England Part 1...

England!!! Yes....I was very privileged to visit that beautiful country at the beginning of May! I went with my sister to Birmingham, England for a week's stay. (My sister goes to MaryValle Institute there in Birmingham as a long distance student...and just needed to be there for a weekend for a conference at this time) It was a wonderful trip to England--my first time out of the country (unless driving into Canada side of Niagara Falls counts!). It was a long , very tiring trip to England...but we made it safely! Praise the Lord!

We stayed at MaryValle most of the time, but on our last day there we were able to travel around a bit to Disley. Most people in England don't know where this town is because is so small...but to us Stephens' girls it is a town that we all love.....because.... In the small town of Disley is a beautiful house with beautiful gardens. This house is most commonly known to most people as "Pemberly" as seen in Pride and Prejudice 1995. (The real name of the house is Lyme Hall.) It was an amazing and very peaceful experience walking in the beautiful gardens at "Pemberly"! Yes...I felt like Miss Lizzy Bennett! ;-)

People who know that I went on this trip ask if I took pictures. I laugh and say...well actually I took 600 pictures! :-o Yes, I know that is quite a lot. However this country is so beautiful and unique that I just had to try and capture this beautiful land!

I know this blog post is different from most, but I hope that you enjoy it!

I am going to share with you some of the photos that I took! :) These were taken at Maryvalle Institute in Birmingham, England. I am going to be posting more later, so stay tuned! ;-)


Enjoy!

This is the Sacred Heart Chapel in Maryvalle. This is the first Chapel dedicated to the Sacred heart in England.  This was  a very special experience for me as I have a deep devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus! <3

Along the path at Maryvalle

Lamp post in England....made me think of Narnia of course!

The gate to the entrance

Statue of the Sacred Heart at Maryvalle

The Way of the Cross

Sacred Heart of Jesus....the most beautiful statue!! 

The Keys that were in the room that we stayed in at Maryvalle. The still use keys like this, which was really cool! 

The door handle/key hole to our bedroom door

This tree was growing on the house of Maryvalle

Shrine to our Lady

For some reason I thought this garage was really cool! 

Staircase at Maryvalle

There is a community of Religious Sisters at Maryvalle...and this is their convent

A candle in the chaple

The most beautiful clock! 

My sister and I really thought it clock was to beautiful !

Even their windows are beautiful!

In the Library...have to honor St. Thomas!