A Week of Holiday With the Baum's
March 18, 2018
They came and went. It was a week with the Baum's. It has been one week of pure holiday and sight seeing. It seemed as if they brought the AZ sun with them. When they left that same sun disappeared and it is snowing to beat the band right now. When I hugged little Mikael, the first thing out of her mouth was not "Hello" or " I missed you!" It was, "Grandma, does everyone smoke over here?" I kind of wondered that myself. In our little bubble out here on the London Temple Grounds, I hadn't noticed many smokers.
Oh, it was so good to see them! They were all champs for making the long trip and then, hitting the streets. We were only one of a zillion parades of people dragging along our suitcases with our Lindsay in the lead with her cell phone pointing the way. There was no time for studying the people and the sights. I was in fear of holding up the show. Little Mikael drug her green polka dotted suitcase over toes of the homeless, had occasional run-ins with knees of passerbys, and even two wheeled it over potholes.....But man, oh man, she kept up. Let the fun begin.
When I am sitting on my front porch in little ol' Show Low, AZ twenty years from now reading this blog, what do I want to remember? What will stand out when its all said and done? I think I know. It will be my feelings of being with some of our family. I truly could have cared less what was on the agenda. What monument, statue, or palace was next. Just take us with you. We will bring up the rear.
Can I say that one highlight on our first day city was to see three brave, happy, young missionaries doing street contact in the middle of five million people in downtown London. They stuck out like "sore thumbs" in a good way. Noah and Ezra, that is what we want for you. I can see you both doing that in a few years. You two were such great travelers - if you were fed. Another highlight was to see the show, Hamilton. Those folks have nothing on you, Macy. You are just as talented.
We will forever remember our week of holiday (as they all say in England) with the Baum's. We will remember the sacrifice it was for Jace to show up and let Lindsay run the show. We will never forget the biggest sacrifice it was for all of them to leave our little Elijah home in AZ. They brought warmth and sunshine from Home. It was such a brilliant week.
Feeling so blessed,
Sister Seaman.....aka Grandma and Mom
PROPER ENGLISH WORDS:
*Diary - an English calendar
* to "hoover" is to vacuum
Back to Work
We report at the Temple tomorrow at 8:30 for duty. Whatever that is. It could be a lot of things. The temple is still in shut-down mode and will be for this week, the last of 4 weeks. Clean-up, putting things back, cleaning the remaining chandelier. It won't be gardening as the garden is now frozen over and covered in snow. We were scheduled to be in the garden. Oh well.
It will be a little bit of a relief. This last week was one of the most on-the-move holidays that I have ever done. Bless Lindsay's heart, she was bound and determined to see as much as she could. We walked and walked, rode the tube with way too many people, took the bus tours and rode the trains. We did get to see a lot of London and some of England. It was great but busy.
Some of my highlights would be Stonehenge, The Tower of London (yes, I saw the Crown Jewels of England,) Westminster Abby, Bath (as in a hot springs developed by the Romans over 2000 years ago.) The United States does not have history like this. The architecture of all the old buildings is so interesting.
We didn't go out to our assigned ward today. We stayed close and went into East Grinstead instead due to the weather and road conditions. It was a nice change for me. The spirit was good.
We are looking forward to September now as that will be the next month long shut-down. Maybe we will be able to go north and see Ireland and Scotland. Who knows. If you're in the neighborhood, stop by or just say hi.
Sincerely,
Elder Seaman
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