Our trip to London

Our trip to London was great!  We saw the queen and a few other celebrities such as Will Smith, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, and even President Oboma when we visited Madame Tussauds wax museum.  Here they had almost every celebrity you could think of made out of wax.  You really had to take a second look at some of them because they looked so real.  The boys especially got a kick out of some of the statues they saw like Harry Potter, Spiderman, The Hulk, and many more.

 

We also took the kids on the London Eye so they could see a better view of London and realize how big the city really is.  We then walked around and headed to Big Ben.  The weather was perfect, sunny and warm!






The next day we took the kids to Lego Land.  This place has just about everything made out of legos.  The rides even looked like they were made out of legos.  Very fun!!  Below are some pictures of a place in the park where they have built different parts of England out of Legos.  They even had the Kennedy Space center.  Very cool!

Update:

We had a wonderful weekend in London and also in Lego land. I will post pictures and tell you all what we did as soon as I get this family under control. What I mean by that is.........all three kids including myself got a fever yesterday and we are not feeling the greatest. I guess if we are going to get sick at least we are all doing it together instead of one person at a time. This is really when I miss home because I know that our moms would come and save the day!! They are truly the best at stepping in and helping us get through rough times. Miss you and love you both!!

Tyler's Bronze Award

Last Friday, Tyler brought home this letter from school stating he has achieved his Bronze award. The children at school earn house points for good behavior, being helpful at school, and doing good work at school. After you have earned so many house points then you recieve an award and move up to the next level. He is now trying really hard to achieve his silver award. We are very proud of Tyler for working really hard at school and wanted to share this great news. Bryce is also working to complete his award and is doing very well too.

Happy Mum's Day!

I had a little surprise today when I went to pick the boys up from school.  They gave me flowers and a card they each made for Mother's Day.  Mother's Day in England is celebrated this Sunday March 22nd.  Does this mean I get two Mother's Days this year since we celebrate Mother's Day in America in May?  If so.....lucky me!!  Thanks boys, I love your flowers and especially the cards you made.  

This weekend we plan to take the kids to London to do some sight seeing, spend the night and then take them to Lego Land.  Should be a fun filled weekend!  I will blog about it when we get back.

A day at Ferry Meadows Park

Last weekend we went to one of our favorite parks, Ferry Meadows.  The kids had a great time running around, feeding the geese with bread we brought, flying a kite, and also playing football (soccer).  It was so nice to get out and enjoy the warmth.  Here are some pictures from that day.  Enjoy!

Driving in England

We were on our way home from the park and thought it would be fun to show everyone what driving to our house looks like especially with roundabouts.  We are going to try to do more with video and pictures of things around England.

Spring is in the air.....

Finally, we are starting to feel some good spring weather here. The tulips are growing and the trees have many buds on them. Sorry we haven't been blogging much lately. For the past few weeks we have been getting together with friends and playing with the kids. We try to get outside every opportunity we get. The kids have been busy with school, swimming lessons, and a few birthday parties. Steve has been very busy with his job lately and is doing just fine. I am always busy with the same old house chores, running the kids from here to there, and also trying to plan our visits to places we would like to see. We are planning on going to Holland and Belgium over Easter break to see the tulips. We would also like to possibly get to Italy and Scotland before we go home for the summer. Now that spring is approaching we can get out of our winter blues that we have seemed to have. Quite a few of our friends (ISE's) who are living here have been told that they are moving back home. We are very excited for them but also sad to see them go for we have only known them a short while and wish we could of had more time together with them. Overall we are still doing just fine and we will start posting more pictures of the kids and let you all know what we are up to.