Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Been a while...

Hi friends and fam! I am the worst at keeping up with this blog! :P We missed you all over the holidays, but we did manage to have some fun :) It has only snowed once here and by the time it hit the ground it melted. I surprisingly miss the snow, but it is nice to be able to bike in Dec/Jan :) I'll post some picture highlights trying to summarize the last few months. We anticipate that we'll be heading back to Minnesota this September :)

 January
Rome
"The Mouth of Truth"



The Pieta in St. Peter's Basilica- Vatican City


Vatican City 


I ate soooo much gelato- coconut flavor was my favorite- yum!! 


Gepetto's Workshop




Trevi Fountain 

Romantic dinner at La Locanda del Tempio...minus the graffiti!




Pantheon 

Colosseum







Thirsty after all our walking!

Switzerland

 Lunch with the girls

Longing for more pastries

Hannah, me, Kerry, & Loren

Swiss Chocolate!

 Playing the game "Dog" it was so fun!

Hannah with her parents and pups


Chateau De Chillon in Switzerland



Ancient toilet- Sam if you're reading this it reminds me of the Sanctuary outhouse in Canada!

Evian France

Evian natural spring water




Me & Loren

December
Cambridge
New Year's Eve
 After Eight Mint Mcflurries! Yum!
Steph, me, Tara, & Andrew 







HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!



Boxing Day
Our friends Ben, Malina, & little Mark

Christmas Day 
Yay presents!! :)

Andrew and I spent Christmas morning together and then celebrated with friends in the afternoon. Craig and Brenda are on the far right- they are Madison and Matthew's parents.


Andrew & I attended, "A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols,"  on Christmas Eve at King's College Chapel. The seating in the chapel is first come, first serve. We got in line outside the chapel and camped out for eight hours waiting for the concert to begin. It was worth the wait, those kids sound like angels! Listen for yourself below:
Here is a youtube link from a 2009 concert


It was so cold and windy! I took cover under an umbrella :)




Can you find Andrew? He has both arms up :)

Christmas Eve dinner at the Eagle
Wicked in London! I finally got to see it!


Outside Buckingham Palace


We saw Annie the musical in Cambridge :)

Cambridge Markets



St John's College

Skyping with Mares and fam!

 Yay Sarah!!

London with the Taylors :)

 Tiffany Christmas tree at the Somerset House ice rink

London Eye

 British Art Museum


November
Thanksgiving
 We spent Thanksgiving with our friends Allison, Jeff, Loren, & Kevin



 Double skype yeah! With Nat and Breah :)

Swans on the River Cam



 Biking along the River Cam while Madison rows.




I've finally caught up! Yay! Miss and love you guys ~ send me an email and let's set up a skype date!! :)