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Monday, September 24, 2012

Finally a post about England!

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Portobello Road
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outside London Temple
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Westminster Abbey
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in the "Tube"  - we had a blast!!
Brian and I had the wonderful opportunity of traveling to England this past May with Jane and Paul.  Paul served his mission from London down to a small island off the coast of south England.  We were able to walk down the street where he first served his mission and also visit Bristol were he served as well.  That was awesome and what an incredible week.  Paul's brother Curtis and his sweet wife, Becky, opened their home to us to stay for 8 days.  We attended the London Temple on our first day there.  That was really neat.  Then for the next week; we rode the Tube all over London - remembering to "Mind the Gap" and had the greatest time.  Paul's sister, Kim, from MN joined us as well.  We saw London Tower, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle (one of my favorites), St. Bartholomew church (very fun!), St. Paul's Cathedral, and even went to see "Wicked" in London.  WoW!  We loved climbing all the stairs to the top of St. Paul's Cathedral.  It was a beautiful day in London, so we could really see out over the city.  Thank you, Jane and Paul!  We love you!
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St. Bartholomew church - built in the 1300's
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Windsor Castle - just beautiful
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Tower of London
 
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St. Paul's Cathedral
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       top of St. Paul's Cathederal - very cool              
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Last day - taking a nice walk along the
Thames River
 






 
 

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Christmas 2011

ImageWe were blessed to spend Christmas with Jane and Paul in Arizona. Brian, Emily and I flew down on Thursday night (or early Friday morning, I should say!) and Andrea came in on Sat. evening. We had a wonderful time together playing games, eating good food, making gingerbread houses (Paul used hot glue - is that cheating?), visiting the Mesa Temple grounds where Paul and Jane hung lights on some of the trees, attending church together on Christmas Sunday -with pizza, missionaries, and friends over for dinner; having a picnic in the park on Tues., etc.
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Our family and Holly!

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iphone for Em! - hope you love it
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iphone time!
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"The" gingerbread house

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Thank you for a wonderful Christmas - We love you!



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Dad on vacation! - playing a race car video game