Easter

I am a little out of order but wanted to get the Easter pictures up. It was so nice to have my parents here. It was their last day here so we just spent most of the day at home after church.

Before church, however, we headed up to the Abbey Gardens to check out the ruins...

and to watch Chase chase the ducks!
I am so jealous of pictures where the girls were in sundresses. It was freezing!!

An attempt at a family picture.

When Chase got up from his nap we did an easter egg hunt with him. He picked it up so quick and loved it!

Checking out the goodies.

We filled the eggs with cheerios, raisins, fruit snacks and just a couple pieces of candy so I didn't mind if he sat there and ate everything. Learning self control in the next few years might prove to be a challenge.

Chase also got the Veggies Tales Easter DVD from my parents and we gave him the Jesus Storybook Bible. I think that might be our new tradition giving Chase a book every year. We had a lot of fun eating and hunting eggs but we never want Chase (or us) to lose sight of the fact that Jesus died on the cross for our sins and rose again so that we may have new life in him and that is why we celebrate.

More England Pictures

A couple more pictures from our week with the Kauflins....

We stopped by the cemetary where John Owen, John Buynan and Isaac Watts.
One attempt at a group picture...

Warwick Castle

We thought the creeks running under the house was pretty cool.

Brad found these cookies in Oxford and became obsessed. Kristine and Brad kept their eye out for other Ben's in England.

Eagle and Child Pub where J.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis would have a pint.

After Oxford, they took a train to go visit Kristine's brother and sister-in-law who are doing a teaching exchange here. We would pick up my parents and meet up with them again in Bath....

Crud Tourney

I have so many posts to catch up on - the rest of the Kauflins visit, my parents visit, easter, etc. but here is a quick one so I figured I would post it. The night before my parents got here we had our basewide spouses crud tournament. We did great considering only two girls had played in a tournament before (and 1 just had a baby) and one girl just started playing a couple weeks ago. I am super competitive and I don't like not being good at something but it was still a lot of fun. It is impossible to explain how to play in a post you really just have to do it.

Here is our team - watch out for blue next year!!

And a couple action shots...

Random Photos

Here are the pictures from our point and shoot camera. I don't feel like mixing them in so here they are randomly.

Kristine was a little worried about eating the food over here but she actually enjoyed the fish and chips at a pub in London.

Have tea in Bury. The scone and clotted cream were a hit!
Bowling is a tradition whenever we get together. Adding two 1 year olds makes it a little more interesting! The Kauflins beat us pretty bad this night. Brad and Devon went the next day during nap and played a couple games and Brad won!

In one of the villages in the cotswolds they have a minature village. I thought it was so cute seeing the boys walk around.

Chase and Korey

We had a wonderful week with the Kauflins here. Chase and Korey are only a couple months apart and enjoyed playing together. They are both all boy and loved balls and cars. We are already planning on many pool and park trips with the boys this summer.

In Oxford

Riding the tube.

Buckingham Palace

London Eye

Playing Outside

Windsor

Around England

Our good friends Devon and Kristine along with their son Korey are here visiting and we have been all over exploring England. We've done base, London, Bury, Cambridge, Warwick and Cotswolds. We still have a couple more days to go but here are a couple pics...

Tower Bridge

Shakespeare's Birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon.

The boys after a busy day...