My parents come to visit!

Cooper waiting at the airport for the first ten minutes:

Cooper waiting at the airport after about 20 minutes:

At last!  They arrived!!

(And yes, Cooper's wearing different clothes than in the "waiting" pictures.  I'm not ready to talk about that just yet.)

We've been whining all semester about how cold we are here.  Mom and Dad show up, and it's sunny and clear:

(That's Dad and Alan walking down the drive.)

Cooper gave them a tour of the manor and insisted we stop in the Drawing Room for a classroom meeting, where he was the teacher:

Mom and Dad were pretty wiped out after their journey:

But the perked up in time for fish and chips and mushy peas!