Scotland

After leaving the 3 oldest with our Bishop's 17 year old daughter who had just finished school for the year, we drove the coastal route 3 and a half hours up to Edinburgh. The first night we just ate at the hotel and relaxed.

On Wednesday, we toured the Edinburgh castle and walked the royal mile. Aubry and Emmy were absolute troupers walking all day. Falling asleep in our arms. Rich and Jill kindly carried our souvenir bags, so we could carry our 35 lbs of dead weight (called sleeping toddlers) At one point I tried to wake Aubry up by putting her on her feet. But she stayed asleep and was walking like a drunk with her eyes closed. They slept so hard that night. Aubry semi-woke up in the night so I took her to the toilet. As soon as I had her pants down she relaxed before even setting her on the toilet. Let's just say she needed a shower afterward, and we hope they disinfect the bathroom floor too.

front of the castle

prison cell

The last day we headed out to the coast

This is a castle that is only open for tourists when the tide is out.

I think we stopped at three castles on our last day (Thurs) all within 2 hours. Edinburgh was very rocky and hilly (I need to find a better picture of the Edinburgh castle, built up in the middle of a massive rocky mountain/hill) And it seemed like everywhere you went a golf course was close by. All in all we had a great time, made greater because we were able to spend it with Beau's brothers and their wives. Kalysta, Ady, and Gwen had a great time staying for after school club (until 5 pm), having school lunches, and being with a teenager for 3 days.