blissful day three.

our eyes kind of hurt from all the pretty things we saw today.

paris is so pretty.

delightful day two.

le marais

{the best-preserved neighborhood in paris}

a row of rentable, basketed bikes.

on the street where i lived.

{you can see the Bastille in the background}

place des vosges

"ink is the blackness out of which comes light." 

photo taken at Victor Hugo's HOUSE. 

{yes. that victor hugo.}

Hotel de Sully.

{i like to call it Pemberley}

love, lindsay.

happiness is

hugging your mom oh, so tight for the first time in a long time

joining the mission world and the family world

that favorite little spot along the seine

sunshine on notre dame

my favorite place in the world

the lock bridge.

lovers attach a lock to this bridge and "throw away the key" into the river.

organic gelato in the shape of a flower

me and my camera together again.

happiness is serving a mission in paris.

love, lindsay

hello, Paris!

remember this?
{it's still on you tube!}

the mission call "freak-out"

is about to be repeated

when Amie and I get to the 

mission home 

to be reunited with our little mish.

today is the day I fly to Paris...

I'm already freaking out!

stay tuned for pics of the reunion:)

7 days to go!

Bonjour!

in just 7 days I will board a plane

headed for:

paris!

I can't wait to see my Lindsay lou,

 wrap my arms around her and tell

her "well done"!

AND... of course, I'm dying to see

Amie, Roland, Eric, Emilie, Lydie & Charlie!

it will be a 10 day 

dream-come-true trip:)

Stay tuned for blog posts 

from France!

expo west in Anaheim

Once a year, I get to attend 

the Natural Products Expo in Anaheim.

It feels like miles and miles

of healthy food products on display

with taste testing at every single booth...

oh my goodness.

{it's like healthy trick-or-treating for grown ups!}

these are my Real Foods Market 

foodie friends that i go with. 

we have a great time together doing what we love:

finding MORE good, clean, healthy food!

we also took time for a 
beautiful, early morning run.

along the way, i couldn't help but notice

these everywhere:

and these lovely gigantic succulents:

oh! to have tropical flowers

blooming in March! 

what i would give.

it was a fast and furious 2 days,

but it was filled with 

friends

good food

sunshine

pretty nice, huh?