when the family came to visit me in oxford

ceej was the first to come see oxford...he came on my last day of classes

and was there when i jumped/danced for joy after having my final tutorial

with my professor...i did much better than i could have ever hoped for.

the whole experience got me dreaming about a PhD at oxford.

after ceej and i spent a few days exploring the lake district

we drove back (on the left side of the road, remember!) to oxford

to meet up with my sweet mom, my sister, and my brother-in-law.

boy oh boy was that trio jet-lagged! i wonder if they even remember

their whirlwind afternoon tour of oxford (?)

i showed them around lincoln college,

looked at an incredible exhibit of bibles...some thousands of years old,

along with handel's personal copy of the messiah,

saw a shakepeare first folio (no big deal),

we ate ben's cookies, we jumped on a red double-decker tour bus,

ate dinner in an old church vault,

and went to evensong at christ church...this was to be the highlight

of their tour since my mom is a serious organist and i thought

she would enjoy hearing the organ in such a grand building...

you should of seen us all sitting in a row:

sister & her hubby fell sound asleep leaning their heads together

{and sister even dropped her book of hymns!},

at one point i had to grab my mom's arm as she almost

toppled off her bench, and ceej {who was not jet-lagged}

folded his arms and closed his eyes. 

and there i sat in the middle of all this sleepiness,

enjoying that grand organ and choir. 

after evensong we piled in the car

{which could barely fit all of our luggage}

and drove to bath...and i will be showing 

you our day in bath tomorrow.

{happy first day of september...already dreaming of fall and halloween!}