Monday, September 27, 2010

Europe Trip Part 1 . . . . . London

Our good friends the Clark's moved to London almost a year ago. They invited us to go with them on a small vacation to France and Italy. Well Italy is on my "buck list" of places and things to see so we jumped at the chance. We went and toured for 2 weeks. As the time drew closure I started to get cold feet. The plan was to drop our sweet Rilynne off at my parents place in Salt Lake. I just didn't know if I could leave her. We waited so long to get her and now I was going on vacation without her?? I didn't know if I could do it. I actually called to see if our flights could be canceled without penalty. Our tickets were non-refundable and my parents/siblings were really looking forward to seeing Rilynne. I knew she would be in good hands, so off we went.

Some of my nieces with Rilynne.


We first went and spent a few day with Ty's sister Sharri and her husband Ryan in Washington DC. They were nice enough to host us for a few day and take us around to a few sits. Ty was born in DC so it was fun for him to go back to the old neighborhood were he grew up. I enjoyed the monuments, as I always do. We went to them at night, which I think is the best time to see them. Here are a few pics for your enjoyment :)




The Hollist crew in front of part of the Vietnam Monument. Pen served in Vietnam.



Next we flew to London to stay with Troy and Marielle and tour the city. London was a fun city and 2 days wasn't long enough to see everything. The highlights were the London Tower (which was the old palace back in the day), Westminster Abby, and the London Eye.


View of London from the bridge.


Picture of inside the London Tower. People still live here - with guards and everything!


Here is a pic for Big Ben and the Parliament building from our water taxi.


In front of Westminster Abby. Inside was amazing!! It was the first of many churches that we toured.



Ty with the Parliament building in the background.


Us in front of Buckingham Palace. It was such a let down. If you have limited time in London don't go to the palace unless you are sure they will let you in for a tour.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

i ♥ fall



i love the change of seasons. the air is crisp, the leaves are changing, football season is here and christmas is coming! i am so excited for this fall and christmas because this will be rilynne's first holiday season. i have a lack of motivation to do anything. all i want to do is sit in my house and decorate and make lots of these . . .


happy fall everyone!