Peace

Currently I'm in New York nannying for the Klein family for a month.

Let me put you in my shoes:
At this exact moment, I'm listening to four adorable monkeys talk about their spy operations. Apparently, they are all from different places around the world. (ie. Jordan is from Sydney, Australia and is currently working on perfecting his Australian accent. William is from the UK- London to be exact, and Paul, after hearing William say he was from the UK, informed me he was from the SK.) Go figure.


Look at that graph that Jordan made! He informed me that our economy is in trouble and we need to "stimulate it if we want to make things happen."


Here is William working at "the office."

Paul and Isabelle at the mini picnic table in the back yard.


All in all, life is great over here and I am really enjoying the kiddos. :)

And in other news...

Tino is coming to visit!!!
He is flying out here on August 20th and I am so excited! Can't wait to see him again.

More to come later. I hear a screaming child.

Raspberry Picking!

Tino and I went raspberry picking a week or so ago and had so much fun- the raspberries out at Boxx Berry Farms were gigantic. Like, huge. Seriously. We made a delicious cobbler and it was so good that we decided to go out picking with some friends and make it again.

We went with our buddies Chris and Linden. The berries weren't quite as big this time around, but still delicious and the cobbler didn't fail us.

We plan to become professional bakers by the end of the summer.
Chris and Tino shared a cabin at Royal Family and have become good friends.

Linden and Chris! So cute.

England

Here are some shots from England, as promised!

This was definitely one of my favorite stops while we were in London. My favorite movie of all time is Notting Hill. My mom and I have probably watched it 30 times, and we still laugh and cry at all the same spots. Anyways, Hugh Grant's character, William Thacker, owns The Travel Bookshop in Notting Hill. THIS IS IT! It's the real one! I peaked inside (it was closed) and everything is the same. There is a small wooden desk in the corner where he had his cash register etc. etc. Matt couldn't quite understand why I was so enthralled with this store, or why we had to take a 30 minute Tube ride out to Notting Hill just so I could see some bookstore, but he went and happily took pictures for me.
Here is Matt in front of Center Court at Wimbledon. We were nearing the end of our long day in London but knew we wanted to get out to see Wimbledon, so we arrived here around 8:30. It was great to see the courts! We couldn't go in, but we took lots of pictures outside the gates.
Big Ben!
This is in Southampton. Matt and my oldest cousin, Ian, went to a tank museum for the day while I hung out with Mark and Holly. (Mark is 23(?) and Holly is 11.) We went out to the beach and saw the Isle of Wight. It was a great day! I didn't want to go to a tank museum, that's for sure, but Matt and Ian had so much fun!

From left to right: Ian, Katy, Fred, Mark.
This is in their house in Southampton. It was great to spend time with them- they are such great people, and I'm sure I've said this before but they were so good to us! We want them to come visit us soon!

Home Sweet Home

Matt and I arrived home last Tuesday after a good rest of our trip. We wrote a post in England, but for some reason it didn't post nor did it save! Bummer, I know.

We had an incredible trip! England was amazing, mainly because we got to know my family. It was fun to share stories and to enjoy their company. My family was nothing but welcoming and loving towards us, and I can't wait to go back to visit! All my pictures are unorganized on my computer, so posting any pictures would prove to be a nightmare right now. We had a great time though, and I really appreciate all of you following this blog! Though I won't be posting much more about Europe (I'll organize my pictures tomorrow and put up some from England), continue to read this blog so I can update you on my busy life!

Hope everyone is doing well. I'm feeling particularly blessed tonight. The Lord's love is so rich, so perfect, so refreshnig.

Hello from Scotland! -Matt

Me Kilt and Katy at the Edinburgh Castle, ignore the elvis hair, it was really windy!

Kilt and Katy overlooking Edinburgh
A couple hundred years later....

