THE BEST WEEK!

Mom & Dad at Tower Bridge

Dad's next car :)

Cute cute... Daddy at the Tower of London

Houghton's in London

YAY!

Case and Jimbo made it!!!!!!!!! Thanks for all the posts! I have lots of pictures and stories to tell soon, but after a long day we are all getting ready to take a little nap and then head out for some dinner and drinks! BUT here's one thing... CASEY HOUGHTON WENT ON THE TUBE ALL DAY LONG TODAY! Can you believe it? YAY! I'm so excited to have them here. Love love to everyone at home! XOXO

SO sweet

I, KATIE HOUGHTON, SERVED PRINCE CHARLES, CAMILLA, GWYNETH, AND STING!!!!!!!! COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
and I was just wasting my time on People.com and came across this picture. She doesn't look that great, but trust me she was STUNNING! Oh my goodness. Wow. So cool.

WOOOOOHOOOO

MOM AND DAD COME TODAY HIP HIP HORRRRRAYYYYY

One big THANK YOU!

A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE BRAMELL'S, FITZGIBBON'S, AND RIFE'S FOR TAKING SUCH GOOD CARE OF US :)

The Land of Shakespeare

Stratford upon Avon is the prettiest place on the planet. It's the home to 23,000 people right now, but most famously Shakespeare. I can’t believe how beautiful and serene this place is. There are houses built before the time Columbus set sail to America and so much history all over. Trees are swaying in the wind, geese walking about, and grandparents are playing with their little grandchildren feeding the ducks and swans in the river. We had a long day, but saw some beautiful sites and a play, Taming of the Shrew. For the most part I didn’t understand one bit of the play. AND they did a traditional play with all male actors. It was a little odd watching a man with a hairy chest in a wedding dress hehe. Oh well…. Let’s call it an educational experience ;)

ps. more pictures to come on this one

We're tired, but hey why not lets go out

Saucy Hayley likes to take pictures of herself

PIMMS @ Jannnnnnneeeettttssss
Okay so here's the deal... We walk by this tiny bar every single time we go to the tube. It's called "Janets" and for some reason we decided that you had to say Janet in a really deep voice and extend it for quite some time. We've always talked about going, but never have. SO finally we went. It wasn't all that great and neither is the story I'm telling. Okay good good the end.

Dave looking dashing for his internship black tie event

Boys will be boys and Katie will be Katie

SO Guy Fawkes Day, comparable to our 4^th of July, was the 5^th of November and fireworks were everywhere. The boys disappeared for a good while that weekend and came back with fifty pounds worth of fireworks – WOW! They have fun intentions of setting them off in the park that night, but soon found out that it was illegal to do so. SO instead they decided to fire one out of our kitchen window – not the greatest idea. Basically, I turned into my “cautious Katie I hate fireworks or anything to do with fire” mode and lashed out a little. WOOPS. No worries apologizes were made ;) But anyway they still have a load of firearm under their beds. We’ll see how it’s let off.

I LOVE UNCLE ROGER!!

FANTASTIC!!!

Okay, so every time I hear the word "FANTASTIC" I think of my Swedish boss who says it in the most lovely accent about 100 times a day. AND I'm not even afraid of her anymore. Things are looking way up at Inn or Out Ltd.! Today was the first day that I actually enjoyed work.... pretty sad. They just kind of use me and abuse me - way more than any unpaid intern should suffer haha. ANYWAY... today I was asked how my weekend was, got to go on a "team" outing, and didn't get yelled at! HOLY MOLY WHAT A GREAT DAY! I went to visit Simon Lycett, a famous florist in London, and he was fabulously "campy" as they like to say. We all sat around like little ladies drinking tea and discussing flower arrangements. It was "Fantastic!" He even did the flowers for David Beckham and Posh's wedding.... oh my!
Oh yes... one more thing I GET TO GO TO THE PRINCE'S EVENT! YIPEEEEEEE .... Sting, Prince Charles, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Sharon Osborn are on the list. AND Hayles, Kails, Britty, and Drew signed up to work too!

