When a friend asks if you want to join them for a weekend in Paris, you say YES! My amazing friend Emily was going with her adult daughter to take a bread-making course at Le Cordon Blue cooking school near the Eiffel Tower and wanted to know if Emme and I would like to join them. There was no hesitation, except that Emme wasn’t old enough to do the cooking school course. Such a bummer, but I still wanted to go and share lodging and some memories together.

We love Disneyland and Disneyworld and now Disneyland Paris too. This was our first time going and experiencing both the Magic Kingdom Park and Hollywood Studios and we had so much fun. We stayed in a small apartment in Serris, just 1 mile from the entrance and enjoyed two days doing all the rides, falling in love with our favorites, and planning to come back.

Maria the great and beautiful and kind (a friend here that I adore) is gifted with the ability to plan trips and bring people together in ways that really matter. She planned the temple trip to Bern, Switzerland, last year that I was able to attend, and this year she put together an amazing weekend to attend the Frieburg Temple.

I booked the cutest chalet apartment in Lauterbrunnen early this year because it’s such a popular destination, right in the heart of the Swiss Alps, that seems to always be booked and have limited options. I knew this was a place I really wanted to experience with the family and it turned out to be the best getaway.