Trip to La Rochelle

I bought this necklace made of pieces of seashells at the aquarium.It is very cool !
John trying to get a look at the castle over the wall since we couldn't get in.
Waiting outside the aquarium !
Me in front of the castle at le Rochefoucauld.
The Aquarium of La Rochelle.
Yesterday we went to La Rochelle ,a famous port city on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean.On the way we stopped to see a castle ,which happened to be closed only on Tuesday.Just our luck.Then we went to the port city to look around !It was gorgeous !We took a ferry across the river .We payed 60 cents per person ,and the ride was less than 2 minutes!Talk about "being taken on a ride".Then we visited the aquarium there which is probably one of thr most famous in all of France.It was really cool.On the way home ,we watched "Nemo" on John's laptop computer.It was a very fun trip, except that John Baptiste closed my index finger in the car window (which really hurt)! He also managed to yell at a drunk bum on the street ,and got called annoying by an elderly man ,because he was making a lot of noise.You will never get bored if you travel with Johnny !

Easter !!!

John on Easter !
My family ,eating Easter dinner together !
Happy easter ,belated ,to everybody !!!!!!!

CLUB ADO !

This is John Gadbois.Usually he doesn't look like this ,but he was getting really hungry.You don't want to mess with him when he is like that ! Just kidding ! This is Jérémie.He was hungry too. HAHA !

This is Deb having her picture taken.She isn't too enthusiastic about the whole" photo " business.
This is Slimane.He took this picture of himself ,though I don't know haw he got it upside down!
Hien posed for this picture.
On Friday we had Club Ado.We went distributing for the meetings that we were going to have on Saterday and Sunday for Easter .We went back to the church after and ate grilled cheese ,French style.Then we took out my Dad's camera .Slimane went a little overboard with "self photography." It was lots of fun .Here are the pictures.

MENTOS + COKE = MESS!!!!!!!!!!

John Gadbois was surfing the web recently ,and saw a movie of people putting coke and mentos together.He decided to try it .We went and bought a bottle of COCACOLA and a pack of mint mentos.That night ,Josh ,John G.,and I went out into our yard.John carefully funnelled about half a dozen mentos into the bottle.The picture that you see is not a very good one.After I took the picture ,it shot up another 5 feet of coke foam.John G.almost got a faceful,which would have been really funny, but not for him!You can see this picture much better if you click on it.There was a mini video on Google videos of someone who did it in their bathtub!If anyone decides to try this expirament ,DO IT OUTSIDE ! I am not responsible for any damages for any damages that may occur while you do this expirament. : )

New Baby in the Family

On April 1 ,2006 ,my cousin Whitney had a baby.Her name is Kayla.She weighed 5lbs. and 11 ounces.She was born at 4:O5 A.M. ,and her full name is Kayla Mackenzie Avery.Herte is her picture ,along with her Mom and Dad. Meanwhile over here in France ,I celebrated April Fool's day by putting wet sponges under my Dad and little brother's chairs before they sat down to lunch.It was really funny when they noticed that they were sitting on something wet ,and started to jump up !I also put rocks in John Gadbois's shoes.I love April Fool's Day! I also found this wallpaper of a really cool Padmé site.Please pray for my Aunt.She's in the hospital.

Miscellaneous

This is a very strange STAR WARS picture that I found on "The Star Wars Holiday Special Official Site".Unknow to many ,in the 8o's George Lucas had a Holiday special made for Christmas time. he reports aren't great ,but I would still like to see it anyway.If you are wondering why Chewie is wearing a red dress ,I don't have a clue!


I was able to get a picture of me with my new braces on.They hurt!I had better have a killer smile when it is all over! On the far left is Prunelle .In the middle is Déborah.I am (duh) in the far right ,just in case anybody was wondering.

Graci Pics

Several of my very good freinds told me that I should put up some pics of me on my blog.So today is G.P.D. (Graci picture Day ) !My choir group at a concert .I am in the 2nd row ,and the 6 th from the left,standing behind the blond boy in the first row.
Me and Jean Baptiste iceskating!
This is me at club"ado" as we like to call our youth group.

