Day 2

Unfortunately, the time change caught up with us today and we were awake at 2:00 am this morning.  Ugh.  London and I took short naps in the morning, but Cannon and Emmy went without all day. 

The morning was left to us to recuperate and piddle about since Phil was at work and Lindsey and Sandra had tickets to go to Prince Charles’ gardens.  Around noon, my cousin, Matt, and his son, Elijah, stopped by.  They then took us to get a car rental so we could get about the country for the next week or so.

In the afternoon, we went to Lyme Park again this time with Phil and Elijah.  They have a playpark there that the kids enjoyed for a while.

Around 5:00, my cousin Sally’s fiancé, Alex, came over to meet us and then take us all to a movie.  He took us to a fantastic place called the Trafford Centre – a giant mall, restaurant and movie complex and special exhibit place.  The place was HUGE and the kids were quite impressed.  Alex had thought the kids would like to see the new Despicable Me 2 movie in 3D and it was a fun show.  Afterward we had dinner in the Centre and then Alex delivered us safely back to our much welcome beds!  When we returned home we were greeted by my cousin, Richard, who had come round to see us.

Inside the Trafford Centre

Oh, did I mention that it rained today?  Take note of that because it’s the last time you’ll hear those words for the WHOLE trip!