Diamonds are Forever

June 3

Before I came to London

 I would hear of

Queen Elizabeth the 2nd

and tend to think of

The Parent Trap...

(once again)

"We met on the QE2. 

 It's an ocean liner that sails from London to New York."

However,
Queen Elizabeth the Second
is so, so
oh so so so
much more than that.
She has been the reigning Queen now for
60 years.
Woah baby!
And to celebrate
the Brits threw her one smashing party.
It lasted the whole weekend.
Talk about a loved woman!
And now I can honestly say,
I love her too.
:)

Thank you for inviting us to your big party!

Here's Lauren and I with our own
Diamond Jubilee Flags
:)

Today after church
a group of us went down to the
Thames River
(pronounced Tems)
and parked it right in front 
of the Tate Modern
to see the river-boat parade.
And man oh man was it packed
with people
and
British pride.

Look, you can even see Amanda and Bronwyn
in front of this lady with the lovely hat.

To help us endure 

climbing through the masses of

enthusiastic,

fantastic,

love-the-Queen-tastic

people

the Centre provided us with food to make 

our own sack lunches.

That didn't last too long.

Not just the food..

(I mean, there were Snickers bars in there!)

but also the bags.

Jaden and I had a hard time coping at first.

...

then we realized we were in London

at the 

Queen's Diamond Jubilee,

and we couldn't help but smile

and take a picture

to remember this moment forever!

Other moments to remember...

We wanted to actually see

the Royal Family 

and the beautiful Thames

in all its glory.

But where to go?

There really were people

everywhere.

Ey yo Tarzan?

People were in the trees...

really anything that could hold you 

up into the London sky

was taken...

Except for 

our own secret weapon...

our huge muscles.

Oh yes,

we took turns holding each other up.

Probably one of my 

funniest

and 

favorite 

memories in London.

 

Right when we were ready

and heading back to the Centre for the night 

we had to stop because on the next boat

was

...

the Queen!

And just how did we know it was her?

I think it was all of the adorable kids screaming.

"God Save the Queen!"

at the top of their lungs
 that tipped us off.

:)

I absolutely love 

how much 

the people love 

her Majesty, the Queen.

Getting to back to the Tube was 

crazy.

The rain was pouring down.

Everywhere,

 dancing and singing.

I was so completely soaked, 

I didn't bother putting my hood on,

and I danced 

and I sang 

right along with them.

Happy Diamond Jubilee and Happy Sunday to Everyone!