The Simons Family

Here are some pictures of our friends in England during their recent holiday to the British V.I. Annie-T (top, middle) was co-owner of the London Leopards, the team Chris used to coach in England. "A.T." is quite possibly one of the coolest people we have ever met! She has remained a good friend since our return to the States, and Chris always looks forward to her amusing (and sometimes vulgar) email jokes!!

On the right is her oldest daughter, Jade. The last time we saw Jade, she was an 11 year old girl who had just started boarding school in Henley-upon-Thames. Now she's just turned 16 this month and looks practically all grown up!

In front of Annie T is her youngest son, Jacob. When we first met Jacob, he stunned us with a story about the nickname Bob Donewald gave him the year before we arrived in London (since this is a G-rated blog, I will leave the story untold!).

Finally, to the right of Annie-T is Jordana. That's right - the ORIGINAL Jordi! We remember her as a clever 9 year old girl who liked jumping on the trampoline... Now our daughter's namesake is becoming a young lady, too! We can only hope that our two girls grow up to be as lovely and kind-hearted as Jade & Jordi!

The second picture is of Ed and Jacob. Ed doesn't get much "downtime," so it's good to see him look relaxed for a change.