November 25, 2006

Welcome to ColChester!!! This is the oldest city in England!! It was a nice relaxing trip until at the end of the trip we went to McDonald's!!! Yes we went to McDonald's!! But don't worry it wasn't good and the service sucked!! Big time!!!
This is ColChester Castle it was the capital of England at one time and a King did live in this Castle!! It was very beautiful and they had a lot of cool artifacts one was a floor dated back to 400 BC!! Underneath the castle is the remains of a Roman, Claudius, Temple!!! The temple that stood there before was very big...but the tour guide couldn't tell us what they did inside the temple or what was in fact inside the temple!!! But fortunate for us since that temple was around the time of Christ or before we in fact have a clue of what happened inside the temple!! It is great to be Latter Day Saint!! Thank you Lord for making our parents pick the true church!!
Josh decided to try out as a Roman warrior!! The armor was very heavy!!!

I thought instead of touching history I would climb it!! It was part of the Castle wall!!












We had a glimpse of what it was like to use the restroom in the castle!!! Yes they did have toilets but no they didn't flush they would just go!! Some guys job was to clean out the mess!!!

On our way home we found a pub called Half Butt Inn so Josh decided to do what the sign told him and show half of his Butt!!!

Novmer 24, 2006

Our First trip to London!! This was a great trip!! We first arrived in China town! I know you Love the pictures of the Duck and yes Slow roasted Squid...Yum!!! It really brought back some great memories for Josh and His Mission... He also had the opportunity to speak Cantonese with some of the people living in China Town and I might add that was very sexy!!!

This is the wonderful Restaurant that we ate at I had Sushi and Eel Don!!! Josh had Miso soup and sushi... we felt so deprived living in this country and not having Sushi once a week! So this was a great treat! Thank you London!!
Yes you read it right... Since we liked China town I decided to take up residence and have a part time job!! Josh isn't to thrilled but what can you do it pays the bills!!!













This Picture is dedicated to you Dad Cooper!!! Like Josh's hat??? I really liked mine but it was way too expensive for a street vendor so I decided not to get it!!
Here in London they have a place called Harrods much like Saks 5th Avenue in New York City... the only difference the Queen actually shops here!!! Josh found a watch for 25,000 pounds which is 50,000 dollars we put it on Lay away and will have it paid off in 2025!! Can't wait to get it...
Since we did all that shopping in Harrods Melissa and I took a little break to cuddle up with this Teddy bear... we wanted to take him home but I don't think he would fit through our front or back door!!
Since Harrods is owned by Princess Diana's boyfriends father they had this little shrine dedicated to the both of them!! It was a very nice little reminder of there life!!











This is Beautiful Big Ben at night!!! Yes it was a sight to see!!! After we looked at Big Ben we headed to Hard Rock Cafe!! Yes we ate American food in London but it was all good because we were going for Austin's birthday... We got lost like 50 times trying to find it but it was worth it in the end it took us about 2 hours to find because no one knew where it was at!!!














Yes please do mind the gap they are a pain to get over!! But for some they are just born with one!! Thus ends our trip of London for a day!! But don't worry there will be plenty more trips in the future since it was so cheap to get around!!! But nothing compares to New York City!!!

November 23, 2006

Yes it is that time of year once again!!! Turkey Day...this year we had so much to be thankful for! Our amazing turkey dinner created by yours truly... Ang!! While we were missing our family in the states we had a wonderful day that we spent with the Wilcocks!!
Josh using his patriarch roll of the family by carving our wonderful turkey up for all of us to eat!!
I mastered the skill in making a pumpkin roll for the first time... yes it was good!! Just to add it was way easy to make thanks to Betty Crocker.com's cooking videos!!!














Melissa and Dolche had a hard day of eating turkey and decided to take a rest!!!
Yes Thanksgiving would not be complete without a little fun and competition! Even though we all knew Tina would win the game in the end it was still fun playing Cities and Knights of Cataan!!!!!

October 31,2006

Dolche inspecting the candy to make sure it is okay! Yes that was a big Longerberger Basket and it was almost full!!! Yea that is right it was a lot of candy!
Dolche getting his first piece of candy for the night... he was done after that!!!

October 31, 2006

Our first trick or treat experience here in Lakenheath!!! Many people gave us disapproving looks because of our house and the heads hanging... some English people were so disgusted by our house that they wouldn't even let there children get any candy from us! But that was okay with me because we were running out of candy at like 7:30 and trick or treating started at 7! It was great though!! We had a blast!!!

October 31, 2006

Here is our Beautiful Dog Dolche!! Yes he was a pumpkin for Halloween!! We bought him here in England he is a Yorkshire Terrier but we didn't buy him in Yorkshire, England but he will do!!! He is the best Dog and we are sending him to Obedience school were he is doing so well!!!! All the children that were trick or treating really Loved him!! It was really cold out but he wouldn't go inside he wanted to see everyone! The poor little guy was shivering the whole time!!!