Spring break

We got home from a wonderful trip to London and Paris late Saturday night. It was the first time I have voluntarily left the kids, and as great as the trip was, I will NOT be doing it again. It's funny how much my daily activities have come to be centered around them. I kept checking my bag before we left the hotel in the mornings to make sure I had bottles and diapers.......and had to remind my self that I wouldn't be needing them :) The trip really was awesome though. We arrived back at the hotel every night completely exausted with blisters forming over blisters (well I did anyway, Tommy's feet were fine) and woke up early the next morning ready to start over. We got to visit one of the ward's Tommy served in on his mission, see where he lived, and most of the classic tourist stuff too. We took a day trip to Windsor, Stonehenge, and Oxford that was well worth the time we spent traveling. During the drive we got to see the "Forbidden Forrest" from Harry Potter :) We spent one whirlwind day in Paris and got a good overview of the sites there as well. Notre Dame was the only place we spent any real amount of time, but it was beautiful. We found a gorgeous doll for Abigail and a horse and night for Joshua in addition to some pictures and other things. We spent a morning at the London temple with Tommy's parents and were able to enjoy the peace that the temple always brings. We also went to see "Les Mis" and were very impressed with how good it was. All in all it was a great trip and we are so thankful that we were given the oportunity to go. Unfotunately the kids had such a good time with Grandma that they didn't even miss me.......Joshua cried when she left, but not when I did:( Abigail also chose that week to master crawling and starting to pull up on the furniture...... apparently she forgot she was supposed to wait until I was watching to learn anything new. Now I'm keeping busy catching up on laundry and trying to get back into the swing of normal life again, oh the joys of diapers and grocery shopping :) I wouldn't trade it for the world!