Goodbye, Summer!

Here is a very brief summary of our first adventures this Summer in London. More to come later!













Boarding our plane in Houston, June 21st. The flight from Houston was 9 hours long.















Our "sea-shipment" arrives 2 weeks later. Here are our things.....sitting outside our building after the sea container has left. Everything arrived in one piece, however, we believe some items went to storage that should have come here. (we also got things/boxes that were supposed to go to storage delivered here!)

















One of our first weekends here we spent at LegoLand Windsor. Here you see a minature Lego-built city of London. (Big Ben, London Eye, St. Pauls, Kensington Palace.)















Alex is peeking over to see the riders in the time trials of the Tour de France. The race started here in London. Unfortunately, we didn't see any American riders. (We have no idea who this one is!) These riders were going so fast it was hard to read their numbers, signs, etc...!

















Can you tell what this is? This is looking out the window, of our flat, at the King's horse brigade. Almost every Thursday and Saturday morning the horses (which are kept up the road in the barracks) are walked right down St. Johns Wood High Street.

















You can hear the clip-clop coming and we still rush over to see them everytime. Here they are even dressed in their coats!

Testing, Testing, 1-2-3!

Hello All! This is a test to see if the blog and our computer are cooperating with each other. Several other attempts have been unsucessful after much time was involved.





Silly Chaps on the "London Eye".












Silly Chaps ready for the first day of school in London.

Adios Texas!

Our visit to Texas, before taking off for London, was a stop in Houston with many attractions and fun things to do.....






The Butterfly Museum......















More Butterfly museum.....












Golfing with Papa Ed......













"Hot Rodding" with Papa Ed........









Treats with Papa Ed after picking blueberries.
(where is GaGa HoHo??)

Spring Break

(silly chap 2) This is me and my brother with Dad. He (Dad) is kinda being squished.















I got this chocolate bar at the airport when my dad came home from London. (he bought it in London for me) It is huge. And my brother got one too. The pictures on it are famous buildings in London. (?, Buckingham Palace, London bridge, and Big Ben) Pretty cool.

Alex and me after Sunday church. (in our easter outfits)

This was easter morning. I would be rich if we were in CandyLand!














Playing monkey-in-the-middle at Grammy Roberts house with Uncle Tom, Aunt Beth, and Cousin Caroline. Uncle Tom is the monkey! (Alex says, " I'm being cut in half!" (see him in the background receiving the pass from Dad.))

SNOW?!!

(Mom dictating)You would never guess that it was the 7th of April here in Virginia. The boys woke up this morning to snow on the ground.....and we were forced to go up into the attic to retrieve our snow gear. (Poppa Ed and GaGa, recognize those snow boots?!)

It was 82 degrees here on Wednesday, hence no snow accumulated on the streets or sidewalks. But as you can tell, it stuck to the rooftops and bushes.
























Ah, yes. The weekly photo of the tulips. (Does it mean that I am getting old when I take pictures of plants and foliage and get excited?!)

She's Baack!!

(Silly Chap #2) Go Devil Rays! This is me with my Aunt Stephie. She is sooo weird. She is the one holding up the bunny ears. (Silly Chap #1) This is me posing for the picture.















(#1) This is me with the sun in my eyes. (#2) This is me at the baseball field. That is a glove from the lost and found that I don't know how to wear. I lost my other glove.

(#2) This is me and Aunt Stephie again. We are in my front yard in the tulips that we planted together last fall. There is one with a bloom.

AhhChoooo!

(Silly Chap #1 dictating) This is me with a remote control car in the middle of the street, just standing there for the picture Mom was taking.















This is my school, Shady Grove Elementary. My mom was taking this picture. Looks nice, dosen't it?
















Same thing. This is another picture of my school from the front.















This is another picture from in the middle of the road. My mom had to get out into the middle of the road to take the picture.















This is looking at the playground at the school.















Here are the tulips in the front yard. This string is a fence that my mom made to keep people (kids) from stepping on them.


(mom dictating) Every year I tell myself that I am going to take a picture of the school when the pear trees are blooming. Finally after 5 years I have some proof how beautiful that little school is when it is spring! Driving down towards the school is breath taking. The islands in the middle of the road are also blooming with pear tree blossoms. Even the boys last night coming into the subdivision said, "Whoa, mom, look at that!" However, I also forget how stinky those blooms are! I was reminded as I walked about the campus taking the pics today. Everyone here is also sniffing and weepy, the allergens are back!!!