Putting Up The Christmas Tree: Take 2

We picked up our tree yesterday (Sunday), but after decorating it once we had a bit of an incident involving Noah, his intense interest to take things apart, and a quick-release lever on the tree base which resulted in the tree on the floor with lights not working, broken ornaments, and pine needles everywhere.
We replaced the lights and re-decorated this evening-take 2!

Short days

Still 20 days until the winter solstice but the days are already short, but not surprising given that we are about 51.5 degrees latitude. I stopped on my way to work this morning and snapped this shot with my phone at about 7:50 am.

Roving Dinner & Rain

Last night we participated in a local 'roving dinner' with the 10 homes in the Clemenstone farm area where we live. It was great fun! We started at a single house for drinks and then split up spending different courses with different groups until we all met up again around midnight for drinks and music again. It had been raining hard all day and the roads were flooded - a lot of water even for here! Below are a couple of pics from this morning where the water has dropped. The videos give you an idea of the water levels on the road last night!

Saturday Morning Swim Sessions at Atlantic College

The local college - Atlantic College offers free one on one swim sessions for kids during the school term, Its one of they ways their students give back to the local community.  Hunter and Noah have been going since school started on saturdays. Since the pool  is right down near the water we often explore around the the beach area after the 30 min class.  Here are a few different pictures on different days.

First Rugby Game for Kelly & Boys

We were offered 4 free tickets to tonight's game Autumn Internationals - Wales vs Samoa. Kelly got a babysitter for Abbie and Preston and we took Hunter and Noah to the game. This was also their first time riding the British rail system into Cardiff as well so two firsts tonight for them.