The Savoy

This past Sunday we stayed overnight at The Savoy hotel downtown London.  Remember, it has Ramsey's restaurant that one of the winners of Hell's Kitchen got the head chef position.  It was a beautiful hotel, we were greeted as we walked in the doors and taken straight up to our room, no waiting in any line ups and no messing around with checking in.  We were only on the third floor and our view was to a garden in the centre of the hotel.  We had a huge king size bed and Maci had her own cot.   The bathroom was nice and had a great shower and huge shower head.

On Monday while John was working downtown, Maci and I met up with a friend and went to work on the Big Egg Hunt.  London has scattered huge Easter Eggs all over to find.  I think there was over 100 eggs to find.  We found about 10 or so in St. James Park, Green Park, and Trafalgar Square.

Weekend in Swindon, UK

This weekend we went away to Swindon, attending an event put on by the MFRC here in the UK.  We went on Friday night for an extra night away.  On Friday night we took Maci to the hotel swimming pool to try and tire her out for a good nights sleep.  She had a blast swimming, laughing from end to end, kicking and splashing every chance she got.  Although, she slept just the same as any other night, so my plan of attack did not work.  On Saturday, as Maci wouldn't nap, we took a nice long walk down the street to Lydiard Park, while she fell asleep in the pram.  We walked around the park while I took plenty of pictures.  That afternoon we headed off to the Designer Outlet Shopping Centre, had some lunch and did some shopping.  In the evening, there was a big get together with some games and a buffet dinner.  Sunday morning we headed back home and I drove, the whole way, on the crazy highways, on the wrong side of the road, and we made it in one piece!  I may just be getting the hang of this whole driving on the wrong side thing.

I would also like to share that I have been reading a wonderful blog '31 Days to a Better Photo' and have finally been shooting my pictures in MANUAL mode.  I never thought I would get that far with the camera as the guide book I have is not making much sense.  So all of my pictures this weekend were taken with manual settings.  Now to figure out the white balance on the camera. I am only a third thru the blog so lots more to learn!  Here are some of the pictures from our weekend away.

The morning nap.

Designer Outlet Shopping Centre.

Some of my beautiful girl!

Maci is 8 Months Old.

Can you even believe it has been 8 whole months since Maci made her debut into the world!?  I can't and I live with her.  The time has gone by so fast, just like everyone says.  She is now rolling all over the house and getting up on her hands and knees wobbling every chance she gets.  I expect a mobile Maci vey soon.  She also loves standing, standing against the couch, standing against her toys, standing with our help; she loves it.  Here are a few pictures from the 8 month pictures.

She doesn't know which team to cheer for since they both suck right now! :P