2 Years
Is how long my hubby lived in the beautiful Scotland. Or should I say 'Scotland the brave' in a scottish accent of course. the hubs spent two years there doing missionary service for our church and got to meet lovely people and experience the culture for those years. He always talked about his mission and how wonderful it was well, and let me tell you that when I arrived there it wasn't anything like I expected- it was much more... it was magical. I loved the greenery, the cobblestone, the castles, the sheep and most of the Scottish accent accompanied by their language. I never experienced so much asking of the hubbs...
'What did she say?' or
'haha ... what does that mean?' or
'Dummy??!... he means pacifier sweatheart'
'gonna nae do that. Translation please- 'she said, please stop'
'i'm pure dead chuffed...uh...
And they were speaking English!
but i'll tell you, as we got on our plane to leave and i heard the stewardess in her dutch accent- the first thing I thought was {sniff} i miss the Scotish accent already. Good thing i have a husband who can speak Scottish SO well.
Anywho, so like I said before, lots of pictures. But you know pictures just don't give the place justice, so i suggest writing Scotland on your bucket list, go ahead- do it. then you can come back here and thank me.
Friends, let me introduce you to Haggis.... that brownish, black thing. I don't know if you want to know whats in it, but brandon loves it and had to have it. So there it is, his Haggis.
Here is the queens palace when she comes to stay in Scotland..
These fruity things, forgot the name of them, where delectable. And if your wondering if there is a person inside that telephone booth. There is. 

This here is Authors seat or Pratts hill- why Pratts hill? Well, Parley P. Pratt dedicated his mission at the top of this hill, the same place brandon dedicated his own mission as well..
We got to visit people that Brandon stayed with or people that were apart of his mission somehow and it was a joy to meet them and get to know them a little bit more.
Our last picture ends with the cutest little boy- at the end of the day we would let him play on bed till the wee hours of the night to get out his jitter bugs. I think it was his favorite part of the whole day.
Cheers!






















Comments
Great pictures and what a wonderful experience for you all.
And... I think haggis looks not very good but those candies sure do!
We're headed to England/Scotland coming this September. We are between a rock and hard place right now . . . don't know if I should get our tickets now - the gas prices have just skyrocketed - or wait and see if it goes down?
Shelby, I volunteer at the Parent Resource Center as a mentor to young mothers and at the PRC volunteer appreciation dinner I met this extraordinary 14 year old gal. She works in the nursery while the moms are in parenting classes. I told her of my pen-pal in England that we had been writing since we were 16 years old (35 years now!) and she said she would LOVE a pen pal, but she doesn't know how to go about it.
Anyway, would it be possible to hook up with some of your husbands friends and ask about a pen-pal for this gal? This would be someone who likes to write snail mail and/or email. Could you email me if you get any leads?
Her name is Katrina and she is 14 and this is what she wrote about herself -
Favorite colors - Blue and Green
Movies - Steel Magnolias, Legally Blonde, The Perfect Man
Fav school subject - english
Hobbies - swim, sing, hang with friends, crafts and volunteer
Fav animal - cat
fav music - christian singers: Lecrae, Mandissa, toby mac
She is not a member, but active in her church. She is very obedient! (I should have my 14 year old hang out with her!!!!) and she is a sweetheart.
If someone can ask around in the YW, or at a school . . . but it's ok if you're too busy. I just thought I'd ask. I told her I would ask some of the people I know that could help.
email me at mof5kids@davislegacy.com
Thank you, Cheri Brown
As to the Haggis...mmmmmm it is an acquired taste but well worth the try
Well done for eating the haggis though - it doesn't look very appetising!
Glad you had such a great time
Caroline