Monday, December 14, 2009

After the girls & the grandkids left, we decided to take a quick trip to LONDON!!!

As I was posting our new picture with "Father Christmas", I thought I should post the old one too. It was taken about 11 years ago. Madison was almost 2 years old then. We have all changed a bit since then, but so has Father Christmas!
One of the first stops in London was "Harrods" department store. We had to go see "Father Christmas" again. He was so cute! Madison wasn't too afraid of him this time.

After taking our picture with him, we went to the toy department. It was crazy! Madison had to have a picture with the biggest stuffed animal ever! We spent the whole day at Harrods, and I bet we still didn't see everything. It was amazing! Super fun day!

Outside Buckingham Palace...


Queen Victoria's Memorial outside the gates of Buckingham Palace...

We went on a tour of the "Tower of London." Here are a few pictures from the day....
Wakefield Tower
Random cool door in the tower...
Byward Tower
Posing with the Tower's Yeoman Warder...
Outside Waterloo Barracks...
"Waterloo Barracks" is where they keep the Crown Jewels. It was like walking into a bank vault.
"White Tower" is where all the armor and weapons are stored...
Traitor's Gate...
London Bridge...

Trafalgar Square...


London pigeon...
This was the biggest bottle of champagne I have ever seen! I had to take a picture of it.

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town...

Everyone got to have a picture with Santa Claus... even if they didn't want too.... Poor Toby! He did not like the whole Santa thing!





The kids....

Madison, Hallie, Toby and Audrey


Hallie and baby Audrey....

This was the first time that Hallie, Tabitha and Toby were able to see baby Audrey. All Hallie wanted to do was hold her. It was so cute!



Birthday dinner....

To celebrate our birthdays, we went out to dinner with our family.... the only one missing was Kyle...sadness!


Brian's 48th Birthday....

Tabitha suprised both Brian & I for our birthdays and flew out to North Carolina with the kids. We had a blast!

Brian is a HUGE Duke fan! He will not go ANYWHERE without his favorite Duke hat! So to honor his birthday, Tabitha made him a Duke baseball hat cake! Cute huh?