Lunch - micro meat

What's the deal with a micro slice of meat on a thick roll being called a sandwich - there must be a meat shortage on this island. What I wouldn't give for some Kc BBQ at this moment





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Big Props for Chloe

When Chloe got here, they looked at her grades in KC and put her in the top math set (class) in her school.  While she was doing great in KC, this math class is a lot harder than what she was doing in KC.  She is such a hardworker and continues to invest the time each night to catch up and she is doing it.  Just this week she started Trigonometry (I didn't take that until I was in the 11th or 12th grade) and she is getting it...scientific calculator and all.  Go CHLOE!

Let's Liven Up This Town

Dad also got to pick the kids up today and bring them home from school - so we had to show them the way we do it...KC Style.

Enjoy!

After school Snacks

Pop got to work from home today since Kel had to take her UK Driving Familiarization course - which she did very well in I might add.

It was a sunny 51 degree day here...and the ice cream truck showed up outside school...so we had to take advantage.

Some of our best looks

Second Sunday at church

Everyone had a good time this week - less tears than the first week - no parking ticket and Sadie and Dawson woke up excited to go - pics show the kids having story time in the coffee bar they have youth at.

Found an outlet mall about an hour from home - felt like home

By home I mean - girls were at home in a mall and Dawson and I were looking for the closest bench.

Stumbled onto a castle

Where else can you be headed to Costco and stumble onto a castle.

Allerton castle

We just got back last night from our first trip out of Yorkshire to London.  We really loved it.  In ways it felt like New York with all the hustle and bustle and lots of people, but a lot more clean and better architecture.

We met a guy at church last Sunday that has his taxi company, so we contacted him to get him to take us about 5 minutes to the train station.  We caught a train here in Harrogate and took it to the next big terminal in York. Then we got on a faster train direct from York to London Kings Crossing - about a 2 hour ride.  Got off the train, made our way to the Underground (Tube) and made a couple of connections that brought us right out by our hotel. 

We had a lovely room (Thanks to our Marriot Points) overlooking the Marble Arch on Park Lane near all the shopping and the fancy hotels.  The tour guide stated the Grovesnor hotel (just a few blocks away) is where Elizabeth Taylor stayed for all of her honeymoons.  She was such a frequent guest, they installed a revolving door. (I think with those keen facts I am ready for a side job giving tours on the double decker bus.) : )

We took a double-decker bus tour around the city which ended up being a great deal for us, as we could ride it for the 3 days we were there and get on and off when we wanted.  We saw Big Ben, Westminster Abby, Buckingham Palace, toured the Natural History Museum, visited the famous Handleys Toy Shop (7 floors) where Sadie was able to get the passport for her Build-A-Bear her friends gave her before we left stamped, London Bridge, The Tower Bridge, you name it.  We rode the large ferris wheel called the Eye - which was a fun experience. Very smooth and slow...I believe anyone could do it without any concern...very fun.  We made our way back to the train station and back home last night.  The kids are enjoying the rest of their mid-term break and getting some much needed rest.  Some pics can be seen below.

SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE...why is it when you take your kids half way across the world to see sights they never thought they would see...when they find out the hotel has a pool...they can't stop bothering you until they get in the water on the first night...no matter how exhausted you are....hmmmm....some things don't change.

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