Catching Up!

Got a {bit} behind on my blogging! It has been a busy, fun filled last month. Some of the highlights:

Vampire Weekend Concert
Ian and I got tickets to go see Vampire Weekend. I so love this band, but have fallen out of love with going to see live music. From my first few concerts that included being so far away from the band to really see much of anything, to getting pushed down the stairs during U2, to someone full on smoking a joint at the Jack Johnson concert next to me, I kind of had written off going to anymore concerts. They all just kind of sucked. But, I decided to try one more time with Vampire Weekend. SOOO glad I did. The concert was so fun. It was at a small venue, aptly called The Venue, which made a huge difference. We could actually see everything! There were sparkly chandeliers all over the place, and the band sounded absolutely amazing. Loved everything about this night. Thank you Ian!



Our big day
My sweetie's birthday and our anniversary. Love our little family so much. Words just can't express how lucky I feel everyday to spend my life with these two Matheson boys.

We celebrated M's birthday with...

Donuts for a class treat...
SkyBox birthday dinner...

Lots of fabulous gifts from family and friends...

A big birthday party...

with a trip to see Diary of a Wimpy Kid & a sleepover. More on our anniversary later:}



Paris
Sharing a few pictures and a story right now, but I think I will share pictures throughout the year when the days are long and I need those memories to give me inspiration:} It was wonderful. It was magical. And inspirational. So lucky to have gone. Can't wait to share it's beauty with you!

So, getting to Paris was a bit rough. Our flight from Dallas to Paris was delayed by 10 hours. It was a long road to finally get there. Pair our exhaustion with an insane Parisian shuttle ride to our minuscule European hotel room, and I was a bit disheartened. But then, amid all of that first day, there was the Louvre. We walked from our hotel on a glorious, sunny, spring day down the Seine and the Rue de Rivioli to the museum. The walk itself was living art. THIS was the Paris I had dreamed about! It was divine:}

This was my favorite sculpture in the Louvre. Canova's neo-classical white group in marble of Cupid and Psyche was in a small corner just soaking up the afternoon light. It was so beautiful it took my breathe away. I couldn't believe I was seeing this in person. On a Thursday afternoon. A perfect first day in Paris.