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Halloween

So I wish I had a better picture of Luke, my little nephew! 

Lina got him all dressed up in a little Basket Ball player outfit. 

Anyhow, as we were doing Amelie's make-up, 

Lina decided to write in Black on Luke's forehead 'Basket' 

I saw nothing wrong with it until the next day!

In French we say 'Basket' for 'Basketball'

No wonder the neighbors were asking what was written on his forehead!

They were probably wondering why on earth the poor kid had that written on his head!!!

Wow!!! Did we laugh about it for days! 

I'm still laughing as I write this post!!!!

J'aurais bien aimer avoir une photo de Luke!

Lina a habille Luke dans un petit ensemble de BasketBall.

Sur son front elle a écrit 'Basket'

J'en a rien penser. 

Mais le lendemain, j'ai réalise!

'Basket' ici veux dire 'panier' 

C'eat pas étonnant que les voisins on demande ce qui etait écrit sur son front?

Ils se sont certainement demande pourquoi le petit avait le mot 'panier' sur sa tete!!!

Qu'est-ce que l'on a rigole!!! 

J'en rigole encore en écrivant ce post!!!

Amelie's visit to a Ranch

 Amelie took a little day trip with Laurent, Lina and Lola. She had lots of fun!

(Luke stayed home with me, we had a great time too!! :) He is adorable!

Laurent. Lina. Lola. Luke.

 

    

We are so happy to have visiting us, my younger brother Laurent, Lina,
and their 2 wee ones; Lola and Luke...
I do miss my family from France a lot.
I am always so delighted when anyone comes to stay with us from time to time.
(not as often as I would like)
They got here last friday.
On saturday we took a little trip down to the beach...
They experienced warm ocean water in october...
Good times.

Nous some si heureux de recevoir mon petit frere Laurent, Lina et les 2 petits Lola et Luke.

Ma famille en France me manque beaucoup.

C'est toujours un grand plaisir de les recevoir de temps en temps.

(pas assez souvent a mon gout!)

Ils sont arriver Vendredi dernier.

Samedi, nous avons fait une petite excursion a la plage...

Ils on eux experiencer une eau d'ocean bien tiede...

Que de bons temps.

We often go walking in the woodlands downtown. 

There is a good ambiance. 

kids can play in water games and cool off in the texas heat.

They also have a lot of activities.

Outdoor movies, art fairs, concerts, fireworks, dog shows, to mane a few.

Weekend in Salt Lake City

Mike and I had the chance of flying into Salt Lake City for a short but wonderful weekend. 

Friday night, we spent the evening with my sister and her family. 

Sophie Johnson came to see us. 

We, the girls, had a lot of fun going through Aude's closet, 

getting ride of old stuff and trying on outfits for Nephi's wedding the next day.

We spent the whole day with Mike's family. 

His sister RuthAnne and brother in law Marc were there too from England. 

As well as his Aunt Shirley from California. 

It had been 16 years since the siblings were all together! 

And what a beautiful occasion to be together than the union of 2 great souls... 

Nephi and Thanh his lovely sweet petite wife! 

have tones of pictures of course, I am working on a blog for them.

Mike et moi avons la chance d'aller a Salt Lake City pour un court,
mais merveilleux week-end.

Vendredi soir, nous l'avons passe avec ma soeur Aude et sa famille.

Sophie Johnson a passe la soiree avec nous aussi. 

Nous, les filles, avons fait le placard d'Aude, a lui debarasse d'habits,
ainsi que d'essayer des ensembles pour le mariage du lendemain.

 Samedi, on a passer toute la journee avec la famille a Mike.

Sa Soeur RuthAnne et beau frere Marc etait la aussi d'Angleterre.
Ainsi que sa tante Shirley, de la Californie.

Cela faisait 16 ans que les enfants etaient tous ensemble.

Et quelle magnifique occasion d'etre reuni pour l'union de 2 grandes ames: Nephi et Thanh.
J'ai plein de photos biensur, je suis en train de leur creer un blog.

Love this clip!!!! So true!

Preparing to go To Utah

So excited Mike and I are to go to Salt Lake City today! 

Unfortunately it's only for 2 1/2 days... 

Wish I could stay a little longer...

We are going for Nephi's wedding!

How fun is that!!!

At the airport and in the plane; Mike Working.
Isn't he cute? He was focussing so hard on his work!

Super contente d'aller a Salt Lake City avec Mike!
Seulement pour 2 jours 1/2...
J'aurais aimer rester un peu plus longtemps.
On va au mariage de Nephi!
C'est genial!

Rock climbing in Austin Texas with Lasah and Sarah. 

Amelie had so much fun!!!

Memories of a dear Friend....

Yesterday, my dear friend Denise Kisor of 16 years,  passed away...

She was diagnosed with brain cancer around April.

I think of her and smile. 

I picture her in Heaven being embraced by loved ones.

I'm so glad I got to see her before she moved on from this life.

I'm so thankful I got to tell her how much she meant to me 

and what a beautiful example she was to me. 

Knowing her has made me a better person.

She was a rock, sweet, meek, kind, loving, forgiving...etc.
She was soooooo Christlike.

She had a hard life but lived it without complaint.

I will forever think of her and want to be better.

Til we meet again...

Hier, ma tres chere amie de 16 ans, Denise Kisor est passee dans l'audela.
Elle a eu un diagnostic de cancer du cerveau vers le mois d'avril.
Je pense a elle et je souris.
Je l'imagine au paradis avec ses etres chers qui l'accueil avec joie.
Je suis reconnaissante de l'avoir revu cet ete avant qu'elle nous quite.
J'ai pu lui dire combien elle a touchee ma vie avec son merveilleux exemple.
Je suis une meilleur personne de l'avoir connue.
Elle etait solide come un rock, gentille, humble, pleine d'amour... etc.
Elle etait comme le Christ.
Elle a eu une vie difficile et l'a vecu sans se plaindre.
Quand je pense elle, je veux etre meilleur, pour toujours,
j'usqu'a ce que l'on se revoit...

Successful Surgery

Alexi was back yesterday in the hospital for surgery. 

Since the medications are not working, he is going to have a bag.

Again, wish I was there for him.

My dearest angel/friend Sarah is taking care of him.

Everything went really well.

The surgeon was happy with the whole procedure. 

Alexi was so happy this morning!!! 

No more painful symptoms!

Alexi etait de retour a l'hopital pour une operation.

Les medicaments ne marche pas donc il lui on mis un sac.

J'aurais bien aimer etre la pour lui... 

Heureusement que ma bonne amie/ange Sarah s'occupe bien de lui.

Tout c'est tres bien passe!

Alexi etait trop content ce matin! 

Plus de symptoms qui font mal! 

Nickname

So it's official, Amelie goes by Emmi at school.

At home she is still Amelie.

C'est officiel, a l'ecole, Amelie se fait apeler Emmi.

Mais a la maison elle est toujours Amelie.

Labor day

After we all worked in the yard raking the pine needles, 

weeding and cleaning up, we went for a couple of hours to the pool. 

I love that in the Woodlands, 

we get a summer pass that gives us entrance to all the 13 pools of every village. 

This is our favorite! It's got a lazy river, it's soooo relaxing, floating on tubes... 

It's in the village of Creekside...

After our record-breaking-hotest-summer-since-forever, we are cooling a little. 

Unfortunately, we are not getting any rain. We need some desperately... 

We are all on water restriction.

By the way, the heat didn't stop us from enjoying the summer... 

It wasn't too unbearable, like we were told before we moved here. 

I quite like Texas weather...