Oxford

Over the weekend we took a road trip to Oxford to visit some friends we made while we were in Mississippi! We love a good road trip!

Hooray for being in the car!

We saw some beautiful things while we were driving, like this amazing rainbow. We could see the whole thing! I think we even saw the end of it, but we did not see any pots of gold. Boo.

There were cool looking castles sitting on tops of hills.

And then ruins that I'm sure used to be beautiful places long ago.

We spent Saturday touring Oxford, which is a really old and really cool city. We needed a little break for a while, so we stopped off in a book shop. They had lots of Thomas books, so I was a happy camper! (Yes, Mommy does have bangs in this picture. She got a hair cut last weekend and learned what a fringe cut was... after she had one! So there is a bit of a language barrier, even though we all speak English!) 

We also went to The Eagle and Child, a pub where the Inklings (like C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien) used to hang out. Too bad it wasn't opened yet, so we couldn't see inside.

This is a lovely picture of our family... it was a very bright day! For a place where it rains a lot, we were very thankful for some sunshine, even if it made us have goofy faces in our pictures!

Speaking of rain, we found some great puddles to play in! Good thing I wore my wellies! (That means rain boots--see how many new things I am learning!)

Riley Cates has been quite accident prone lately. She fell off of her chair at dinner the other night and gave herself the lovely black eye you see. And then as we were walking around Oxford, she fell out of her stroller (or buggy, as they call them here) and face planted on the sidewalk. You can't really see it too well in this picture, but she scratched up her nose and forehead pretty well. She also slammed her finger in a door at church yesterday! Poor girl! 

This is Christ Church. The dining hall here was the inspiration for Hogwarts in the Harry Potter movies. Unfortunately it was closed for the day. Mommy got to go see the cathedral though, and she said it was so beautiful.

We waited for her outside and had flowers for her when she came out!

I promise that we just picked up flowers that had already fallen! We were not picking new ones in the fancy gardens!

It was such a fun weekend! Somewhere there is a picture of us with all of our friends, but I don't have it right now, so I will have to post it later!