Noah turns 6 in wales!
Well its finally summer here, its Wimbledon season, time for garden parties and Pimm's! What is Pimm's you ask? - Well I had the same question so I decided to pick myself up a bottle of Pimm's #1 from the display stand in Waitrose this week. It seems to be a classic 'English' drink that is gin based and most often mixed with lemonade and garnished with cucumber, strawberry, oranges and mint. It seems to have some level posh'ness associated with it .... Makes me feel like I should have a cardigan wrapped around my shoulders while watching a game of polo perhaps...
Anyhow...here is a video of me making this drink with color commentary from Abbie who is sitting behind the Iphone...
Some strange fog was resistance to burning off today but it was still a fun day at Southerndown. You can see the strange mist in the background of some of the shots. Also take note of our 'sand art' and Abbie's practice shot for swimsuit modelling. Hunter and I actually went out and braved the waves and cool water today - there were some good rollers coming in and I was trying to teach Hunter how to body surf.
Abbie was asked to tell her playgroup today all about what the 4th of July is and how we celebrate it in America. She was very excited! We will be celebrating tomorrow with a BBQ/party at some American and British friends. Kelly decorated the cake pictured below for the party!
Abbie has been taking ballet, but this is her own ballet/salsa style...
PJ likes to sit in the freezer....
I am back in Bend for a week so went for a quick morning hike today up Tumalo Mountain. Perfect weather and excellent views of Mt Bachelor on the way up, and then from the top South Sister, Middle Sister and Broken top. (North Sister is hidden from view behind broken top)
Kelly asked Noah to put the toilet paper up stairs in the bathroom and to just stack it to the side of the toilet and look what he did....
We had a nice week and decided to hit the beach this weekend both days. You have to get out when the weather is good because you don't know when you will get it again...
Aberavon Beach - Port Talbot (Saturday Jun 8)
Southerndown Beach - Our Local Favorite (Sunday June 9)
We have Wisteria around the house here in a few places and its booming right now. Its a very pretty flower but looks even nicer with stone as a backdrop. The first 3 photos were taken early morning. The second two were taken 'after school' in full sun. You can see Preston in the first shot and the boys hanging off the upper deck in the second.
