She said YES!!!!

The Queen in her yellow hat and coat..... she is very on fashion as yellow is the hot colour for summer :)

watch out for Ascot ;)

Pipa and half the kids she was in charge of babysitting during the ceremony...I hope she got paid a good rate, nannies are very expensive here in London

Prince Harry and the other half of children (they were keeping an eye on him...and so was Sarah haha) Parents of the Bride and Groom

And what you all have been waiting for....

THE BRIDE AND GROOM

And last but not least a happy Sarah and Shannon after seeing all the Royalty

Going to the Chapel..of LOVE

The crowd was so excited that every time a street cleaner or gate truck drove by they went mad, clapping and waving their flags. The drivers were elated and would wave to the crowds on their big day:)

Picture of the Queen and Prince Phillip on their way to the Abby.

Kate on her way to the chapel of love in an amazing car. The reason for arriving by car rather than carriage like Diana did...so she entered as a commoner and left a Royal. not too many commoners I know arrive in that kind of car haha where is the Saturn??

We then listened to the ceremony on the speakers and awaited their return

Drum Role Please.....

Ok in the interest of giving the people what they want I will be posting the royal wedding posts before the Marrakesh trip since it has all happened just way to fast to keep ahead of :)

Sarah came to visit for the Royal Wedding 2011...mostly to see us I think and she just timed it right haha. We rallied the troops to leave the flat at 5AM...snacks packed the night before and ready to go with champagne and bride cookies!!! The early morning trek to the route(strategically timed to be just prior to the first tube of the morning) paid off and we had GREAT location for the processions.

John and Sarah getting excited and staking our claim with blankets and bags:) it got super packed later so it was nice for at least awhile we were not totally crammed in.

John went in search of a sandwich and made Sarah VERY happy by bringing back a warm cheese pastry (for any who don't know sarah she LOVES all things cheesy...and therefore currently lives in the swiss alps for easy access haha)

Our spot was so good that Michelle Miller of CBS news camped out right BEHIND us...that's right we had a better spot than the press(well at least the crowd crew). the press had no clue on the timing of events...I got them all up to speed with who would drive by when and in what with my newspaper timeline :)The band came out to entertain the crowd during the wait...playing classic british tunes such as the theme from Indiana Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean, and the Oscar Meyer song

Look at all the people behind us...Success :) And ready for the royals

Three bottles of Turbintine needed in aisle 3

In Berlin we went to Tacheles. Once a department store the building was bombed during the war and left abandoned later to be taken over by a community of artists to live and work within. John had visited here on a previous trip about four years prior and remarked how much more commercialized it felt. It was still a bit unsettling since not my typical hangout. We walked through and looked at the different artists' studios and took a few quick shots of us with the "decor".

sugar RUSH!!!!!

This was the biggest chocolate volcano I had ever seen. I wish i would have brought my other purse which had the marshmellows and strawberries inside :) mmmmmmm

This is a picture of John and his winter arts and crafts project....a to scale model of the Reichstag made entirely out of chocolate. I gave him an A-, had he made the dome out of molded sugar it would have been an A+ good effort though

Side note: the chocolate at Fassbender & Rausch was amazing

Due to the sugar and good grade he did a little dance at the Berlin version of Versailles....

Taylor Swift Concert

Taylor Swift Concert at the O2 with Kristen :o) Fun night...other than chaperons were surrounded by teenage girls shouting out Taylor with a British accent (hilarious haha) sounds some like Tey-la :) The picture below is of a group of girls all dressed as various animals for the concert?!? we never figured out the connection haha.

More Fun Lisbon Pictures.....including John interacting with wildlife

At the botanical garden in Belem they had some extremely friendly ducks. This one ran up to us like a little puppy wagging his feather tail :) John made quick friends... i was so so upset we didn't have any snacks to give them
Traditional Portuguese treat with cinnamon and powdered sugar mmmmmmmm.....
They served them up right out of the oven so they were still warm too all three of our mouthes were watering

This was one of the funniest pictures to take. Sarah and I suggested that John take a picture of him touching the butt... but before he agreed he walked to the front of the statue to determine if it was a man or woman stone statue :) As it was a woman we got to capture this memory forever haha...only my husband

I NEED this dress since I LOVE tomato soup!!!

TIP: a few dashes of hot sauce makes all the difference :)