Jolly Ol' England

We just got home from the London Temple! It was a lovely day with the Casper Family--all of them--and we really enjoyed the vast park that is the temple grounds. Rhett, Richard, and I went to a 1pm session while Erin and her neighbor Valerie had a picnic with the kids, then we came out at 3pm and took family pictures for an hour, then we just hung out on the grounds with the kids and Rhett while Erin and Valerie did their session. We took lots of pix of the Tudor houses surrounding the temple, and of the cute Casper kids, and we sat on the loverly grass and watched planes drop in to land at Gatwick. The trip took us all day (1oam -10pm, including our stop for pizza dinner on the way home), and it was delightful. We will not be going to Bath this trip, but we are hoping to make a trip out to Dover and then over to Bedfordshire to find Christopher Layton's birthplace before we leave on Wednesday. 

Yesterday was just a "chill" day. We slept in, did our laundry, went to a program at Eliza's first grade, had lunch on base, and just hung out at home with Erin and the kids. It was nice to fit some relaxing in to our busy schedule. Neither of us has been in the mood to crop and upload pictures, but there are plenty of pretty ones of Edinburgh and the Temple and the Casper family. We'll share them soon.

For now, I have a temple hangover and I should hit the hay. Family, we love and miss you so much! Being around these fun kids makes me wish you were here--you'd have so much fun with the Casper kids! More later (ps: Enjoy the Women's Broadcast double for me tonight, Sister friends! I think this may be the first time in my adult life that I have missed it, and I can't wait to catch it when we get home).