Bits of this and that I forgot to share earlier.

This may or may not be unfinished. I noticed it in my drafts and see that I never posted it so I'm going to share it now as is. 

There are many public footpaths all around that landowners are required to keep clear and maintained for use. I look forward to seeing more places with these footpaths. So far, we've taken used one near our home a few times and I love that we start it off with going through a tiny pasture that holds a few sheep. The kids and I get excited by them.

After our holiday visiting Leeds Castle and Dover, we decided to take advantage of being not so far from the temple and I was able to visit for a session for the first time since arriving in England. I really appreciated the opportunity to go. This is the first temple I've attended where it is clear they have many more visitors from around the world speaking different languages. I sat by a French speaking woman and wished my sister could be there, as I thought maybe she would have enjoyed possibly using her French with another.

The London Temple grounds were larger than I expected and as always, very beautiful. It was very park-like and I look forward to walking around the grounds more when again... it's warmer. :)

For the New Year, I decided to make a cake, using a new recipe and new cake tools that Jon had gifted me for Christmas. I tried out a new chocolate buttercream frosting and Koen was put in charge of decorating the outside using his new chocolate pen tool that he received for Christmas.

After leveling the top of my cake layers, I saved the tops and put them together, leaving Hadley with a mini-cake to decorate herself.

And it's a good thing Hadley did so too, because Macie couldn't hold back the temptation to dig into Koen's and my cake. She was quite distraught after being caught with her face literally in the cake and her fingerprints all over it too.