i am a certified blogging failure

i dont know why i havent been updating, the internet has been really bad so i will blame that. well today is our 3 more week mark! crazy how fast time has gone by. i am sad that there is only 3 more weeks but at the same time i am very excited to come home! first and foremost to see you guys, and second to have my closet back. i almost torched mine this morning, i am so sick of everything in it! and it was raining today. i never thought i would get sick of the rain, but seriously?? it needs to stop. i dont even remember the last thing i blogged about, so i will just throw some random pictures in here.

most importantly... i have now been inside of BUCKINGHAM PALACE!! the tour was so cool and i felt so special being on the inside of the gate. they took us around to all the amazing state rooms. we saw about 19 rooms including the ballroom and dining room. unfortunately we did not get to see the queens private bedroom, but we did see the secret door that leads to it. we learned some cool facts like... the queens gold carriage is worth 40 million pounds! and it weighs 5 tons. and the palace has a group of employees whos sole job is to change all the clocks for daylight savings. there are over 1000 clocks in the palace and it takes them 24 hours! crazy huh. no pictures were allowed inside the palace, but they gave us a souviner guide. here i am after the tour...

these pictures were from a couple weeks ago, but i just got them from someone elses camera. they are from regents park, which is so beautiful right now! we tried to go to the zoo but it started raining and we didnt have a ton of time. but the park was gorgeous and we had fun walking through it!

here are some pictures from when we climbed st pauls. it is definitely one of my favorite places here. it is so gorgeous and we were just baffled at how the built that place. and the paintings on the dome! crazy. and dont mind my hair, it was a little windy...

this past monday was michelles birthday. she turned 21 and we had to do something extra special to celebrate because she was not looking forward to her birthday. so where did we go?? you guessed it! harrods!! this is us with our 'bacio' dessert. it is chocolate, vanilla, and hazlenut.and here are a couple pictures from our last trip. im not going to go through what we did, because it was a lot. but it was a really fun trip with a lot of hiking and beautiful scenery!! seriously this picture is untouched, thats how pretty it was!this is me and my roommates on the cliff. i really got so lucky with my roommates here. we are such great friends and have so much fun together.

and here we are with mike, im sure there are some disadvantages to being the only boy here but there are some upsides too!

and here is one last picture that kendra snapped of me. pretty much my life here! its scary how much i remind myself of dad...

well i love you all so much! sorry for the really long post, hope you liked it. only one month til i am home! i started shopping for souvenirs so if anyone has any requests let me know!!