L'engagement

Court and I had a wonderful day in Paris today, despite the unbelievable cold.





We began with a church service at Notre Dame.

Followed by a wonderful brunch at a nearby cafe where we could look at Notre Dame from our seats.

Then we bought our museum passes and looked at some great art (Waterlilies, Monet in this picture).


















More art...

















Then took a walk down the Champs Elysees.
















The Champs is amazing. There are all kinds of amazing sculptures and buildings lining it. The half closest to the Arc de Triomphe is lined with some of the riziest stores in the world. The half closest to the Louvre is basically a permanent carnival. There's a lot to do. Including kissing elephants.












Including this giant slide that Courtney kept wanting to slide down. Take a look at her in the second lane from the right (blue) about one hump up, and take a look in the bottom left hand corner of the photo.












Big finish.












Fun slide, has no idea what I'm doing. She later said, "I was thinking, why is he not taking my picture? That's why I wanted to do this slide."









Still no clue...












Is figuring it out...















Ring on the finger.














She said yes...(shocking I know).













Pray with me that those are tears of joy. Otherwise, we're in for a long rest of the trip.

















Le ring! (I don't think that's the right translation).













This is about 10 minutes later after we both calmed down and were able to stop shaking -- wow, that's a nervous moment -- had no idea.










Then we had the bright idea to get up on this contraption. 9 euros a piece.

But it was worth it for the view.










We're headed out now for some champagne and dinner. Miss everyone and can't wait to see you all soon.