Patrick turned 9, we had kids over from his school again this year. The theme was Robin Hood. We had an archery contest (with cross bows).
Bénédicte made a Robin Hood and Little John river fight cake.


Here are some of his pals.

Prince John, Robin Hood and a pretty noble woman.

Happy 32nd to me.

Life is like a box of chocolates!

Christmas 2008

Left to Right:
Back: Bénédicte, Christophe, Agnès
Middle: Patrick, Heloise
Front: Angélique, Rachel, Céleste

Merry Christmas!!!

First Snowfall

It aint much but I have to do with what we have. I'm not in Canada. It's a little small and full of leaves but here's Josephine's first snoman. The next one she said it had to be a girl with braids.

Here are some photos from the shooting of "Despising the Shame"

left to right
Angélique, Bénédicte, Agnès and Céleste

School Kids

Patrick 8 years old, 3rd grade



Joséphine 3 years old, kindergarden

Happy Birthday Heloise

Heloise celebrated her 10th year. Our theme this time around was The Renaissance/The French Revolution. Quite fun, some people put a lot into their costumes. We had some royals and even the peasants were revolting.

Camping in Vendée

We went camping for two weeks on the west coast. The area of France is called Vendée. The campsite was in a sandy pine forest and just a five minute walk to the beach. In two weeks it only rained twice, not to bad. The water was pretty warm for the Atlantic. On one of the days we went to a "petting farm". Had a ride on a tractor, ponies and fed the animals. Typical farm stuff.

Summer is here!