Visitors

Brad's parents are here visiting for a week and a half.  They arrived Tuesday morning.  Yesterday, we took them to London for the day.  We went by train of course, and then took a bus tour of the major London sights.  We are finally getting some good hot weather and it felt particulary hot on the top of the open-top double-decker bus!  The bus tour was good - we stayed on for the whole loop.  The kids of course found it a bit boring and both had a nap after devouring all the snacks I packed for the day.

After the bus tour, we somehow ended up having lunch at McDonald's.  We don't see McDonald's much around where we live (unlike Lancaster where they were everywhere!) so its a big treat.  

We then walked over to Covent Garden, which is sort of a market area with nice shops and lots of street performers.  We watched one guy do a tightrope/juggling act and then a group of 5 musicians with string and wind instruments.  Both good shows for the cost of a small donation in their hats!

Today we are having a quieter day around home.  Brad took everyone out for breakfast in town and now they are headed out to the model village down the street.  We can't fit everyone in our car so we have to work around that.  Tomorrow we will rent a larger vehicle that can fit everyone, and then we will go for a drive to the countryside and do some exploring.