The end of 2012 in London was busy and very fun! John started his job at Concentra and I started my second season as the cheerleading coach at the American School in London. Here are a few photo highlights of this fun time in foggy Londontown!
On Thanksgiving Day, St. Paul’s Cathedral held an American Thanksgiving Service. 3,000 Americans under one roof for a gorgeous church service–definitely going to be a London tradition for us.
Random protester outside of the American Thanksgiving Service at St. Paul’s Cathedral. I think he was protesting Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize…
Beautiful St. Paul’s Cathedral after the Thanksgiving service.
Since American Thanksgiving is not a holiday in the UK, we waited until Saturday to have our official Thanksgiving dinner with our London family.
Sweet friends on Thanksgiving (with a little Christmas spirit thrown into the mix!)
Our gracious hosts!
Delicious meal with good friends!
After Thanksgiving, it was time to bring in the Christmas season! We did a little more exploring and enjoyed the time with friends.
We checked out Hampton Court Palace…
And Lydia and I went to Harrod’s!
In the middle of the December, John graduated from the London School of Economics with his Masters Degree in Decision Sciences. And–he got a big surprise…
My parents and brother came to London!! (Sorry for the blurry picture–best I could do!)
We did a few touristy things around the city…
Checking out the sweets at the Southbank Christmas Market!
Not just private. Strictly private.
My sweet parents in front of St. Paul’s Cathedral.
And then the main event–John’s graduation! John’s Aunt Linda came in from Germany as well, so we had a big group at the ceremony.
John graduating!
Grateful for family that traveled to London for the big day!
The whole crew–proud of our graduate!
Happy Aunt Linda is in London 🙂
Afternoon tea at the British Museum!
After Aunt Linda, Mom, Daddy, and Patrick left, we spent a few more days in London before Christmas.
John’s first Christmas present 🙂
The next morning, we headed back to the US for the holidays. More posts coming soon!! Stay tuned–and thanks for reading!
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