Monday, May 27, 2019

BRITISH ISLES CRUISE MAY 12-26, 2019 CROWN PRINCESS

Coming into London--green and lush

Specialty restaurant with Oborn and Johnsons

Filet mignon and lobster tail.  Excellent meal!

Regular dining with Rich, Polly and Cathy Davis

Special chocolate desserts each night--This is a chocolate ball!

Folklorica from Scotland

Arriving in Guernsey-St Peters Port

Leaving Ireland from Cobh

Must have known I was coming--Dublin

Northern Ireland--UK

See the rope bridge connecting the small island to land

Giants Causeway--Geological formations--UNESCO site


Royal Portrush-site of July 2019 British Open 

Queens college-Belfast

Peace wall between Catholic and Protestant neighborhoods

Murals on the walls memorializing death of 8 Irish by British militia

School caves where Catholic children hid to be taught

School caves-Northern Ireland

Arriving in Scotland

Kelingrove Art gallery-Glasgow


Wealthy Georgian homes--upstairs and downstairs entrances. 

Architecture in Glasgow

Carpet factory-had to be built in old style to be able to be there.

Glasgow buildings

Northern Orkney Islands

Richard, Connie and Bob Orkney Scapa Flow

Where the Germans scuttled their ships rather than be captured by the British

Stones of Stennis. Similar to Stonehenge

Standing stones of Stennis

Cawdor Castle of the Dowager Cawdor who lives there in the winter months

Beautiful gardens of Cawdor Castle

Gardens of Cawdor outside of Inverness, Scotland

Wild gardens with nature trails

Inside the castle--note the tartan rug of Campbell/Cawdor family 

Guest room--tartan rug

Wisteria in the walled garden

Flowers just blooming in the gardens

Side view of Cawdor castle

Bagpiper at Culloden Moor

History of Culloden


Kilravock Castle-home of the Rose clan on the way to Culloden

School children in Edinburgh

Parliament building in Edinburgh--so out of place with all the historic buildings

Edinburgh Castle overlooking the city

The Royal Mile

Bottom of Royal Mile street

Church of Scotland-Edinburgh

Leaving Edinburgh

Homes outside of Edinburgh-on the way to Queensferry

Omaha Beach

Jordan our French guide.  Horses and one man carriages running on Omaha Beach

Memorial to the Medics who died there

American Cemetery-Last one buried in 2011 when his bones were found and identified with DNA

Notice the paratrooper hanging from the rooftop.

Inside the church where paratrooper landed

Our group at Utah Beach--Roses, Oborns, Jennifer Johnson, Davis

Landing craft on Utah Beach

60 miles of beach where troops landed under German Fire

Saturday, April 20, 2019

HAPPY EASTER 2019

ANDREW, TYSON, CAMERON AND RED HEADED NEIGHBOR GIRLS

COUSINS FINDING EGGS

FAMILY ENJOYING THE WEATHER AND HUNT

MADISON HELPED HIDE THE EGGS--IN THE TREES, THE BUSHES, THE GRASS, ETC.

RHETT AND CAL CONTENT WITH FINDING A FEW, THEN WANTING TO PLAY

Sunday, January 6, 2019

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE AT ERIC AND BRANDI'S HOME 2018

Bob and Eric on couch, Jeff standing behind them.

Mitch and Travis with wives in background

Mitchell and Amy talking about travel in Europe--Matt behind Amy

Natalie, Brandi, Kate, Madison and Madilyn (one of the jiblets in background)

Saturday, December 15, 2018

CHRISTMAS FAVORITES

WE GO TO THE TEMPLE AS FAMILY AND THEN OUT TO BREAKFAST TO CELEBRATE BOB'S AND CONNIE'S BIRTHDAYS IN DEC.

THE KIDS SURPRISED US WITH TICKETS TO CELINE DEON IN VEGAS


WE HAD 16 GO WITH US TO THE TEMPLE THIS YEAR AND THEN OUT TO BREAKFAST.  SO FUN
SPECIAL HIGHLIGHT WAS ATTENDING THE CHRISTMAS TAB CHOIR CONCERT.  WONDERFUL!

Monday, December 3, 2018

Getting Ready for Christmas

Now you know who my Santa is!