Hame Is Where The Hairt Is

The past week we headed out for a week long journey.. and holy crap I am EXHAUSTED.

 The first place that we went to was Preston, England. I can't even really begin to describe the feeling that I had when we pulled up to the temple. It was like coming home and even just typing this post makes me cry because being there was such a beautiful moment.We have seen what feels like a million castles since being in Europe this summer, and every single one of them is amazing but after seeing this temple and remembering what the church offers us this is the real castle, and guess what we can get married inside these just like a real princess, It also made me realize how incredibly lucky I am to live between 3-30 minutes away from 6 temples in Utah. We have it so good. We also toured around the city of Preston and went to some of the church history sites, it was honestly such a fun little excursion.

The next stop was Ambleside, England which is in the Lake District. There really aren't any words for how beautiful it was there. It was kind of an unreal moment for me to be standing there and I genuinely want to live there for the rest of my life. It was the most picturesque and quaint little story book town. We stayed there two nights and during our time there we went to The Wordsworth Trust and did some hiking through the country side.

Doing as the locals do and getting a pint (but of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Instead)

Next stop, Scotland. We went right up to Stirling Scotland and went to the Castle before going to our destination in Edinburgh for the next couple of days. Scotland is pretty much exactly what you would imagine that it would be. It is the most beautiful and lush green place that I have ever seen. It was quite cold and so we were happy to all buy matching sweatshirts (it seems to be a theme, plus we like to look as much like tourists as possible) But Edinburgh is a lot like England, just an less modernized, older and smaller version of London and I honestly loved my time there. Good food suuupppppeeerrr nice people and a million and one laughs as usual with my best gals.

How Scottish is this sign, i kind of wish i would've bought it

The last stop on our trip was to Cambridge. I just want everyone to know that when I walked into the hotel room to see my very own queen sized bed I about cried. One of things I miss very most about home is my bed and doTERRA diffuser... ridiculous I know. But anyways, we were only there for one night and a few hours today. It was such a fun little town that I am glad we were able to see but by that point I was exhausted and overwhelmed by the amount of things that I needed to get done back home in London.

When we pulled back into London this afternoon I just felt so happy and SO at home. I missed being here in our cute centre with my friends in this place that has become just like home. But this week was seriously filled with so many amazing memories and great times that I wouldn't trade for anything!