Southwark - London

Day at Lewes

This was our day on Friday. Can't imagine why I didn't have time to post them till now!

The wedding yesterday was beautiful. Lily felt so special all day as flower girl - she got a special hairdo, lip gloss and got to spend the morning with Emma and Isabelle. She led the procession down the aisle beautifully and was so grown up.

The Wedding

Berry Picking & a Drive

I also added some pictures to the Bodium Castle album!

Tower of London

Yesterday was the Tower of London.

Ashdown Forest

We spent a quiet day on Sunday. We were all worn out after a long day in the sun on Saturday.

Bodium Castle

We spent the day at Bodium Castle yesterday. It was the perfect castle to visit with the kids. It has a moat and although the inner walls are mostly gone the towers are intact so we were able to climb the stairs to the to of the tower. That was really scary with John because the stairs were so steep and tall - I ended up carrying him back down. They also got to dress up in real armor and see a trebuchet (catapult) shoot, watched an abbreviated version of Macbeth on the castle grounds and just enjoyed the gorgeous castle grounds.

I'm planning on posting our photos from each day on Picasa web albums. You can get there by clicking on the photo here.

Tunbridge Wells

Kayak Point

A gorgeous summer evening at Kayak Point - I don't think I'd been there since Richard and I had our engagement photos taken!

4th of July in Arlington

Music Camp

Lily enjoyed another awesome week at Music Camp this year. The first photos are from her solo in Don't Worry Be Happy. She did such a good job, especially as she went out into the audience and interacted with people. We listened to the practice cd in the car during our paper route today and the boys sang along to all the songs. Gabe knew the words to many of them and sang along - I hardly ever him sing long enough to hear so it was fun even though I am sick of the songs!

Grandpa's Visit

My hutch finally has a home! Dad made this for me about 12 years ago - it just made it out of the shop and to my house yesterday. Today we're going to go pick out some hardware and stain. I can't wait to put my dishes in it!
Garden plots finally have some green in them and some bark mulch around them - thanks Bartletts!!
The kids couldn't get outside to play with Grandpa early enough this morning.

Art/Science Craft completed

Bliss...

A mountain lake, a campfire, and my family. Absolute bliss.

Craft time

I love it when craft time can move outside! Hopefully we'll have some pictures of their projects later in the week.

Dress up

Morning Cuddles

March happenings

We did a small modification in the kitchen which has made a huge difference!! The refrigerator was where the picture is now hanging and made the entrance into the kitchen quite tight - especially as it's the main entrance to the house. So we cut out a hole in the wall in the entry way and put the fridge there. I love it!

I made peanut noodles the other night for dinner and it looked so good I had to take a picture.

John's newest favorite game is to be buried in hole made from blankets and pillows. He's such a funny bunny. This can keep him busy for hours!

Gabe's pics

Gabe got a camera for his birthday and he's been having so much fun with it. Here are some highlights:

Classic John.

I love this - a bug he saw in church!

Furry & Wet Friends

Our new fish - safetly ensconced in vases out of reach of John (we hope--he's pretty inventive).

Mitzy got a haircut last week and lo and behold, she has eyes!! So fun to actually see her face. John is very concerned that Mitzy isn't going anywhere - he was really upset when we dropped her off to be groomed. He keeps checking that she's our dog and we keep assuring him that she's ours forever...