London From Above

We were planning to go to London but the weather did not cooperate and it is raining so we will postpone our trip. So enjoy these pictures taken by photographer Jason Hawkes that I found on the internet.

HEROES

During my time in Iraq I was able to get into the TV series Heroes and I was hooked. I watched Season 1 and 2 in about a week and can't wait for Season 3. So I got Marsha to watch it and we are about 1/3 of the way through Season 1. The 3rd season priemeres in the US with a 3 hour episode on September 22 and will be in the UK only 3days later on September 25. It usually takes a few months for us to catch up but not this time.

Does anybody watch it?

Jordan's First Day of 5th Grade

Today Jordan begins the 5th grade. We met his teacher this morning, Mrs. Flinders and she seems very interesting. Here are a few pictures for eveybody.

Today we also met Calvin's kindrgarten teacher. They do not start until next week and the teachers use ths week to travel around and visit their new students in their own home. It is a very good idea and something they should adopt in the states.

Alton Towers and the Rain

We decided to go to Alton Towers today (Thursday) after looking at the forecast saying it was going to be sunny and about 70 degrees. The first part of the morning was nice and after a few kids rides we headed back to Rita Queen of Speed to ride it.

Jordan, Audrey and I got in line and it started to drizzle a bit. Then it started to come down really hard and about halfway to the front of the line they shut it down because of the weather. We were bummed and went to find Marsha and the kids. After the rain subsided a bit we went back and it was open but unfortunately for Jordan when we got to the front they said he was too short. The limit is 1.4 meters and he is about 1.39999999 meters and they wouldn't budge so I had to walk with Jordan off the ride and I felt so bad. I got back in line and went on it with Audrey so she wouldn't have to go alone. It is a decent ride, launches like California Screamin' but faster. The ad says 0-100 in 2.5 seconds. It was still raining a bit and when it hit our faces it stung! We didn't take too many pictures but here are a few.

This is from the entrance looking into the Alton Towers, their is an actual castle inside.

They love each other! We were waiting for Audrey, Marsha and Jordan to get off a coaster in the kids land.

Outside the park getting ready to leave, you can't really tell but we are soaked. My sweater was actually light gray to start out with and is dark gray in the photo!

Marsha and Jason. Marsha actually posed fora picture! If you know her very well then you know she hates being in front of the camera, she likes being behind them though.

The Culley Family.

It was a fun day out with the whole family including our newest addition in England, Audrey. I think next time we are going to try and go to Legoland.

I Am Home!

I have been home just over a week now and thought I should get back to posting. Apparently not much happened while I was gone since Marsha's last post was on March 28. (LOL - Sorry Marsha). Actually she did take a trip down to Germany to see Amanda while I was gone and she should have some pictures up soon. I am off work until August 26 and then go back for a few days and then I took another week off of leave, I worked too much in Iraq and need some free time.

We are going to Alton Towers next week and will post some pictures for everybody to see.

Talk to you all later.