London Family Pictures

London Family Pictures

I have always wanted to do family pictures in the cities where we’ve spent the summers, but I’ve never done it.  About a month before our trip I stumbled on the blog Love and London.  She offered vacation photo shoots at famous London landmarks and I jumped at the chance.  The day we were supposed…

The Cotswolds

The Cotswolds

Or what will hereafter be known as the Day of the Bathrooms.” More to come on that soon…. We took the Overground and rented a car in Hammersmith. It was quite the ordeal and it took us a lot longer to get on the road than expected. And it was our first time driving on…

Notting Hill by Day

Notting Hill by Day

It was a bit overcast today which meant a break from the direct sun, but the humidity was intense!  Go away heat wave!  We set out to explore Portobello Market and Notting Hill today.  Thank you bloggers who have done all the work in planning exactly where to go to see all the cute houses. …

Sunday rest day

Sunday rest day

We are officially BEAT.  So, after church we broke with our usually Sunday park tradition and came home and had a nap.  We had originally planned to go to the park around 6 as it started to cool down a bit.  But when the time came, no one really wanted to go.  We stayed home…

Brighton Beach

Brighton Beach

We needed a break from the city heat so we booked tickets on the Monday morning train to Brighton! It was a quick one hour ride and in no time we were dipping our feet into the freezing cold English Channel. It felt heavenly! (After your body went numb) The beach was rocky! No sand…