Posted in Family, Holiday, Travel, site-seeing on Apr 7th, 2013 1 Comment »
Life has been busy and somehow we ended up not having anything planned for the kids’ two-week Easter break. When we finally realized it, we jumped at the chance and booked tickets to Singapore to visit Chris’s sister, Heidi, and her family. This was very timely as Heidi and her family are soon packing up [...]
Posted in Becca, Birthday, Chris, Holiday, London on Mar 10th, 2013 No Comments »
Since I feel like I’m celebrating 36 for the second time, it’s only appropriate that there be 2 celebrations, right?! This weekend was Chris’s gift to me for my birthday . . . a get-away for the two of us to a hotel/spa just 30 minutes away from our home. Our room was in an [...]
Posted in Family, Holiday on Feb 14th, 2013 No Comments »
Happy Valentine’s Day! Hopefully your day was as special as heart-shaped marshmallows in your hot cocoa! The kids woke up to candle-lit breakfast of donuts. It’s was nice that we were off school this week so it was a relaxing breakfast and a new surprise as each child decided to get out of bed. Cami [...]
Posted in Family, Family Reunion, Holiday, Travel on Jan 5th, 2013 2 Comments »
The 2012 Stephensons After Christmas, the remainder of the Stephenson family arrived so we could have our annual Stephenson Reunion. This year we were coming from London, Singapore, Utah, and California. It’s always so fun when we can all be together in one spot! We have kind of outgrown Chris’s parents’ house . . . [...]
Posted in Christmas, Family, Holiday, Travel on Dec 26th, 2012 No Comments »
We were so looking forward to our Christmas in California with family! We calculated that it had been about 10 years since we’d spent Christmas with our extended family and we were excited for the opportunity. It was a long trip from London to California, but the excitement never ceased the entire way. And then [...]
Posted in Family, Friends, Holiday, London on Nov 25th, 2012 No Comments »
Thanksgiving in the UK is definitely different than being in the states. As Thanksgiving is just another day here . . . a normal work and school day . . . we waited to celebrate on Saturday. We were able to invite some friends from church, not all Americans, which made it fun. Outside of [...]
Posted in Holiday, Kids, London on Nov 1st, 2012 No Comments »
Halloween is really catching on here in London, but it’s still not like the states. All of the kids’ evening activities and practices were still on. Big competitions and shows are coming up, so I felt we needed to try to attend for a little while, but I did pull them out early so they [...]
Posted in Caleb, Cami, Emma, Friends, Hannah, Holiday, London on Oct 28th, 2012 No Comments »
One new thing about being in school is the designated half-term breaks. One nice thing about the private school the girls go to is that they aren’t out the same week as the public schools. So, we took the chance with some other friends who were out of school to go to a local amusement [...]
Posted in Holiday, Kids, London on Apr 16th, 2012 No Comments »
While most of the UK had two weeks off of school for Easter Holidays, we opted for one. Getting out earlier at the end sounds like so much more fun than taking it right now. So, we stuck around London and relaxed for our one week of break. Emma and Hannah enjoyed a week-long camp [...]
Posted in Family, Holiday on Apr 11th, 2012 No Comments »
Chris’s Zig-Zag Egg A highlight of Easter this year was being able to color eggs with Chris. We couldn’t even remember the last time he joined in on this event! Egg-celent Personality It really was great because Chris brings out his creativity and helps the kids start experimenting as well. Emma We had rubber bands [...]