It Won't Be Long

This morning, we booked our trip to London! Unfortunately, Travis wasn't given as many days off as we had hoped for. He only has the 23rd to the 26th off. We are flying into London early the  morning of the 23rd and we leave the morning of the 27th. Last night, I was panicking because I was unsure that four days in London would be enough, especially when three of the four days are holidays! Thanks to some research and encouragement from my mom and Travis' mom, we decided to go anyway.

This will be the first Christmas away from home for the both of us, so we wanted to be on vacation if we couldn't be with our families. Our first day will be jam packed. We will try to get to any sites that you cannot see from the outside only. It will be crazy! Hopefully some things will be open on Christmas Eve. That is the day that I actually haven't given as much thought to as other days. There is a sightseeing tour we will take on Christmas morning that will pick us up right at our hotel! I've read that plenty of restaurants will be open, also. Boxing Day will be our day of shopping. I would love to catch some of the after Christmas sales, but no matter what it will be less expensive than Oslo! I can't wait!!!

Oslo is definitely more beautiful leading up to Christmas. Lights are strung, trees are scattered throughout the mall, and "God Jul" is plastered everywhere! Speaking of decorations, I'd like to introduce you to our Christmas tree...

Fancy, isn't it? Well it will have to do for decorations, because we won't be here for Christmas (yeeeesssss!!!) and it would be ridiculous to spend money on!

A little hockey update for you all: Travis had a game tonight and scored a short-handed goal! He was also awarded player of the game for his team. I'm pretty excited to find out what he was given! I hope it isn't a year's supply of car washes and fresh brewed coffee from a gas station like he was given before...