Belgian Birthday

We celebrated Sarah's birthday here in Belgium last week. Thank you so much to all the people who sent letters and kind notes to help with Kevin's present!! I think it is the best birthday present I have ever gotten and it meant so much to me to feel loved and at home, even though we are so far away! We had a great day, I got two birthday cakes both filled with amazing Belgium chocolate.

2 Year Anniversary - Paris, France

Kevin and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary on the 9th of this month! I can hardly believe we have been married for 2 years, though in some ways it feels like we have always been together. Since we live so conveniently close to Paris, we decided to spend the weekend there for our anniversary. We were in Positano, Italy last year for our anniversary and Kevin keeps asking me how in the world we are going to top it next year! I think we'll always find a way...

So what do you do on a romantic weekend in Paris? Go to Disneyland!! Yes, we went to Disneyland one day. I think we were both surprised at how much fun we had. It was a little different having everything in French, and I was heartbroken when we discovered they didn't have a Splash Mountain (seriously??), but was surprisingly similar to the US versions.

This is us on the Tower of Terror - one of my all-time favorite rides!! I think I like it so much because it never fails to get me nervous/excited. Obviously I wasn't completely over my fears on this first run....

Ok, so in addition to Disneyland, we did some great stuff in Paris too. We have been there before, so we wanted to see and do things we didn't do last time. We went to the Sacre Cour Cathedral, some beautiful hidden parks and spent tons of time at the Versailles Gardens. Best of all, it was a perfect weekend for us to relax (I read "Breaking Dawn" in 2 days while Kevin watched the Olympics).

Welcome to the Hillyard's Blog!

We have finally succumbed to the wonderful, wild world of blogging! I always thought I would start blogging when we had kids, but after looking at several friend's blogs - I have gotten so excited about it and couldn't wait to start our own. Now I'm just sad we haven't been doing this the whole time! So, here it goes....