England

After Christmas we decided to drive to Birmingham, England to visit some friends. It was kind of a last minute decision but we thought it would be fun to go somewhere since everything would be closed until the Monday after Christmas. We thought we might get a little bored in our apartment for that long. So thanks to my parents for their Christmas gift, we were able to go.

We drove to Calais, France and took the car ferry over to Dover, England. This was alot of fun and good chance for Emma to get out and run around. It was about an hour trip. The cliffs of Dover really are white...




Our friends took us to Staford on Avon to see the Shakespeare sights.

Max and Kayla, our friends kids. Emma had a great time with them.


Here's David's coat he got for Christmas from me and my mom.

This is the church Shakespeare is buried in.

Shakespeare's house.

We also went to see some old Roman ruins, it was pretty interesting.

This is a cathedral we visited outside of Birmingham.

Kenny, Kristy, Max and Kayla.We went to a pub one night and had some great English food.

It was a long trip home. We left on Jan 1st so there wasn't alot of traffic, but David and i tried to just follow our google directions backwards without a map. This wasn't a good idea. We got mixed up going around Brussels and realized later we were driving out some pennisula in the Netherlands. It was dark, otherwise we would have known to turn around. Good thing alot of people speak English there so we just asked for directions. So it all worked out, just an extra couple hours in the car. The girls did really well. We had a great time!