Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Summer, Summer, Summer Time (Yes, I know DJ Jazzy Jeff is out!)




We have been busy this summer, enjoying the great weather (for England!), working hard (Chris finished his instructor upgrade program, I am on to my next class working towards my masters, and most importantly eating up every moment we can with Smoochie Pants!), celebrating the 4th with a big BBQ with great friends and doing our best to have quality family time too! It is hard to choose just a few pics to post, but we will add more to our Picassa web album soon.















It has actually gotten hot enough to run around in diapers! Cole loves being naked, or near naked, so he was happy to enjoy the freedom!




One thing that I enjoy about living in England is the public footpaths. We like to walk the trails near our house, especially for Tess who gets to run free! Cole is a good sport about riding in the backpack too! He is able to look around to see what is going on!





We got Cole a swing for our yard, which he LOVES!!! He seems to completely relax EVERY time he is in it and he falls asleep! He will be laughing and kicking his feet while I push him, and then all of a sudden he will have his eyes closed and will be dozing!
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Sunday, June 7, 2009

Tess and Us

So we just finished watching the movie "Marley and Me." I read the book and cried like most, but watching the movie reiterated the loyalty that we take for granted every day from our fabulous four legged friend...or should I say kiddo!
Who could resist this face...yes, Chris's too! This post is about Tess, and all of those other wonderful furry friends who selflessly love us every day, no matter what! I imagine that you all are thinking of your special dog or pet ...I know I thought of Barney, our old Dachshund, while watching the movie, and Chris thought of Cody, his old Golden, as well!
Don't you wish that every animal could enjoy the lap of luxury!
Look at her! What a beautiful, great girl! WE LOVE YOU TESS!
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Monday, June 1, 2009

Videos Should Work Now

Sorry, we had the videos set to Private on Youtube, so nobody could see them. They're public now, so they should be working.

Hope all is well with everyone!

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Picasa Web Albums and Videos

Okay, so we finally added the rest of our Germany pictures up on our Web Albums site and also added some pictures from the past week or so. My friends from high school Blake and his brother Rob came out to visit and we have been having a great time. Dover one day, Cambridge the next, and all the while we've had the best weather I've seen here in a long, long time.

Here's the link to our Picasa Web Albums:










































































And some videos to top it off:






Hah, how's that for a post? Pictures, videos, we got it all....enjoy.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Vacation...in Germany!

No words to describe how great our trip to Garmisch-Partenkirchen was in Germany...so a bunch of pictures must suffice!











































Chris' Return!

Sorry so long since posting pictures, but here are some from the Bolar AEF return!  Little lacking on commentary cause we're busy as heck...




















Thursday, May 7, 2009

Traumatized...and other things!

Ok, so you know its Spring in England when you start to name the spiders in your house rather than kill them, but this one exceeded my threshold for coexistance. Tess found it, of course, and chased it into the corner. Now you can imagine that I was left with the task of deciding how to handle this nasty, HUGE, creature. First I e-mailed my friend who lives nearby, asking if her husband could stop by on his way to work and I also e-mailed my other friend nearby to see if she was afraid of spiders (this was all super early in the morning). Next, I decided I had to take a picture so that you all would actually believe me when I try to explain how gigantic this thing really was. Then, this crazy spider decided to start moving...I went back to look and he had run all the way across the entry way to the other corner. I decided I couldn't wait for someone to get here, so I brought out the "big guns!" Chris I am sure that you can already guess what I did...yes, I got out the vacuum and sucked that furry spider right up! He barely fit in the hose and made a thumping sound when he was being sucked in! Then, for fear that he would jump back out when I turned it off, I left it running as I drug it to the back door and put it outside, where I finally turned it off, and left it out there...indefinitely! Now, I am sure my neighbors think I am nuts, not because of the spider, but because they think I choose to vacuum at 6:30 AM!!
On to more pleasant things! Here is smoochy pants taking a swim in the tub. He loves it! He splashes so much that I am usually covered in water when its all said and done! I couldn't resist this one...check out his hair! It seems to match his sassy personality! LOVE IT!!
We have been trying all kinds of new things lately! Cole loves Yo Baby yogurt, rice cakes, carrot puffs, teething biscuits and veggie pasta! As you see he is also trying out sippy cups! This picture was taken right after I caught him laughing and pouring his water over the edge of his tray onto the carpet! It really has been a fun time with him dispite the mess!
Out with the old and in with the new...or should I say middle aged! Here it is, the new car! The orange beastie finally made its way to the junk yard! The mechanic that we go to said that it wasn't even safe to drive anymore! SO, this new car is fabulous and safe! I am really excited to take a road trip in it! We will have to test it out when our friends Blake and Rob come for a visit in the end of May!
Hope your mornings are starting out a little less eventful than ours :-)
Cheers!
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