This morning we headed out to Saint Paul, Marais to do some shopping and visit art museum galleries.

We made a reservation here at this restaurant and they came to pick us up at our hotel. Not too shabby…

Great food

awesome company

Who ARE they?? My girls friends are attracting guys everywhere we went! 😉

Our ride? Oh la la~

All of us stayed here in an amazing family suite, thanks to Amy's corporate rate!

The first stop in Paris

Ladureé

Arc de Triomphe

The birthday boy got a train set with a table as a present from us. He LOVES it and plays with it all the time now.

African dance

It is a long tradition with the Maasai warriors to jump. It is said to be a sign of manhood and strength, and is a great competition amongst the young men.
I was absolutely amazed at how high they could jump, this guy must be about three feet off the ground from a stand-still position.

The lion hat

our friend Dee, the best jumper in town.

Gate to the village

The women sang around me

and we danced, chanting what sounded like, "daddy, daddy".

I think they liked my dancing too. Hard to tell though whether they were laughing at me or with me. haha.

making fire

We went inside one of their houses.

The first room we saw was for baby cows.

Inside of this tiny hut, we sat in a small dark room that was both a living room/bedroom and kitchen. They had no electricity. The guide explained the room structures and what a day at the village is like. It was a mind boggling experience. Hard to believe that they actually live here. 

Then we were lead to what's called their "gift shop".

They were so pushy and pressuring us to buy everything we looked. 

Honestly, I would've loved to have bought more stuff but because they were so pushy, I was confused and withdrawn from buying. 

Andrew insisted that we have to have fish and chips in London. Not bad.

Cool street to go shopping.

We very much enjoyed London. People were very nice, food was great and shopping wasn't bad either. Hope to come back here to visit again soon! Cheerio. 🙂

Our journey begins tonight as we set off to London for 2 days before we head off to Africa for 10 days. We are attending Aleena's wedding in Mombasa, Kenya next week so we planned a trip for just Andrew and me. I felt bad leaving my children behind with my parents, but I had to stop myself from feeling this way. I felt peaceful praying about this trip and I fully trusted that God would take good care of everyone. I just needed to remind myself over and over again. 

At the same time, I've been excited to spend time with my best friend. This is our first trip without the kids. 

We're staying here  in London. 

View from the balcony

My favorite store in London. If I lived here, I would come here everyday.

We got on a tour bus and saw most of London in one day. It's fun being a tourist. 

We had the best Indian food here on Baker street. 

Here are some pictures of my happy clients who got their daughter's profiles made. The reaction I received when I hand delivered their pendants was truly unforgettable. They both got teary eyed. 

I love that I was able to make something very special to them. THIS is why I love what I do… 

We're finally getting a bigger car for the growing family. We are literally running out of room in my Volvo with two active kids, their strollers, bicycle plus my huge diaper bags with all kinds of kids stuff… A lot of our friends have said, "It's about time!"

We're doing "whatcha talking about Willis" face.

On Christmas eve…

They ran into the living room and saw all the presents.

Chloe stood there for a moment before she started opening the gifts.

Out of all the presents she opened, the first thing she wanted to do was to paint the picture frames. Thanks aunt Jenny for the presents!

Andrew and I spent about 3 hours setting up this kitchen unit. 

We had a wonderful day with our family.