Tuesday 29 March 2016

Wales

The kids are on Spring break and we are excited! We started by leaving Friday for Wales. Our drive was suppose to take 2 1/2 hrs to Cardiff, Wales. There we were going to tour Cardiff Castle and walk along the bay and explore. Then we were going to head to our final destination, Tenby, which was 1 1/2 hours from Cardiff. Well, because of the extreme holiday traffic it took us 5 hrs. just to get to Cardiff. By then the castle had closed and we just explored the bay. We then headed to Tenby and settled in.
We spent Saturday exploring Tenby & walking the beach looking for seashells. It was a cold, rainy and miserably windy day but we didn't let that stop us from enjoying our time there. Saturday night Randy's niece joined us. Sunday we went to Pembroke Castle. There the kids enjoyed exploring the Castle and they even had a dragon egg hunt. We also did some hiking along the Pembrokeshire Coastal line. It was so BEAUTIFUL! The wind was crazy along the coast but we just didn't get to close to the edge. Sadly on Monday we had to go back so Randy could go to work Tuesday and our next round of company is due to arrive on Thursday. Our journey home was much more pleasant at 4 1/2 hours! We all loved Tenby so we will definitely be back.

Cardiff Bay




Tenby

The bay right outside our Hotel.

Rock the boys loved climbing when the tide was out.

Walking the beach.

Loving the ocean.

Colin conquering the rock.

Abby playing in the ocean,


St. Catherine's Island that you can only tour when the tide is out.

Found a cave on the beach.


Pembroke Castle 

Pembroke Castle



Pembrokeshire Coastal line

Pembrokeshire Coastal line, this is known as the Elegug Stacks.

Pembrokeshire Coastal line, this is known as the Green Bridge.

She did not like the wind but liked hiking with Dad.

More beach time in Tenby.



Abby sized car.

Surprise Visitors

On March 11th, a surprise visitor arrived for our son Kaden. We picked Kaden up after school and as he walked outside he couldn't believe his eyes, because one of his good friends from the U.S. was here. He even took a slight step back like "is this real?" We enjoyed a great week with them touring London, having a girls day to shop, Stonehenge and a whole lot more.

Stonehenge





Girls Shopping Day


Harrods

Abby with Harrods Bear


Ice Cream Parlor stop in Harrods


Gotta love the girl Legos 

Beanie Boos!

Sweet Shop in Harrods

Tea Area in Harrods

Selfridges 


Easter Candy displays are amazing!

Tower of London & Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge

Tower of London (Kaden & Robey)


Windsor Castle



Changing of the Guard



Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, London Eye, Trafalgar Square & Buckingham.  

Big Ben

Big Ben

London Eye


Kaden & Robey in Eye


Trafalgar Square

Buckingham Palace