Summer is here!

London Baby!

During Easter holidays we made a trip to England to visit a few friends. Here we are on the P&O Ferry. The kids loved the ferry ride and we had fish and chips for lunch, what else.

Here they are at Tower Bridge. Man did we walk a lot.

Just stopped by to visit the Queen, she wasn't in.

Alyssa and Joséphine found a friend at the Natural History Museum.

Western Party

Patrick just had his 8th birthday on the 12th of April. We threw him a western theme Party. He invited all the kids from his class and we ended up with 22 kids. Some came as cowboys and cowgirls and some as Indians. Here's the whole gang. We got some hay from a local farmer, we made a "Saloon" sign, a cactus, some dynamite cases, got a saddle for the kids to ride and even the skull of a cow. It was lots of fun.

Here's the invitation that we gave to all the kids.


We made a "Mexican" man who had a bit too much to drink. He was put at the entrance of the property.

Here's the saddle that we got. We stuck it on an old dog house, stuck on the kids horse head et voilà.

Here's our sack race, Cowboys vs Indians. Notice the tepee in the background. We also had egg races, lasso the pole and pin the mustache on the cowboy.

The three little rascals. Patrick 8 and Joséphine 2 with auntie Héloïse 9.

Here's the sheriff, keeping an eye on things.

We made a carriage cake, this bandito likes it.

It's the sheriff and the Bandito. We made him some chaps and a vest.

Hockey

For those who didn't know, I like hockey. I play in a club here in Paris called the Coyotes. I'm a left wing on the first line. My jersey is #17.

"Les Habitants"

Patrick 7 & Joséphine 2

My Little Cowgirl

Josephine with "T-Bear"

Merry Christmas

This year's Christmas show was a mix of different songs and dance from the four corners of the world. We had Latin, Celtic, Traditional, Broadway and Classical. Michael and Sophie made the backdrops and we printed them on 2m x 3m plastic canvas. Agnes, Michael and Heidi made all the costumes (one interesting thing to point out is that in the corsets, Michael put some of his old bass strings to use as "bars") Benedicte, Celeste and Angelique did all the choreography and arrangements and Samuel, Monica and Chesco helped with making props and the set-up. The show went very well.

Trip to Switzerland

We made a trip to Switzerland to visit our good friends Mike and Simona.


Here are few pictures...

a cup of cocoa and a cinnamon roll at Starbucks

in a cable car on the way up to Pilatus

Our Kiddos

Just a few recent pictures of Patrick and Joséphine.

Patrick 7 years old

Joséphine 2 years old

pre-release

Here are two of our new songs that will be on our new album. They are still in the "ruff" stages.

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Shine With Joy

Shine with Joy
by G.M.P.Mizrany

Verse 1
May I never swallow back the fear
To show my joy in tears.
May I always feel this high & be this free
May I always be
The way I feel when I’m with you
The way that you made me

Chorus
Shine with Joy that you give me
I try to love you like you first loved me
I try to love you like you love me
Like you first loved me

Verse 2
Let the clouds defile the morning skies,
And sun, forget to rise,
When I wake I cannot shake the butterflies,
I open my eyes,
And feel the rush to look at you,
And make you talk to me.

Bridge
And with your smile to pull me through,
I’ll fight for you,
I’ll fight you because I love you.

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Despising the Shame

Despising the Same
by G.M.P.Mizrany
Verse 1
I lived on a shelf just for my self & I've made merry,
And I have tried to seize the coolest breeze that could me carry.
Compromise had shut my eyes when I thought I was bluffing.
Fool! Instead of folding I was left there holding nothing.
Those that jeered & sneered is what I feared & most respected,
But now I've chosen God, & their applaud I've have rejected.

Chorus
Now I'm despising the shame,
That I receive in His name.
And aye, they call me profane,
I'm called by his name.
We're the same.

Verse 2
I will take this cross unto the lost & I will wear it,
The fire & the frost, I count the cost & I will bear it.
And I will bear the scorn that He has borne so undeserving,
As they call me the bastard of the Master that I'm serving.

Bridge
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep To gain what he cannot lose.
(He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep To gain what he cannot lose.)
I dare to bear the wrath with they Who live to laugh another day.