London, July 2011

At the beginning of July we took a trip to

London to see the sights and visit our friends,

the Alnutts, that we have known since we

lived in Santa Barbara! They live RIGHT

on the Thames, and can see the Prime

Meridian from their kitchen window at night...

it is marked by a green laser across the sky.

Across the river from the Alnutts are

the buildings of the old Royal Naval

Academy...the kids decided to pretend

to be statues...

We spent a lot of time walking around

London, and taking the Tube...sometimes

we just needed a rest...

The Maritime Museum

Debbie at Canary Wharf Sunday morning

before church...

The kids LOVED Debbie and Marshall! They

babysat one night so that Geoff and I could try

to catch a show and the kids had so much fun

with them! I love it that they know the Alnutts

now. They were such a big part of our lives when

we were dating and first married.

The kids thought that the tunnel underneath

the Thames was pretty cool....creepy, but

cool...

This is a metal sculpture of a baboon like the

ones that used to be in the Zoo at the Tower

of London.

More resting, this time at the Tower of London

More animal replicas at the Tower of London...

oh wait! Those animals are MY animals!

The White Tower...bad things happened there.

I didn't go in...

I told the kids the story of the "Beef Eaters",

which is what the guards at the Tower of London

used to be called because they used to get a ration

of beef along with their pay. So, Jordan was

REALLY excited to get a picture with one of the

"meat guards" as she called them... :-)

Emma meditating (or something) at

Westminster Abbey...

Big Ben and the houses of Parliament...

Westminster Abbey door...

My little model...

On the flight home we ended up on the same

plane as our friends Anne and Megan! Megan

is our favorite babysitter (besides the Alnutts,

of course!) and it was so fun to fly home with

them!!

Home at last...