Elegant, gracious, soft spoken, talented, passionate about Christ, attentive to details and people talking, not self absorbed, a great role model for the Thompson girls; these are some words that describe Julie Blakey who was just visiting here from Augusta. She is in herself, as well as represents to us, so many precious people and memories of home. The time she was here flew by taking with it incomplete activities rendering her in need of a follow up visit.
On Sunday I met her down in London for a brief, packed 24 hours. For Julie maybe the highlight was seeing famous places only known on a screen before but for me this time it was seeing the original Magna
Carta, the Guttenberg Bible, Handel’s Messiah, and Alice in Wonderland all in the British Library. I didn’t see the original Winnie the Pooh which I was most disappointed about as it is one of my true favorites. Another highlight was getting kicked out of the Ritz because they have a dress code you know and it wasn’t blue jeans.
While in Cumbria we were able to experience our first English High Tea in a gorgeous old
manor that was a certified member of the English Tea Guild. 
This was important of course for us to have the real deal! We even had a tea timer so we would know precisely when to take the tea bags out. Pinkies up! The ginger scones and strawberry truffle were the favorite tea treats. It was Julie’s favorite UK moment which I think was helped with the music playing in the background – total Julie music! Pinkies up!
Julie soaked up the stunning scenery and views from our daily drives. She thoroughly enjoyed the narrow roads dotted with obstacles such as bicyclists, sheep or other cars. She was a trooper having the traditional pub fare when in a pub and having a go at the trivia game at Nathan’s soccer presentation night.
She and AC took a day trip via train to Edinburgh where they hiked way into the sky in a medieval spire, read all of the doggie memorials at the Edinburgh castle
dog cemetery and walked the Royal Mile each step with guidebook in hand.
Nathan was not to be ignored and had his date with Julie walking to town and enjoying a McFlurry. He was especially thrilled to have a new sparring partner on the swing ball game. We introduced her to some of Dennis’ work colleagues at dinner at our house, the ladies in my Bible Study, some of the kids' friends and some new friends at church. All w
ere easily captivated by Julie’s million dollar smile, warmth and genuiness. 
There was lots of talking, laughing, shopping, driving, picture taking and did I mention talking? It was great! The week ended with a powerpoint of some of the 600 or more photos Julie took complete with music and topped off in prayer. We look forward to her follow up visit.
On Sunday I met her down in London for a brief, packed 24 hours. For Julie maybe the highlight was seeing famous places only known on a screen before but for me this time it was seeing the original Magna
Carta, the Guttenberg Bible, Handel’s Messiah, and Alice in Wonderland all in the British Library. I didn’t see the original Winnie the Pooh which I was most disappointed about as it is one of my true favorites. Another highlight was getting kicked out of the Ritz because they have a dress code you know and it wasn’t blue jeans.While in Cumbria we were able to experience our first English High Tea in a gorgeous old
manor that was a certified member of the English Tea Guild. 
This was important of course for us to have the real deal! We even had a tea timer so we would know precisely when to take the tea bags out. Pinkies up! The ginger scones and strawberry truffle were the favorite tea treats. It was Julie’s favorite UK moment which I think was helped with the music playing in the background – total Julie music! Pinkies up!Julie soaked up the stunning scenery and views from our daily drives. She thoroughly enjoyed the narrow roads dotted with obstacles such as bicyclists, sheep or other cars. She was a trooper having the traditional pub fare when in a pub and having a go at the trivia game at Nathan’s soccer presentation night.
She and AC took a day trip via train to Edinburgh where they hiked way into the sky in a medieval spire, read all of the doggie memorials at the Edinburgh castle
dog cemetery and walked the Royal Mile each step with guidebook in hand.Nathan was not to be ignored and had his date with Julie walking to town and enjoying a McFlurry. He was especially thrilled to have a new sparring partner on the swing ball game. We introduced her to some of Dennis’ work colleagues at dinner at our house, the ladies in my Bible Study, some of the kids' friends and some new friends at church. All w
ere easily captivated by Julie’s million dollar smile, warmth and genuiness. 
There was lots of talking, laughing, shopping, driving, picture taking and did I mention talking? It was great! The week ended with a powerpoint of some of the 600 or more photos Julie took complete with music and topped off in prayer. We look forward to her follow up visit.
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