given us together!  We are blessed!

Paris Day 3

On Saturday Morning, Joe, Allen and I headed out to find a market that was in our guide book.  It was a really developed market in a fun part of town.  There were street musicians and a few vendors.  It was just beautiful and fun to walk around.
 

 

 

After that market, we headed back to get Ashleigh and as we came up at our metro stop.  There was another market.  You could tell this was where the locals shopped.  Lots of fruits and veggie vendors and butchers.  Fascinating to watch everyone at the market.  We found an African stall and I had samosas for lunch.  Allen opted for the rotisserie chicken and potatoes that had been cooking in the drippings from the chickens.  YUMMY!!

From there we headed back to the Champs-Elysees for a Tuk-Tuk ride up to the Arc de Triomphe. 

Allen close and comfortable with our driver!

All of our group photos are blurry!!  UGH!

That night we went back to the Eiffel tower to see it light up.  Beautiful!

 

 

 

 

Paris Day 2

On Day 2, we went up the Eiffel Tower and went into the Louvre.
 

May 17, 2013  We have been married 10 years!!  It keeps getting better!

 

For lunch we went to a craperie!  YUM YUM YUM!!  The place was packed with locals.  So fun!

Joe and Allen!! Love these guys and their special friendship.

They were going through the butter in this place! 

Then we headed out to the Louvre.  It is a gorgeous building and HUGE!

Figuring out that we aren't really art people!  I think that we had more fun watching the people take pictures of the pictures and the comedy of some of the art work!

That night we ate dinner in a restaurant that was underground in an old chapel.  Beautiful and of course great food.

Allen studied this building in architecture.  All about the insides of a building being exposed on the outside.  It was in an interesting neighborhood...