Lyon - Day 1

On July 3rd we started our epic European adventure!!

We kicked off the trip with a flight through Iceland - we NEED to go back!! - and then to Paris. From Paris we took a beautiful train ride and arrived in Lyon.

The first day was VERY HOT and the kid were jet lagged. So, we took the vernacular up to the beautiful Notre Dame church, saw the Roman Colosseum, walked around old Notre Dame and then went for the first of a number of times to the World Cup village where the kids played in all the games with children from all over the world. SO COOL.

Maggie is Eight!!!!

Maggie turned eight. EIGHT. I can't believe she is going into third grade. Crazy. We had a fun and low key birthday for her. This was her first birthday where she had soccer, so she got to bring donuts for her whole team....and Frances's...considering she is an honorary member at this point :)  For her bday, she wanted a small group for a pool party and then her first sleepover. She picked two girls who are just the sweetest and it was so much fun to see them giggle and laugh the whole night.