My niece, my sister and some really good times

Amy has now been to visit me twice in the 8 months I have lived in London. Isn't that amazing?! Who has a sister like that? Not only am I grateful, but this familial connection also makes me very happy. Thankfully, Amy brought Madie for her turn in London, and it was such a needed bit of home that now I'm not sure how I feel about staying in Europe. I will of course, at least for a while more, but we did have good times, the fam and I. We spent a few days doing London, in a lazy, nontourist sort of way, much to my chagrin. We toured Buckingham palace, which is where this picture was snapped.