My Friends in FRANCE

These are pictures of my friends over here in France.They all go to my church ,and these pics were taken by my Dad,at one of our Youth Meetings.This is Hien (the boy) and Tatiana.Tatiana doesn't come to youth group any more since she moved away.Hien (by the way ,they don't usually look like this ,they are dressed this way for a game) is a lot of fun.He likes too tease me ,and he says that it is his hobby.He can be nice when he wants to be!We have known each other for 3 years ,and we are pretty good freinds.His best friend is Jérémie(featured below).
This is John Gadbois ,and my friend Déborah .The guy standing off to the left in a brown coat is Jérémie(and I hope that I spelled that right !)Déborah , is in the 10 th grade ,and she is good friends with Rébeka and Sliman ,who I unfortunately don't have a picture if.Sliman is the guy sitting between Hien and Jérémie in the picture below.We like to call him "Slimou" .John Gadbois,who's pictures I often use on my blog ,is staying in France for 7 months ,and teaching in the French schools. He is leaving in exactly 38 days.(If that sounds mean it is not meant in a bad way,John !)Jérémie goes to the school right across from our house ,but we don't see him all that often.He and Hien and Sliman are all in the 12 thgrade.Jérémie is planning on becoming a doctor ,Sliman a laboratory pharmasist (my apologies to Slimou if I didn't get that right!) ,and Hien is going to take studies in "informatique "which has to do with computers I think.
There are other kids who come to our "club" ,but I don't know them as well ,and I don't happen to have any pictures of them.In this picture ,we are doing something called raclette ,which is a cheese thing that is very popular overhere.If you want more info on raclette ,go to GOOGLE,and type in raclette ,and you should getloads of info.

STAR WARS WALLPAPER !!!!!

I was surfing the web this afternoon ,and I found this really cool STAR WARS site.Well the site was kinda ,what am I saying ,really lousy ,but they had really really cool wallpaper.I am going to put it on my blog.To get the full screen version,you have to click the picture ,let it pop up ,right click ,and click on save as ... !Have fun downloading !That sounds wierd somehow .

This and That

This is my Mom and my Dad.They have been married for almost 17 yrs.I would put their ages,but I am under the impression that if I did , I wouldbe in the doghouse !This picture was taken in our living room by Norman Passerelli(I hope that I spelled that right !) and Pastor Meader when they visited a year and a half ago.My parents haven't changed remarkabley since then .I put up my Star Wars book last night ,but I was afraid that somebody would steal my ideas so I took it off this morning.If anyone wants a copy of my book , leave me a comment with your e-mail address ,and I will send it to you.I am going to but up my favorite STAR WARS wallpaper.I hope that that is not breaking any copy right laws !

STRIKE !!!!

In Limoges ,we are having a lot of strikes due to some law thingy that is being done in the French government.I don't quite grasp the entire situation but if you want more information you can visit John G.'s website(he knows a little more about politics and stuff than I do ,but don't tell him that I said that !)which is www.maegog.com .A lot of my freinds are very happy about all the strikes since many of the people on strike are blocking the high schools ,which means that my friends can't go to school.Some people get all the luck.Over here ,people are always on strike for something.The worst strike of all is when the garbage men go on strike.Then we have tons of garbage in the streets ,and that really stinks (haha) especially in the summer.If you ever comle to France ,DO NOT take AIRFRANCE since they are often on strike.In fact this fact is the reason that it is nicknames "airchance" .Hope that you enjoy the pics.

Paris Pictures !

This is a picture of the Seine river that goes through Paris.There are many painters who come to this part of the city.
John G. took this picture in Paris ,I think that the white dome in the backround is Mon Marte.,



This is a picture that John Gadbois took of the Eiffel Tower when he visited Paris.I have never actually gone up the tower ,but once,my Dad got us lost on our way to the airport ,and we drove right by it.Maybe when my Best Friend ,Emily ,comes in 70 days we might go see it .I am going to put other pics of Paris up.

Update

I have had a very busy week with exams which is the reason that I have not written on my blog in a long time .I had a big concert on Sunday after noon.I will put up some pics after I download them into the computer.I wanted to put up my favorite Starwars wallpaper up ,but for some reason ,the computer is not working !I will have to get John to help me later.I am going to put up my book very soon.

My little brothers

This is Johnny.He is so cute!

This is my brother Joshua at hockey.He loves to go to his practices !He also is learning to play the violin.

Who am I ?

My name is Graci.I am Franco-American.My Dad's name is Olivier .He is French.My Mom's name is Allison.She is American.I have 2 little bothers,I mean brothers.Their names are Joshua (11) and Johnny(6).I live in France because my Dad is a missionary.We live in the city of Limoges which is famous for its porceline.I take 6 hours of music lessons a week.I play the piano and the organ.I also take voice lessons.I am a Star Wars fan.I also enjoy reading ,and I am currently writing a Stars wars book ,which I will try to post when I am done! This is a picture of the river that I live by.