We were so blessed to have both of my parents and my grandma fly out for a 2 week holiday this June. I love having people visit, although nothing ever goes completely smooth, it's fun to share our adventures. Ava really loved all the attention and warmed up to my mom and dad quickly. She even prayed for Grandma Klassen by name " thank you for great great great. . . .Grandma" is what she said every night.
We traveled and saw a ton of stuff but also tried to be home for dinners. It's little things like meals, evening fires, reminiscing stories, having Dr. Meldrum ultrasound our baby for everyone to see, that make me the most happy. When you only have 1 or 2 visits a year it's the small things you crave. Between my mom and I there were so many photos taken that picking just a few was hard. I tried to choose ones that showed our real experiences.
Lounging in the backyard
Denver Windmill
Ely Cathedral
Poppy Fields
Bury St Edmunds
Audley End House
Cambridge
First Time Punting
Stratford Upon Avon
(Birth House of William Shakespeare)
Anne Hathaway House in Stratford
Evesham
(home and grave of my dad's Great Grandma and Grandpa)
Royal Crescent
Castle Combe
Stonehenge
Caen Hill Locks
Dover Castle
(hidden behind thick fog)
P&O Ferry crossing to Calais France
Brugge Belgium
Brussels Belgium
Beautiful B&B Villa d'Elbeek
Vimy Ridge Canadian WWI Memorial
Riding the Tube on our way to London in the pouring RAIN!
Still pouring rain at Buckingham Palace
Enjoying London on the Eye
It was whirlwind 2 weeks and I'm so glad everyone braved the terrible long/boring flight, fought the severe jet leg and endured the long car rides back and forth across country. Our 3 years is almost in it's grand finale and the last 365 days are going be an adventure when we add little man Miller to the family.
