My Favourite 12-17 Year Olds

I've just been on a two day trip to the London temple with these beautiful people.  I love my calling!

Rock, Religion & Rain

Last friday found the Miles family (and Nanny Holland) setting off on our road trip in the rain and gale force winds, which followed us the whole four hours to the London Temple. The children were so excited to stay there overnight, it had been a couple of years since they last visited. The rain paused long enough for us to walk around the grounds and admire the nativity scene and lights. Late afternoon James and I set off to meet my sister Amy and friend Hannah at the O2 in London to see Muse, this was the first time James and I had been to a concert together in the 14 years we've known each other! Ben loves Muse and was ever so sad that he couldn't come with us, he made me promise to record it for him on my camera. Here's one of the videos, it's rather wobbly... c'mon, it's hard to rock out and record!



I was rather conflicted during the gig; the rocker in me longed to be down in the standing area jumping about, the over 30 part of me was ever so thankful for a comfy seat! It was an amazing show, the lighting and staging were brilliant! My stand out songs were (so hard to choose!) Plug in Baby, Uprising, Map of the Problematique, Hysteria and the epic Knights of Cydonia to close. AWESOME!

Oh, Look What You've Done

We've been a little busy this last week, it's been half term and we've managed to keep entertained by squeezing ourselves into boxes:
The children really wanted to see where I hike twice a week, and despite the rain and distance they insisted upon donning their raincoats and exploring the countryside. I was so proud of them all, the six miles usually takes me two hours and the children managed it in just under three, with only one five minute break and no moaning! We saw possibly the smallest pony ever:

...had a brief sit down:

...and enjoyed looking at a randomly placed propeller:

The children then had the pleasure of my mum looking after them while I took a road trip here for a couple of days:

With the gorgeous Gemma and Asenath:

During our journey home we stopped at Fleet services for dinner, and I spied this AWESOME homemade knitted top and skirt which I just had to share with the world:

We managed to squeeze in a photo shoot of the children on friday and a few hours at a play centre. I spent the whole of Saturday with the youth at convention... and we ended the evening with a medieval feast and a dance. (Check out the little video of the hall we decorated below, complete with a real pig's head in the middle!) The children spent the day with daddy and enjoyed a Halloween party in the evening. They declared it to be the best half term ever, and I have to agree!

Here We All Are!

I didn't have this photo of us at the London Temple in time for my last post, so here it is now:

Isn't it wonderful that we have this many youth in Newton Abbot? This isn't all of them either!