Birthdays at Europa Park

Brooklyn wanted to go back to Europa Park for her Birthday.  So she invited Bryton to come with her.
Kayden tried to find a friend to go with him as well as we were kind of celebrating both October Birthdays with a trip to Europa Park.  But alas two of his friends were out of town and the other one couldn't come.  Sad :(
So Kayden got to spend the day with Brooklyn, Bryton, and Chandler.
The kids were so excited to be able to explore the park for 10 hours without any adults. (We kept in touch via phone.) 

Jeremy and I had a fabulous day.  We go to do whatever we wanted whenever we wanted.
Having teenagers are the best.  They are so fun, full of life and INDEPENDENT.  How fun to have
the entire day with my sweetheart.  And just look how festive the park was today.  

I love this MAN of mine.
 The massive Pumpkin behind us is Eurosat rollercoaster.
They decorated the inside of the silver sphere with lots of Halloween decorations. To go along with the stars, planets, and meteorites.  You get to ride in a space craft to the top of the sphere.  You all count down together as is falls into the depth of the earth.  They had glow in the dark spiders, and the pumpkins inside the sphere were pretty wicked.

 

I just love how festive the park was.  Every lane was decorated and full

of fall and Halloween.

Eurpoa Park was completely decorated for Halloween.
For a Country that just recently started celebrating Halloween, they go all out.

Even the bushes were turned into Witches. 

The kids did let me snap a picture before they took off
for their day of independence at the park.

We go to the park 30 minutes before they opened.
So I got to steal a couple pictures before the kids left us. 

Our first ride was The Silver Star.  It is one of the biggest and highest rollercosters at Europa Park
It's one of my personal favorites.  The kids RAN to the ride, where Jer and I just walked.  (Again super cool to be able to go our own speed.)  We were a couple rides behind the kids.  But I was able to snap a picture of the kids.  Have fun loves.

I loved all the Halloween decorations.  

This picture was suppose to capture how cool the lights were on the
Halloween decorations.  Umm you can't really tell how cool it was.
Picture fail.  But it's still pretty awesome. 

Inside Eurostat.  Awesome, Right? 

What a perfect nice relaxing day.  Here the kids are all running around trying to
hit as many High Thrill rides as they could while Jeremy and I are like yeah this looks
like a fun ride.  It really was the PERFECT day.

We even go to witness a Halloween Wedding.  Well, of sorts.

I think it's funny we saw the kids back at Silver Star.  (No, we didn't plan it.)
We were both in the Front Seat line of the coaster. Again they were a good 4-5 rides a head of us.  But it was fun to snap a picture of them having so much fun.  They rode the Siver Star like 6 times.  Jeremy and I only rode it 3 times.
But we both rode Blue Fire front row as well.  Blue Fire is another favorite roller coaster of ours.  

This picture captures a little of the ambiance of the park at night.
Full of fall, lights and Halloween.  It almost makes me want to come back for
Christmas to see how they decorate it and how festive it is.  We will have to see.
We will definitely be making a trip back to Europa Park for sure.  We really love this place. 

Our Baby Girl turned 14

Brooklyn is one year older and wiser too!
Brooklyn has been into owls lately so we thought a fun
Owl Theme Birthday would be perfect to help her celebrate turning 14.

Her fun Owl Door.

Her table setting and chair. 

Owl Table
Brooklyn's Menu
Breakfast: French Toast and Maple Sausage
Lunch: at the pumpkin festival
Dinner: Chinese Chicken Salad, Pretzel rolls, fruit smoothies
For dessert she wanted the oowwie goowie caramel chex/ grams, nut mix

Happy Birthday with Owl our Love!

Our baby girl ready to open presents.
Guess Hoo thinks your pretty special?  

Kayden, played the prank on Brooklyn.  He used almost an entire roll of tape trying to make it so she couldn't open her present.  This picture made me laugh because this is how Brooklyn opened her presents when she was 2 years old.  Amazing her teeth still work 12 years later.  Ha!  

I made a cute owl card and both Jeremy and I wrote special notes for the Birthday Girl.

Love this smile.  I will Owl-ways LOVE YOU!

I love surprising my girl.  

Brooklyn's Birthday was a Hoot!
Look at that smile, she got Love Letters, a game she wanted for a couple months. 

Kayden, wrote a poem for Brooklyn and was sharing it with her.
He was super cute in how he presented it.  I love this picture.  

The Louvre Paris

Our next big adventure was The Louvre.
One of the oldest, largest, and most famous art galleries and museums in the world. 

This place was GINORMOUS!  Seriously it was so big.  We were not sure where to start.
We were told that if you took 3 seconds to look at each artifact in the museum it would take you three months to see everything.  So you can imagine our little 2 1/2 hours exploring The Louvre didn't even skim the surface. 

The Louvre was previously a Royal Palace.  

This is the hallway leading to The Mona Lisa.
You can see all the artwork along the walls and see that the hall is really long. 

The Louvre holds some of the world's most famous art.  The first piece we got to see was
Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.  The most famous painting in the world.  

Even the floors were full of stunning ART!

The ceilings were full of meticulous murals. 

There were so many elegant sculptures throughout the Museum. 

Venus de Milo
Greek Goddess of Love and Beauty. 

Athena- The Goddess of Wisdom, Courage, Law and Justice.

Zeus-the sky and thunder God in Ancient Greece.

We got to explore the Egyptian Collection.

Egyptian Gods

Egyptian writing. 

Egyptian Tomb

Persian Art.  This was one of my favorite exhibits.
I loved the colors and designs they are stunning.

Love love the colors.

This is the top of the column that held up the beams of the roof in the palace of the king of Persia.
It was huge and only the TOP of the column!

Here is the inverted Pyramid inside the Louvre.
Jer and I thought it was awesome!