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, Holiday, London on Jun 29th, 2010 1 Comment »
Being here in London for Father’s Day was a different experience. Yes, it is mentioned, but not truly celebrated. I was expecting a little more commercialization, no extra church meetings, children singing in Sacrament meeting, etc. Nothing. One of my British friends told me it is a relatively newer holiday here and isn’t pushed as [...]
Posted in Gymnastics, London on Jun 12th, 2010 No Comments »
This team has been all the talk at Caleb’s gymnastics club. After they won Britain’s Got Talent this last weekend, they have come to Heathrow Gymnastics to train and prepare for the World Championships. This group is amazing! If you haven’t seen them in action yet, please watch their final performance!
Posted in Friends, London, site-seeing on May 22nd, 2010 1 Comment »
We were able to host the Iversons for a few days while they toured London. Their trip got off on a rocky start as their flight was delayed and they ended up getting here a day later than planned. But, ever positive and resilient, they were still able to get in everything they had planned. [...]
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 Caleb, Gymnastics, London on May 10th, 2010 8 Comments »
Caleb has had quite a year of gymnastics, starting his training in New Jersey, taking a month off when we moved overseas, and then getting acclimated to the way they do things in England as well as having a new gym, coach, and team. He’s been a trooper and has stuck with it, even through [...]
Posted in Family, London, site-seeing on May 9th, 2010 2 Comments »
Due to the May Day Holiday this week, we had a bank holiday that Chris got to have off from work. We took the opportunity and drove a couple hours away to delve into the world of Robin Hood. We were having such great weather last week that we were thinking we were done with [...]
Posted in Friends, London on May 9th, 2010 No Comments »
When we found out we were moving to London, we turned to Brandon & Josie, friends we knew at Cornell, who moved here a number of years ago. They were a wealth of knowledge and helped us get our feet underneath of us as we quickly had to turn around and figure out Christmas, where [...]
Posted in Becca, Cami, Hannah, London, School on Apr 21st, 2010 5 Comments »
The older two kids attend a special Homeschool “School” one day a week. It is quite a distance from where we live so I’ve been trying to come up with some fun things to do with the younger girls while we are out that way. So, this week we went on a ‘Wind in the [...]