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 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 Family, Holiday on Feb 26th, 2010 2 Comments »
Our Valentine’s Day was a busy one this year, since it fell on a Sunday. Leaving enough time to take public transportation to church, our Sunday mornings are quite hurried. So, our ‘gift giving’ had to wait until after lunch this year, but the kids were still excited . . . and surprised. However, we [...]
Posted in Family, Holiday, London on Jan 1st, 2010 5 Comments »
We had high hopes of going to the Tower of London for the day, but it was so cold and we didn’t want to deal with whiny, cold kids in the long queues. So, instead we headed to the Science Museum. The kids’ favorite part was the ‘World of Flight’ as we spent the most [...]
Posted in Family, Holiday, London on Dec 30th, 2009 2 Comments »
Our Adventure #2? We walked over to Hyde Park to attend the Winter Wonderland Fair. The kids were in heaven. We have never attended a fair like it before and they were thrilled to get to ride rides and just experience the excitement in the air. It was a little different having a fair in [...]
Posted in Family, Holiday, Travel on Dec 1st, 2009 1 Comment »
My sister, Helen, and her family hosted Thanksgiving this year at Fort Knox, Kentucky. They were so great and accommodating as the list of company expanded over a short period of time. I can honestly say I had never been on an army post and enjoyed being woken up at 5:00 a.m. to the bugle [...]
Posted in Holiday, Kids on Nov 3rd, 2009 2 Comments »
This year we went the simple route and just planned costumes around what we had in our dress-up box. We ended up with a cowboy, a cowgirl, a 50′s Poodle skirt girl, and a fairy princess. The kids were thrilled to dress up and I was glad it was so low-key. We went trick-or-treating with [...]
Posted in Holiday, Kids on Oct 30th, 2009 5 Comments »
October flew by somehow and before I knew it, it was the week of Halloween and not a pumpkin in our home. Monday afternoon we made sure to schedule in a quick stop at the closest pumpkin patch we could find. We only had 20 minutes to spend there so we didn’t even make it [...]