The Boatwrights Abroad: Portraits and Final Thoughts

                            

First up, I would like to share our photos from our shoot with L'Amour de Paris!These were the very best souvenir, and we've already started putting them up in our home! The photo shoot was so fun to do together, and the photos turned out better than I'd even hoped. (More about our last day at the end!)

One final update from the trip! On our last day in Europe (March 21), Zach and I woke up at 5 am to learn our flight had been delayed by several hours. I think it was due to Heathrow in London (where we flew in), being shut down that day due to a fire. We went back to bed for an hour, then got up, packed and prepped to leave.

We took an uber ride to the airport and the flight was delayed another hour for maintenance. But we made it! Thankful those were the only hangups.

Excited about the return flight home!

                

We had such a good experience on this trip overall. Wilder and Felicity handled everything so well—no complaints about all the walking or sightseeing. We had really good conversations with them and enjoyed our time together. Of course there were rough moments, but on the whole, we had such a good time traveling together. I look forward to being able to go to other countries with them in the future.

Traveling with the kids at this age is SO different than when they were 6 months and 2.5 years old. It’s even different than our last big trip together to California, when they were 5 and 7. They’re able to entertain themselves when we have downtime, they sleep well, they enjoy our meals, and take in the sights—all while happily walking 5-6 miles a day, and hopping into public transportation. It’s really been a gift to get to do this with them at this age. I feel so grateful for this time with our family.