Hope all of you are living the CA life in the November 90 degree weather :) The high was 50 today for me, but I'm not complaining at all. I've actually grown quite fond of the chilly weather! Thanks to Lori for my fashionable scarf, hat and mittens!

One more thing.. Packman, I am FULLY aware that you will be about 20 zillion times tanner than I will be in December. No need to do the arm comparison. I'm white as a ghost already and I have 6 more weeks ahead of me hahaha.

COUNT DOWN

10 DAYS UNTIL MOM AND DAD COME!!!!

Yuck. Whiskey

KAILS... WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU :) Official Jamison Wiskey Tester hehehe

"It's a Lovely Day for a Guinness"

COOL waterfall! This is the purified water that is put in the Guinness (i think)

At one point they had an entire room where people could post things. I'm sure they have to switch it everyday, but we all made sure to post a little something on the wall to show that we were there.
Santa Clara would be so proud haha

We made it to the top! 7th floor and you could see all of Dublin. Stunning if you ask me. This was my first ever Guinness. I have to say that it wasn't my favorite, but enjoyable none the less.

Nice Cliché Picture

*Luck of the Irish* Day 1

Kailey at St. Patrick's Cathedral

I lit a candle for everyone at home
*Christ's Cathedral*

Trinity College

A wedding we saw at Trinity College . . . nice kilts :)

"Laughing Leprechauns"

BEST WEEKEND EVER!!! I can't wait to go back to Ireland soon. Sorry, I'll put up more pictures and stories very soon. Love to everyone! Oh yes, and Pop was all over Dublin and says Hi to everyone :) XOXO

"Éirinn go Brách"

I'm off to go find the best looking leprechaun of them all :)
Enjoy the weekend everyone!! XOXO

PARTY AT KATIE HAYLEY & MEGS HOUSE/APT.

I HAVE A HOME I HAVE A HOME I HAVE A HOME HEY HEY HEY HEY!!!!! Okay... so it doesn't look like this, BUT who cares! It's a roof and has four walls! 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms a balcony kitchen living room THE WORKS! So...if anyone has some extra furniture sitting around let me know :) hehe. LOVE LOVE LOVE EVERYONE! Oh yes... I'm living with Hayles and Megarooooo and Britty is going to be our silly fun always there 3rd roommate :) LOVELY. Can't wait! COME OVER AND PLAY

Dad.... one step closer to having tea with the QUEEN!

Well I am a working woman once again!!! HOWEVER my boss nor the people I work with are as nice (or funny) as my friends at Therapak :)
I started my day like a typical Londoner as I sardined myself in the tube for about 45 minutes until I finally arrived at Bermondsey stop. I was warmly welcomed by the five employees that were in the office today and thrown into work immediately. I’m working with Lena, the president, for three weeks mostly in sales and marketing and then afterwards I will be downstairs with the events planning team. I'm pretty much intimidated as hell by Lena, but I'm sure I'll end up learning a lot from her. Today I made portfolio's (a.k.a. pretty paper with ribbon tied like a present haha), sent out their autumn newsletter, AND called everyone on the guest list for a party involving........... Prince Charles and Camilla WITH a guest performance by STING!
SERIOUSLY....... how cool is that?! Hopefully I'll get to wiggle my way into working overtime (for free of course – damn).

Anyway, it was a good first day and I got let out an hour and a half early … can’t ask for much more.

The Sights of Rome

St. Peter's Basilica
We got there a little late and the line was wrapped all the way around the circle. So, we settled for a picture infront instead

Couldn't help myself... I know it's a little stalkerish to take pictures of someone from behind, but hey... we're in Rome and there are cute little nuns walking along the street... why not!

Our Hotel ... wasn't I lucky :)

My favorite part of the picture are the dressed up Romans

The Ruins