Where was November...

Wow, it has been a long time since our last blog and we have a lot to tell. But as pictures are worth a thousand words and all, we are just going to put a lot of them in to save us some typing. As soon as Paul got back from his TDY to Vegas, we decided to take a short trip down to the southwestern part of England. On the way down we stopped at Stonehenge, which was cool to see (although honestly if you have seen the pictures, you've seen it).
We then made our way up to RAF Fairford, which is another military base located in the town of Fairford where we stayed the night. The town was quaint and wonderful, home to the oldest stained-glass windows in all of the UK. The next day we made it over to the city of Bath, which is a really neat city. They have the remains of an old roman bath that was built there due to the natural hot springs back in 100 AD. It was really cool to see some of the old bridges, churches and other old architecture around the area as well.

Finally it was time to head home...so we could celebrate Christina's Birthday! Paul took Christina out to a nice hotel for lunch, and then they got to go to see a movie as well. It had been a long time since they got to do this, so it was a special treat (thanks again Sara!). Then in a few more Days, Opa came! On the day he arrived we went in to London to see some sights, but it was a cold day and Bella was having a hard time so we had to call it a day early on.
After that Christina and Bella took Opa around to some of the sights around town over the next couple of days. Then we all got to spend Thanksgiving together over at the Houston's house, which was a great time. The next day we wandered about the campus of Cambridge and saw some beautiful sights. Finally we all got to take a trip around northeastern England to see the Ely cathedral and the Castle Rising castle. We all loved having Opa out here as our first visitor, and Bella really enjoyed getting to know him again.

And then the final good news of the month, Christina is pregnant again! And as Gary will appreciate, the due date is the 4th of July! So please keep Christina and the Baby in your prayers, and ttfn (ta-ta for now!).