Posted in Church, Kids, London on Aug 21st, 2010 2 Comments »
Our ward’s Primary had a great day at the London Temple grounds today. We rode the bus down and the kids were able to visit the Visitor’s Center, where they watched a short movie and did a scavenger hunt. They were all quite reverent inside and loved learning more about the temple. But, when we [...]
Posted in Kids, London, School on Jul 16th, 2010 3 Comments »
Today is our last day of school for the school year. Beyond the excitement of having 6 weeks of summer ahead of us, it’s fun to look back at some of the activities we experienced in the last few weeks. Falconry One week the kids had a falconry visit to their ‘Flexi-school.’ Cami and I [...]
Posted in Chris, Kids, London on May 21st, 2010 4 Comments »
We have always frequented our local libraries. Being here is no exception. Our first trip to the library was filled with much excitement and anticipation. We have even attended a few story-times . . . for Cami’s sake, of course. Taking public transportation to the library hasn’t kinked Emma’s habit of breaking open the books [...]
Posted in Family, Holiday, Kids, London on Apr 7th, 2010 1 Comment »
We found it a little bit different celebrating Easter in England . . . both pros and cons. The Easter Bunny had a hard time finding any sweet things to fill baskets with. There was more than enough chocolate available, but very little jelly beans or the like. We also had a hard time finding [...]
Posted in Holiday, Kids on Apr 3rd, 2010 4 Comments »
We had a great time coloring Easter eggs this year. We have only been able to find brown eggs here so that’s what we went with. It was fun to see how differently they color compared to the white eggs. They take longer to see the color, but when you do, they are deep and [...]
Posted in Becca, Holiday, Kids on Mar 17th, 2010 4 Comments »
This hasn’t ever been a big holiday for me, although I admit I have some Irish heritage and want to do better about making more of it. So, we took things slow and had some fun with food. Yesterday the younger girls and I made some rainbow cupcakes. Of course, we had to sample a [...]
Posted in Kids, London, site-seeing on Dec 22nd, 2009 5 Comments »
We made it out for the first time without Chris. Emma tested her independence and enjoyed buying her own day pass for the tube for a pound. I was able to manage the tube and get ourselves to the Natural History Museum. What a treat that a number of the museums in London are free! [...]
Posted in Christmas, Kids, London on Dec 20th, 2009 2 Comments »
For the first time since Chris finished grad. school, we were invited to a work party. Not just any work party, but it was only for the kids of the employees. This was actually during our second day here, when we were experiencing major jet lag, but after awhile, the kids harnessed some energy and [...]
Posted in Kids, London, Travel on Dec 20th, 2009 No Comments »
First Day: Awake most of the day. Excited to be here. Only Problem: Going to sleep at night. Second Day: Tired most of the day. Excited to sleep. Only Problem: Staying awake during the day. This is a peek into last Friday, our second day here: Our attempt in getting Cami out of bed Friday [...]
Posted in Christmas, Kids, London on Dec 20th, 2009 4 Comments »
One of the sad things about moving right before Christmas is that we weren’t able to decorate or set up our tree at the beginning of December. As a matter of fact, our tree, decorations, and all our ornaments were packed and are slowly making their way here by sea, arriving the end of January. [...]