Dear Kids,

We can't wait to see you tomorrow!  Camille and Grace, I'm sorry that we're going to miss your awards assembly.  Dad and I keep talking about what your awards must be for... maybe best penmanship?  Toothless grin?  Most likely to be related to someone in their class?  Sweetest kid?  I can't wait to hear all about it and give you tons of hugs when I get home.  I thought we'd write our final letter to you about the last things that we did last night and today.

 Last night we went up again to Montmartre- I told you about it a few days ago.  At the top of it is this cathedral called the Sacre Coeur.  It's nice because you can get a good view of the city.  It's an interesting area because many artists and writers lived here or hung out here.  So that's why we went.  Because we're so artsy.  (that's a joke).

 We tried to go to the cemetery, but it was closed.  You can see that most of the graves aren't under ground but in crypts, these little rooms.  Different, right?

 Then we went to dinner.  You can see that this is the perfect daddy dinner, because it is a salad with lots of cheese and meat, covered in these fried potatoes.  You know how much dad loves fried potatoes!  Did I tell you about the weird flavors of chips?  Dad tried the roasted chicken chips.  But he didn't try the smoked ham or the cheeseburger chips yet.

 This morning we accidentally slept in!  So, we had to walk really fast to church.  It was probably about as far as walking to our church now.  Maybe we'll have to try that next week!  You go in this door on the right and there's a big courtyard where people can park their cars.  And then the building surrounds the courtyard.  Most of the people speak French, but there is an interpreter that speaks English for all of the people that don't understand.  And even a special room that you can sit in that has a speaker with the interpreter speaking English.  Today was a little funny because it was testimony meeting, so a lot of people got up to bear their testimonies.  But, the same man was interpreting them for us.  A little girl sitting behind us that was also visiting the ward said, "if that woman is speaking (a woman was bearing her testimony), why does she sound like a man?"  She didn't realize that the interpreter was translating what everyone was saying.  It was pretty funny.

 After church we walked around a little bit and then went to the Musee d'Orsay, an art museum that has a lot of famous art.  I'll have to show you some when I get home, because you aren't allowed to take pictures of the art in the museum.  The locks in this picture are a new tradition that people have started doing.  They're "love locks" on the bridge over the River Seine  You write your name and the name of the person you love on the lock and then throw the key in the river.  Somehow that's supposed to mean that your love will never go away.

 This is inside the big clock inside the museum.

And this is the second Arc de Triomphe that I was telling you about.  It is much much bigger than the other one.  You can go on the top, but we didn't do that.

So, that's it!  Now we get to go to bed and tomorrow we have a long flight to get home to see you!  Can't wait!

love love love!

Mom and Dad