Thursday 26 May 2016

Helsinki Finland

On May 17th Randy and I went to Helsinki Finland. He needed to be there for work so I was able to join him for a day and just spend some time together. Helsinki is beautiful and God blessed us with great weather!

Arriving in Helsinki

Fun Chair in our hotel.

Another fun chair in our hotel.

Karelian pastry, rye crust filled with a rice and bakes. 
Then topped with egg butter. 

Reindeer with lingonberries and mashed potatoes.

Beautiful Bay!







Helsinki Cathedral and Senate Square.




Organ inside Helsinki Cathedral. 


Looking down on Senate Square.

Esplanadi Park

Crepes at the Harbor Market, and yes we did try one!



Climbing up to the top of the Rock Church.

Top of Rock Church

Walls inside Rock Church

Inside Rock Church

Inside Rock Church


Little Cafe in Esplanadi Park

Flowers blooming all over.

Lihapiirakka, Finish meat pie, Delicious! It is a form of savory
 meat doughnut made from dough and filled with a
 mixture of meat and cooked rice and then cooked by deep frying.

Fish and potatoes from the market! 



Saturday 7 May 2016

Holiday Break

From March 11th through April 21st we had visitors. Couples and families both in and out for weeks for a fun filled time with our family. We are so blessed to have so many people come visit! We enjoyed our holiday break (spring break) with Randy's niece for a few days and then Jeff & Susan Bolen and their two girls. After they left we hosted Dave & Jenn Hyman. It was so nice to have our friends here, not only to show them around but to experience our life with them. We did so many things with all our visitors we could not possibly post all our pictures but here are some of our favorites.

Paris with Bolen's

Abby & Ella

Ella & Abby (they were selfie queens) 

Ella & Abby

Colin, Kaden & Abby 

The Louvre

The Louvre



Tuileries Garden

Musee d' Orsay 

Kaden, Abby & Colin

Lady Liberty in the Orsay

Musee de l'Armee

Kaden, Colin, Abby, Ella & Emma

Ella & Abby

Versailles 

London Exploring with Bolen's

Camden Market


M&M World


Tower of London

Double Decker Bus Ride

London Eye (Abby & Ella)

Ship & Shovel Pub (only Pub in London in two halves)

Trafalgar Square

Buckingham Palace

Hampton Court Palace

Play park (Ella & Abby)

Kaden, Abby & Colin

Colin, Kaden & Abby

Maze time

Garden walk

Hampton Court Palace


Court yard 

Ella & Abby

Abby

Garden

Abby & Ella

Hampton Court Palace

Garden

Emma, Ella, Abby, Colin & Kaden

Girls shopping day!

Harrods!

Hyman Visit

Boys time at a Rugby game.

Colin, Randy & Kaden

Kaden, Dave & Colin

Windsor Castle changing of the guard.

Windsor Castle changing of the guard.

Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle (Cathedral) 

Colin & Abby with Windsor Police

Randy, April, Jenn & Dave (Big Ben)

Walking in London

April & Jenn at Buckingham