WOW...It Simply Is Not Possible

I know it doesn't seem possible to you either, but Katelyn just turned 18!!!  Where has the time gone?!  I don't think that this is real . . . I mean that makes us older, too.  Yikes!  Well, even though it doesn't seem real, it is, and she's the one happy about it!  She's finishing up high school - it's her senior year - in her third high school, and she's registered to vote!!!  She's also got her permit to drive, and when she's done enough practicing, she'll have her license . . . no way!!! (She's already got a car to drive, so she's set . . .) This is certainly an exciting time in her life.  Hopefully, we will keep you posted with all the changes . . . sorry I've been absent from the blog for a while. 

Happy Birthday, Katelyn!!!!!

Family Time

Well, we've returned from our "tour" of Germany, and here we are with the family in Oklahoma.  You can see everyone thanks to the timer feature on the camera - but there is no one to see our smiles.  Oh well . . . you got us all - even Chris . . . just not Scarlett and Antenna!  Nice way to come back to the good 'ole USA.

ENJOY!!!

The Scarlett Scoop

Well . . . there hasn't been a scoop on Scarlett in a while, and when I was going through Kate's pictures for Prom, I happened upon these that she has taken over the last year.  Hard to believe that Scarlett is already 15 months old.  She's as cute as anything, but only much, much bigger.  I can already hear the oooohhhs and aaawwws over the internet . . . yes, I can!!!

ENJOY!!!

Pretty for Prom

Well . . . it's that time of year . . . PROM!  Katelyn decided that she wanted to go with a few of her girlfriends.  She picked out a beautiful dress . . . made plans for dinner . . . and then headed out for an evening of fun.  Didn't she look gorgeous?!!!

Katelyn, Lyndalya, Amber, and Desiree

ENJOY!!!

Versailles

The last pictures of our trip to Paris . . . We spent part of a day at Versailles.  It is funny that it used to be a palace out in a country village . . . of course now, it's a palace in a suburb of Paris.   For the most part, we found it to be opulent, crowed with rude, pushy tourists and really, really in need of dusting!!!  I would say it was our least favorite destination.  But most importantly, we can say we've been there!

Mac and Katelyn with some of the tourist behind them.  

A chapel built inside the palace.

What they call the "Hall of Mirrors".  We didn't even realize that we were in with mirrors because it was so dusty.  I can see that in it's day, it was beautiful, just not now.  :o(

Mac, Katelyn and Tanya.

ENJOY!!!

French Fun

   You know, we did HAVE to eat at McDonalds at least one time while in Paris . . . I mean, McDonalds DOES have FRENCH fries, after all!  :o)     

                                                                                  

                                                              Mac posing on the Seine River.
                                                       

Mac got a cool Paris yo-yo at the Eiffel tower.  He learned all kinds of tricks . . .

Here he shows the "walk the dog" trick!

             Mac and Katelyn show off the artwork that we bought from this "artist".  We thought we were buying from the person that created these.  We got a fantastic deal - really amazing . . . only to find out later that we had been been the "victims" of a scam ARTIST.  They really were very, very inexpensive . . . something they we can frame and they can have in their apartments or dorms, or whatever . . . you know, something they picked . . . just sad that we realized that it really wasn't his work!  Oh well, it's a great story.  We were the perfect victims . . . we thought we got over on him, and it was really him that got over on us!  Ha!

A view of the Eiffel Tower with the replica of the Statue of Liberty in the middle of the Seine River.

Katelyn poses with the sticker that was placed on everyone in our group that went to see how perfume, real perfume is created.  She was just too cute, not to take this picture!

ENJOY!!!

Notre Dame Cathedral

What can one really say about the Notre Dame Cathedral?  It is an amazing church!!  Beautiful, ornate, and always something different and new for the eye to see.  I only wish we had more time to spend at this site.

ENJOY!!!