Dustin is a huge Sports and baseball fan. Since we have been married he has toned it down alot, but to keep his morale up he volunteers his time as the head coach for his LRS Squadron team.
Maleha and Kasiah always look forward to his games so that they can play outside and make new friends but they really are just his best cheerleaders!
Maleha the TOM BOY
Her sister following her foot steps
Making New friends
Maleha chasing the boys!
Kasiah Loves making friends with the dogs!
And with boys too!(She just ran up to this little boy and gave him a BIG hug) I got my hands full with this 2 girls. They are boy crazy!
Friday, June 27, 2008
Baseball Game
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New Neighbors
With a New house you get new neighbors and we have got the best neighbors yet! Maleha likes to visit them often and this morning she couldn't wait and almost ran outside naked. I told her to put some clothes on and so she grabbed her pink velvet leotard and red ruby shoes and ran to visit her little lambs. She is so funny!
The lambs had all their wool buzzed off. They look like an acrylic painting.
Kasiah rather be naked inside and be a peeping TOM.
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Thursday, June 19, 2008
More of London
Gavrila, Lindsay,Me, Emily. Gotta have the close up!
Em,Lin,G, and Me London bridges baby!
The queen was home in the palace!
I want this stroller! TOO COOL! A kid can sit in the bottom!
A typical European bra. jk
Monopoly money!
The guards can not hear you talking about them. I feel sorry that they have to wear those silly looking hats!
I had zoom in for this pic. They stand there for four hours or more at a time. They have thick soles to keep their feet cool.
The Tower bridge also known as "London bridges falling down".
A Statue at the Buckingham palace
More naked biker pictures! Only in Europe!!
A stroll in Hyde Park
The Golden moving Statue
Dedicated to the world war two fallen soilders.
A dog purse
The silver moving queen statue
Biking in London is the only way to go. But you may not want to go near those bike seats after watching all those naked bikers. lol. I think this is where they parked for lunch.lol
Please do not touch the chocolate palace.YUM
Our Cozy HOTEL!
The new style of wearing your Shoes. Try fitting your foot in that!
Italian Ice cream. Yumooo!
Translation: Speed bump
London ground!
London train!
Planning the day!
The streets were filled with these beautiful old aged trees.
Gavrila and Lindsay already having a blast.
Train station
London streets are full of double decker buses and Taxis.
I took so many pictures and videos on the trip so here are some more of London.
Our 1St stop was Oxford street. The famous shopping strip. The prices were outrageous!
2nd stop was for some italian ice cream. WOW sooo delicious!
3rd stop Buckingham palace. Incredible statues and the queen was there (The flag was up).
4th A stroll through Hyde park. Simply Beautiful!!
5th The memorial building dedicated to the lost soilders in World war two.
6th The unexpected naked biker parade!! We seriously were innocently just crossing the street when we saw police starting to block off the road and we were all like "Yaaa, a parade! Lets see if they throw us some candy!"lol-Yeah right! they threw us alot more than just candy it was more like the shock of our lives! Talk about pure chance and a beginners Luck! Here is some more info that we later discovered once returning home. It's actually for a good cause.London Naked Bike Ride (official site)World Naked Bike Ride (official site)
7th The world's largest four-faced, chiming clock. The structure is situated at the north-eastern end of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London. It is often colloquially referred to as Big Ben, which is actually the nickname of the main bell housed within the tower (formally known as the Great Bell).The Clock Tower has also been referred to as The Tower of Big Ben and, incorrectly, St Stephen's Tower, which is actually the spired tower towards the middle of the Palace and is also the main point of entry for attendees of debates and committees.
8th The London eye. It took seven years and the skills of hundreds of people from five countries to make the London Eye a reality. Each of the 32 capsules weighs 10 tonnes. Each rotation takes about 30 minutes, meaning a capsule travels at a stately 26cm per second, or 0.9km (0.6 miles) per hour - allowing passengers to step on and off without the wheel having to stop.
9th the moving statues. Definitely the highlight of the trip. So funny!
10th The Tower bridge mistakenly known as the London Bridge is an impressive bridge that has existed near the present site over the period from the Roman occupation of the area, nearly 2,000 years. The first bridge across the Thames in the London area was built of wood by the Romans on the present site around 50 AD. This bridge was probably a military pontoon bridge. Around 55 AD, a piled bridge was built. The local Britons built a small trading settlement next to it, the town of Londinium. The settlement and the bridge were destroyed in a revolt led by Queen Boudicca in 60 AD. The victory was short lived, and soon afterwards, the Romans defeated the rebels, and set about building a new walled town. Some of the old Roman wall still exists in the area today. The new town and bridge was built around the position of the present bridge, providing access to the south coast ports via 'Stane Street' (the A3 route) and 'Watling Street' (the A2). The bridge fell into disrepair after the Romans left. As Londinium was also abandoned there was litle need for a bridge at this point and in the Saxon period the river was a political boundary between hostile kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex. With the impact of the Viking invasions and the reconquest by the kings of Wessex and re-occupation by Alfred the Great of the Roman city the political conditions for a Saxon bridge crossing to be placed here arose. However, there is no archaeological evidence for a bridge before Aethelred's reign and his attempts to stem the Sweinian invasions of the 990s. In 1014, according to a much later skaldic tradition, the bridge was pulled down by the Norwegian prince Olaf, as he was aiding king Aethelred in what, if true, was a successful bid to divide the defending forces of the Danes who held the walled City of London plus Southwark, thereby regaining London for the Anglo-Saxon king. This episode might have inspired the well-known nursery rhyme "London Bridge is Falling Down".
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Monday, June 16, 2008
LONDY, LONDY, LONDY!
I left to London 3:30 am Saturday morning with Gavrila Chase, Emily Schuster, and Lindsay Peterson. They are really funny, sweet, generous and kind hearted friends of mine that were the most funnest people to had traveled with. We had the time of our lives away from our husbands and kids. It was just pure righteous fun and tons of laughter!
It took an hour to arrive at the airport and then once on our plane just an hour to fly into Stansted where we hopped on a train for 45 minutes straight into London in which we then took an underground TUBE (mind the GAP) for 10 minutes towards our hotel. Once we dropped our stuff off at the Hotel the rest of our day was full of walking and laughing which was the funnest form of exercising that I would recommend to anyone. We had a BLAST from London's PAST!
Even though we only went for one full day it honestly felt like a whole week and when it was only noon we felt like it was 6pm. We were only an hour difference too. We got so much done in one day that we felt one day was sufficient enough. London's money is called pounds and right now it is the highest currency in the world. If Something cost 10 pounds they are really asking for 20 American dollars. It was a very expensive trip but we got the best of deals and spent only what we had to.
Plus, The day before, Dustin threw a yard sale for me by sitting in the Hot sun by himself selling all our JUNK because all the money was being donated towards my London trip. Dustin made me over 100 dollars and so a shout out to Dustin--- Thank you! I couldn't had gone to London without you....even though I did, lol! I love you!
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