Woke up around 8AM this morning. We didn't go to sleep until midnight last night, even though we were exhausted! Dressed and out the door by 9AM and headed to Windsor Castle. Grabbed a muffin at the train station. We had to get on 3 different trains to get to Windsor. Decided against the guided tour, which was nice. We could arrive/leave on our own schedule. From the train station, we walked to Windsor Castle, which was maybe a 5 minute walk. The town of Windsor was really cool. It reminded us of what a Switzerland town would look like. Small cafe's with flowers overflowing in window boxes and small cobble-stone streets. We decided to head to the castle first then check out the town later. Windsor Castle was absolutely amazing. It's almost a 1,000 years ... read more

Hi Girls!! Hope you are doing well! I'm so glad we got to Skype with you earlier today. I tried skyping again little bit ago, but no answer. I will try again soon. Lily and Pad have been EVERYWHERE with us. They even went on the London Eye with us! I think you guys would really like it here. There are lots of people, EVERYWHERE! We have already picked you up a small gift (nope, not going to tell you what it is!). We saw the Tower of London today that was built in the 1080's. Almost a 1,000 years ago!! I'm getting ready to download the pictures from today so you can see everywhere they have been. How was soccer today? What did you get at the video store today? Miss you guys so much, ... read more

One week from tonight Chris and I will finally be on a plane to Europe. I found out about this trip in June (it was to be a surprise from Chris), but am so glad I found out. We have had so much fun planning the trip together. We were originally scheduled to visit London, Paris and Rome. But decided against Rome and instead Switerzland and Germany. We fly into London for 3 nights, then head to Paris for 5 nights, then Switzerland for one night and Germany for 3 nights. Can't say why, but I'm mostly looking forward to Paris and Germany. We started packing last week and are almost done. Waiting for a few items to still come in. Chris is way under his weight limit, which means, I can put more of my ... read more