Thursday, September 10, 2009

In the countryside...

We spent the first few days of our vacation in the countryside near Stoke-on-Trent, staying with Lindsey and John's family. Thank you Linds, John, Margaret, Di, John, and Malcom for such a wonderful time! It's some of the best humor and hospitality we've ever experienced, from the very first moment of waking up on the farm!

Evan asleep on the plane

Father and son; taken at Margaret's house.

Cieran playing with Legos (the same that his dad played with when he was a kid)

John and Evan

Evan meets a cow

John, Cieran, Evan, and Mark outside Shrewsbusy castle
The old and the new

Shrewsbusy had gorgeous gardens!

The castle was made of beautiful red sandstone.

Inside was a military museum where we found a redcoat (like what would have been worn in the Revolutionary War).

Evan did more bouncing than looking in the museum.
The view from the tower

Gorgeous



Walking on cobblestones

The countryside, between thunderstorms, near Margaret's house.

Lindsey and Evan (and Ceinwyn, who is due sometime in October!)

2 comments:

Senegal Daily said...

That photo of Mark et Evan with their toppers is possibly my favorite ever. It really should be framed.

Doug and Mallena said...

No way is your friend Lindsey that far along! I guess by now she's had the baby, but HOW? She's so tiny! Some people have all the luck!

Have I used the word AMAZING yet to describe your pictures and the places you've been? If not, well, it's AMAZING! If I have, well, forgive me, I seem to have a limited vocabulary.