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I've had a lot of people ask where in the world our wedding photos are and why we haven't posted any pictures. I called the photographer yesterday and they will be ready to proof in another week or two, and it may be another few weeks before I officially have them. I haven't seen any yet so I'm looking forward to them being finished.

I'll post some as soon as we get them back.

Honeymoon - Days 11 & 12

Day 11

Paris

Last day of our honeymoon

What a great ending to a fabulous trip!

We started off by going to the Arc de Triomphe. Thanks to Napoleon wanting his troops to have a victory march, we have this amazing arch that is quite the tourist attraction. We took and elevator to the gift shop inside the Arch and then went up two flights of stairs to get to the top.

This is the underground crosswalk to get to the Arch. The intersection around the Arch was insane! Crossing it would have proven deadly!

The views from the top of the Arch were amazing... and not nearly as nauseating as the view from the Eiffel Tower.

We tried so hard to get one of "those" pictures holding the Tower. This was about as good as we got.

This guy was pretty confident in his kilt. Hey, it's Europe and ANYTHING goes. Ken flashed this little photo and the guy was not too happy about it.

The stairs back down the Arch to go to the elevator.

The infamous Champs-Elysees. Shopping anyone?

We walked clear down from the Arch to the Obelisk. Our feet were so sore! And then what? We turned around and walked right back!

I loved these little birds!

We don't know what this plant is but we both loved it!

The Paris Opera House. I wonder if the Phantom really lives in the basement...

This man was on the steps at the Opera House. I was totally enthralled with watching him. He wasn't begging or anything. He was clearly homeless. In this picture, you can't see the cardboard box and duffel bag he had. He'd pray for a minute, stand up and get a drink, and then go back to praying. I was fascinated by him!

We had one last meal in France. We ate at this little Italian cafe right on the Champs-Elysees just across from the Arch de Triomphe. We were able to watch the Arch light up as we finished our dessert.

This was our waiter. He was a total crackup!

Back across the street to the Arch.

We LOVED the way the guy standing near the lights lit up in our photo. It's a little spooky.

Beautiful and amazing! That is about all I can say. I loved every minute in Paris!!

Day 12

Heading Home

We took a taxi to the airport and got there plenty early. Good thing because we got there and saw the craziest line for our airline.

One side of our check in wait.

The other side of our check in wait.

One lengthy flight later, we were back in the good old United States. Our layover in Chicago was supposed to be 5 hours but due to problems with our airplane, it ended up being about 8 hours instead.

We "adopted" two missionaries during our 8 hours at the Chicago O'Hare Airport. The Elder on the left was returning to Salt Lake City from Spain, and the Elder on the right was going to the Provo MTC from Spain, and they had never met. It was so random that we hooked up with them both. They spent our layover time with us. He took them to dinner and visited with them, and made sure the Elder going to MTC made it out of the SLC airport. It was a lot of fun for us to run into them.

So now we're home and it's back to real life.

Back to work.

Back to chores.

Back to bills.

Back to reality.

Our time in Europe was so fun! I am so grateful that Ken and I were able to spend that time together in such an amazing part of the world. I am already trying to plan our next adventure together. I'm thinking... Italy, Greece, and the surrounding areas. Something Mediterranean.

Yeah? Sounds perfect to me!!

Happy one month...

Happy "Monthsary" To Us!

Today is our one month anniversary.

(and no... I am not going to post a monthly anniversary post every month)

I love him more today than I did a month ago.

That's a great thing!

Honeymoon - Day 10

Day 10

Paris

This was one of my FAVORITE days!

We started off by going to Catholic Mass at Saint Sulpice Cathedral. Ken referred to this as his "pilgrimage" back to where his "organ roots" are. One of the organists that he really admires played the organ here for something like 60 years. Crazy! It was a beautiful building!

The Cathedral was under some renovation.

Below is the beautiful fountain in front of the church.

Ken was in organist heaven! There was an organ recital after the church service that was really nice to sit and listen to. It's amazing just how old the organ is, but how incredible it sounds!

We left Saint Sulpice and headed over on the train to the Eiffel Tower. We waited in line about 2 hours to buy tickets to ride the elevator up the tower. There were A LOT of people there!!

Looking right up the center of the tower from underneath it.

Eiffel himself.

The view from the first level was amazing. It made me totally freak out though. It's a lot higher up than it looks. We had planned on going to the very top but Ken and I both decided that there was no way either of us could stomach it.

After coming down from the tower, we walked across the bridge to this building for pictures of the tower from more of a distance.

There is a lot of trash in Paris!

More trash - ha ha!

We decided to take a boat ride on the Seine to see some of the sights and get off our poor aching feet. This was the line we stood in for our boat. The dock was just across from the Eiffel Tower.

A few things we saw along the riverbank.

Our river cruise got us back to the Eiffel Tower just in time to watch it light up. Beautiful and romantic!

About an hour or so after it was lit, the tower "twinkles". It was nearly impossible to get a picture of it. We did get a little bit of video though. It was so beautiful! I didn't want to leave. I honestly could have stayed there another day. It was a little bit fairytale-ish.

This was one of my favorite days on the entire trip!