New haircut and mom and dad visit

Mom and dad got here last Friday and in the spirit of trying to keep them from jet-lagging I did not let them go to sleep- they call me mean but they will thank me later:) So I took them into Brussels and showed them some of the sights. Here they are in front of the arches-we even went on top and got a cool view of the park.

Then Saturday we drove down near Paris and visited Versailles- pretty amazing place. It's hard to imagine it in its hay-day when it was filled with all kinds of royalty. Here we are in the hall of mirrors.

Sunday we got up and drove into the city. Well not really into but outside of and parked our car and took the metro in. It started pouring moments after getting off the metro and so we decided to go in the Louvre first. We saw the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo. Our favorite part was sitting in front of Napolean and being art critics for a few moments- like we were in a movie or something:) When we came out of the Louvre the sun was shining.

That night we went and saw the Eiffel Tower with it's lights on. At the top of each hour there are twinkle lights that go on the tower- it was beautiful. Here are mom and dad in front of the tower.

Tuesday we took off from sightseeing- I had to do some work and mom and dad needed some rest:)!! But Wednesday we started back up again- we went to Brugge- only about 1 hour away. The market was going on when we got there so we bought a chicken and some potatoes and sat by the water and ate with our fingers- how American of us. Then we took the boat tour through the canals and walked around a bit.

Today I sent mom and dad off on the train by themselves. i again had some work to do and some fun stuff to do. One of the fun things was going to the European Parlament to eat lunch. A friend works there and she invited a few of us the come check it out. It was pretty impressive being in a place where world changing decisions are made every day. Here we are sitting in the seats before we got kicked out.

Right after the EP I had a haircut. There was a guy interviewing for a job here. Him and his wife are also going to be working with one of the churches here and that is how I knew about it. So I went and told him that as long as I could pull the front back he could do whatever he wanted with it. SO here is what he came up with- I really like it- its fun and new and no one can say they can't tell I got my hair cut!!!

That's all for now- I think it's enough!