Grandpa (Warren) and Grandma (Wendy) Tolley arrived Fri. Feb. 13th at Heathrow in London. Lana drove in to pick them up and braved the rush-hour traffic on the M25 - nicknamed "the UK's largest car park." Of course, Grams came armed with suitcases full of presents for everyone: everything from crunchy peanut butter to new dresses/clothes for the little girls.
Including all the good eats, we managed to see a lot of neat sites and soak up some authentic British culture during the week. It was great that Grams and Gramps could come during half-term (no school) so the kiddies could travel along with us everywhere, and thanks to Matt for taking a few days off to join in the fun as well. We all had a great time!
The jet-lag was pretty rough for a few days so we took it easy with a few brief walking tours of the village and a trip to nearby Market Deeping where we browsed a large antique shop. Throughout the week we sampled lots of traditional (and not-so-traditional) British cuisine
including Matt's pasties, steak and ale pie, roast parsnips, Yorkshire puddings, sticky toffee pudding, fruit crumble (with fresh, really thick double cream), Toad-in-the-Hole, home-made cheese & raisin ravioli (made with real mozzarella cheese imported from Italy), and our favourite: Linford's award-winning fish 'n' chips (it was so good we ate it TWICE in one week!) We even hired a babysitter one night and the adults all went to dine at The Falcon - one of our favourite pubs in nearby Fotheringhay.
including Matt's pasties, steak and ale pie, roast parsnips, Yorkshire puddings, sticky toffee pudding, fruit crumble (with fresh, really thick double cream), Toad-in-the-Hole, home-made cheese & raisin ravioli (made with real mozzarella cheese imported from Italy), and our favourite: Linford's award-winning fish 'n' chips (it was so good we ate it TWICE in one week!) We even hired a babysitter one night and the adults all went to dine at The Falcon - one of our favourite pubs in nearby Fotheringhay. 
Including all the good eats, we managed to see a lot of neat sites and soak up some authentic British culture during the week. It was great that Grams and Gramps could come during half-term (no school) so the kiddies could travel along with us everywhere, and thanks to Matt for taking a few days off to join in the fun as well. We all had a great time!
Looks like you had a great time with your parents! They haven't changed a bit! Please tell them I say hello! :o)
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