A Few Recent Photos

First and foremost is my Christmas tree is up and ready for Christmas.

Little Miss Mia giving her typical expression. I can't wait to see what it will be when she becomes a teenager!

She is a smiley girl too.

William smiling at the same time as reaching for the ornament that he knows is off limits!

Sabrina, on her 11th birthday! Where has the time gone?

Espen our cutie!

Spencer is getting so tall and growing up too fast!

I think Kenneth may have a few more months of being taller than Spencer, but not many more...

Reaching for the cake.....just have to have another taste!

mouth full and it tastes great!

She is now 11!

The best part of the party were the balloons!

Our trip outside of London

We left London and proceed up to Gratham to see some friends, stop there for dinner (fish & chips) and met up with Jan and Nigel Dann who drove us all around for the remainder of our visit! I have no photos of the Boones (Emma and Will--he was Kenneth's last companion) and their cute little twins....but we had a great time with them that evening. Bright and Early the next day we drove out to Chatsworth House. You'll have to google it for great photos because as we drove up it was covered all up on the outside for cleaning!!! But it was beautiful anyway, I love Derbyshire I could move in a minute!

The veiled lady, craved out of marble, and you can see through the "veil" and see her face, and yet it is all out of marble. AMAZING--probably on of the most stunning things in Chatsworth House.

I just loved the shape of this desk and chair!

Tried to get the stair case didn't quite work too well

Can you imagine this as your house! People still live there!

Long hallway in Chatsworth.

Dinning Room

They have a marble hall full of cravings in marble. If you have seen Pride and Predjuice (the Kera Knightly version) this is where they filmed Mr. Darcy's house!

Gardens were AMAZING!

Check out that tree.

Jan and I by some HUGE leaves.

We left Chatsworth and met up with the Gregsons! Our dear friends from Wymount Days!
This is Karen and Spence, she knew him when he was 2!

Saul and Mani Gregson! I knew them as little babies, they've grown up so much!

Our last day, leaving Lincoln (my 2nd area of my mission). Jan, Jared, Spencer and I out front of their house. We did drive around Lincoln, but it rained a lot when we did, so there aren't any photos. We had a blast and I want to go back ASAP!

London

Big Ben!!!

The London Eye, so regret not going here. We went to Kensington Palace instead, the one regret of the trip!

We had to take a photo of the "old" double deckers. We did ride one but it was an newer one but we got up on top and right up front!

M&M'S world was 4 levels of AWESOMENESS! We loved it, if only the T-shirts weren't so dang pricey we would have bought some for everyone. They were super cute!

Big Ben, Parliament!

Disney Store

Lego Darth Vader, all LEGO!

Angry Birds!

Spencer bought one of these bears as his "big" purchase! Hamely's is famous for their bears!

Olympic Countdown

Queen Victoria Monument right outside of Buckingham Palace.

We found it! Unfortunately the market is only on the weekend!!

Hyde Park Chapel! right in the heart of London!

Tower of London, if they ever said "Off with their head" it was usually done here! This is also where the Crown Jewels are kept. You can't take photos of those, but they are so worth the trip! AMAZING-we loved the Tower. Can't wait to go again!

Hampton Court Palace! Home of King Henry VIII. So beautiful down there in Surrey, well worth the 30 mins train ride from Waterloo Station.

Hampton Court

Spencer sitting where King Henry would have sat for a feast!

Gardens at Hampton Court were amazing!

It's Been a While..Summer 2011

--For some reason photos are taking forever to post so I'll do another post about England later today---

I haven't posted anything on the blog for ages now. Time when Mother was here went by so fast and we did so much. Then summer hit which to be honest was quite a slow summer. The sun came out a few days and we really didn't do much until the end of July. We went on the branch temple trip to Stockholm. We spent a week at the temple, and we really didn't leave the temple at all. There is housing there for families and that's where we stayed. The kids had fun just hanging out with cousins and friends. The youth went to the temple 2 times a day and Kenneth and I switched off mornings and afternoons.

After that Spencer and I headed off to England for a week. That was so fun, as you can see from the photos! Now we're back into school and schedules so maybe there will be more updates as we go along!

Was so great we loved it! Especially seeing it in London!

Golden Coach at the Royal Mews, very worth the visit!

Had to take this photo for the Bonds!

Spencer by Tower Bridge

William loved the swing at the little playground!

All the primary age children at the temple trip!

Mia on the teeter-todder with cousins!