At the Roslyn chapel

(this is the castle I found in Dublin, it was pretty cool)

Yep you read right, Im actually blogging again!  Its been a great great time in Scotland with Nick and Im loving it here.  It was great to see him again not to mention Edinburgh is absolutely beautiful!  We have seen a good amount, my favorite is just the countryside itself.  Everywhere you go its giant green rolling hills spotted with white sheep.  Unfortunately it is true, Katy did lose her camera the other night but we still have not lost hope.  To be positive, we still have all of my pictures (many of which are very similar) and Katy still has her first memory card, which has about her first 800 pictures or so.  But its still a real bummer.  The first day we arrived in Edinburgh we hung out with Kilt, and then got to meet a couple of his friends and watched some rugby, then went out to a couple of really neat bars.  The first was called the Standing Order and it was originally a bank so the inside was amazing and it was a really beautiful building.  The second was called Opal and it was really cool as well.  It was a real good time.  Tuesday was definitely the day of rest we needed.  Slept great, Katy had been off and on with a cold, and now I have it was well.  Luckily its just been a little bit of a runny nose, nothing that is affecting our trip at all.  We still managed to get out to town and look for Katy's camera.  We checked both The Standing Order, and Opal but didn't have any luck at either.  We then got some great Italian dinner and some desert which was amazing and headed home to relax back at the house.  Then Kilt and I took a drive for about 80 miles through the countryside.  Katy wasn't feel so hot so she stayed home and relaxed.  We drove all through the middle of nowhere in the countryside, blasted music and caught up, it was a great time.  Then today we got up around 11!  We couldnt believe we slept that much!  I woke up with a cat on one side of my head, a dog on the other side of my head, another cat on my chest, and another one on the couch next to my bed.  Im starting to get the feeling they like me.  But we got up and got going right away.  We first went to Roslyn Chapel, then to the Edinburgh Castle which was so awesome!  There was so much to see!  The Crown Jewels, the names of all the Scottish soldiers lost in WWI and WWII.  It was really something to see.  Then we had some great Chinese Buffet!  Kilt and I ate until we were sick, we then had to sprint 3 blocks for the bus so by the time we got on we were feeling it!  We then came back to the house and have been relaxing ever since!  Its been awesome to see Kilt and meet his family.  Were taking a train down to London tomorrow evening at 5:30.  Should be exciting!

Because I know some of you LOVE to pray...

Umm I lost my camera last night. There are only two places I think it can be, and then just the short distance that we walked in between them. I called both places today, and neither has seen my camera. :( I also called the Edinburgh police station and wasn't able to get through, but I'll try again. (They have a lost property number you can call.) I'm just really frustrated. I never forget things, and I'm always super, super careful with my camera. At this point it's not even so much the camera as it is all the pictures that are on it. 

So please pray that it'll show up. I'm worried that someone took it and isn't going to return it. I don't know. Please just do me a favor and pray that it turns up. Thank you, thank you.

Matt's Turn

This is in Dublins St. Stevens Green

Alright alright Im blogging again. Been a while but the trip is good. Everything has been great so far and Im having as good as a time as katy. I am having a little bit of withdrawl from the sports world, its starting to really take a toll on me. You never realize how much you take sportscenter for granted until you get to Europe. Getting to Dublin was a little stressful but since then everything has been great. Met some really great people from a lot of different places, seen a lot too. Dublin is cool because I dont feel like we are going from Church to church and museum to museum and all that jazz. There are only a couple real sights to see here, but other than that its just hanging out and enjoying the everyday beauty and atsmosphere of the area and the people here. The people here are the nicest of any place I have ever been to, better than the States, better than Bellingham. I have never met happier and nicer people in my life. The parks are awesome, the shopping is really cool here, they have entire districts simply dedicated to Pub Bars and Clubs, another section with just shopping and stuff like that, none of which have any cars running through them. Makes it really fun and really nice to just stroll around and see all the cool stuff. Im loving it here. Its a really fun place to come and stay. I think Katy has covered all the other basics on what we have been doing, but as far as Im concerned its fantastic and hope the trip finishes out just the way it has been so far...great!

Evan: Wakeboard and jet ski soon yes?
Harry: See you soon, blazing sattles night when I get home.
Mom: Never missed home cooking more in my life...
Lizzy: Keep watching Thomas the tank engine while im gone, make me proud
French movie being shot at Versallies

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