Monday, March 22, 2010

Its been WAY to long...

I'm so sorry that its been so long since I've last posted anything. Life here in England can get pretty busy. :) Here are a bunch of pictures from over the last few months. In February Sam was gone for 2 weeks in the Canary Islands (for work of course) and so a few of the wives and I took a mini road trip down to Bath and Windsor Castle.

Heading into downtown Bath

A chapel in Bath



Bath was so pretty, it was just a shame that it was
such a typical overcast English day

Downtown Bath

The HUGE line to go down and see the Roman Baths

The famous restaurant right next to the Roman Baths..
We ate lunch there (although it was more like dinner by the time
we were seated and got our food) and it really wasn't all
that impressive, just really overpriced.

Looking down into one for the Baths from the
"Pump Room" Restaurant

Just another view from the restaurant

Sunset in downtown Bath...so beautiful! I definitely
want to go back and do some more exploring!!

Heading back to our cute little B&B after a fun day
exploring Bath and of course doing some shoppin ;)


The next stop on our mini road trip was Windsor Castle. I was so excited! I had heard such wonderful things about it and it was amazing!! I definitely want to go back!! The Queen wasn't there when we were, which kinda worked out because we got to see more rooms inside the castle since they didn't have to close them down for security reasons.

Walking up to the Castle...

About to go inside...







The chapel inside Windsor's walls...lots of important
people are buried in there.

Then a couple of weeks ago, Sam and I went up to explore another city in the UK, Birmingham. It is said to be the 2nd largest city in England, next to London of course. We spent the day walking around the city and seeing the sights. Birmingham is also said to have more water canals than Venice, which I thought was interesting. We had tea in one of the boats on the water...a fun little experience. And who knew Sam would become such a tea drinker while living in England. :) I guess when in Rome...



Walking along one of the Canals...the water was gross


The restaurant on water...where we had our tea break ;)

Awe..doesn't he look so excited to have his tea :)

Its a miracle! We have a picture of ourselves that isn't
taken by us. ;)

Then that night, we headed over to another town called Coventry to see a concert. In England, the radio consists of about 5 stations: talk radio (really boring), crazy rock/80s/weird music, classical, classical, and more classical. So we have become really big fans of classical music. And when we first moved here, Sam kept telling me about this song that he kept hearing on the radio of this pianist that he really liked. So I did a bit of research and found out who it was and bought one of his cds on itunes. Well long story short, we absolutely LOVE this guy. So I found out that this pianist, Ludovico Einaudi from Italy, was going to playing a couple of shows in and around England so i thought i'd surprise Sam and get some tickets to one of his shows. And his show was incredible!! I would encourage all of you to look him up on itunes, his music is so relaxing!

So excited to see Ludovico!!

The concert hall

Ludovico's piano ;)

I think I mentioned this already, but Sam was gone for a couple weeks in the Canary Islands, lucky duck. Here are a few of his pics. All I have to say is that i'm so glad he didn't come back with a tan...otherwise I would have been mad. :)






Well thats pretty much our life in a nutshell over the last couple months. Our life is going to get a bit more hectic starting next month though. Sam is going to be gone ALOT. :( So please keep us in your prayers...for sam safety while gone and for me not to get too lonely. But on a good note, we are going to Santorini Greece for our 2nd anniversary this June, which I am so stinkin excited about!! We also are planning on going over to Belgium for Easter weekend and hopefully throw another little trip in sometime between Sam's busy schedule. We hope everyone is doing well and thanks for keeping us in your prayers.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

The last couple of months...

Here are some pics from over the last month or so. We had a wonderful Christmas here in England. It was just Sam and I, which was really nice. We opened presents at midnight and slept in. We made delicious Belgium waffles for breakfast (thanks mom and dad) with our new professional maker and then chillaxed for the rest of the day. The two of us made a great dinner: ham, mashed potatoes, rolls, cranberries, gravy, corn, candied yams, and all the other fixings. It was a wonderful day. ;)



Sam showing me how to play "chubby bunny"

Mom and Dad had gotten the boys each some gifts for Christmas,
and they were quite the hit. Here is the stand off...who gets this toy?!

Tommy couldn't get enough of his toy

Yum! Cat-nip!

One of the Christmas treats I made for the squadron
(Sam helped on this one)

Then a couple of weeks ago, we celebrated my 27th birthday. Craziness... Sam did an amazing job. He baked me a white-chocolate raspberry cheesecake from scratch and took me out to one of our favorite Indian food restaurants here in Cambridge. And he surprised me with a new set of pots and pans that I have been really wanting. :) But it didn't end there. It only got better. :) He also had gotten me tickets to go see "Wicked" in London that next Saturday. It had been something I had really been wanting to see, so I was really really excited! So that next Saturday we headed down to London, walked all around and "window" shopped :), went to dinner at our favorite steak house ever, and then saw Wicked. It was the best birthday yet! Thanks babe!

I'm getting old... :(

Looks professional, uh?

During our "window" shopping, we went to the biggest toy
store in London called "Hamleys". And apparently
they have the biggest stuffed camel for only a mere
1500 pounds. ;)

On our way to see Wicked...
I was so stinkin excited!

waiting for the show to start

One of my gifts from Christmas was this pink snuggie,
which is amazing by the way! But the reason I'm showing you this pic is
because Tommy loves being under blankets. So every time
Sam or I get out a blanket he comes a running. And well he hasn't
quite figured out how the snuggie works. But he's determined that he can
fit in my sleeve. :)

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Snow Day!!

Last Thursday night, we got a pleasant suprise...4-5 inches of snow!!  It was crazy!! Sam and I were laughing so hard because when we first moved here, people were always saying "it rains everyday" which isn't true, "we never have thunderstorms" which happened the first week we arrived, and "it NEVER snows here"....haha, ya right!  :)  So because of the snow, the base closed down and everyone got a snow day on Friday.  Sam and I spend the day walking around the neighborhood and built a snowman and snow-woman.  I wanted to make a snowbaby but sam said that we couldn't do that just yet.  ;)  Here are some pics of how pretty everything looked with all the snow.

Thursday night...down comes all the snow!
(I was so excited!!)

Out our front window the next morning

Our backyard..the tree in the middle is collapsing 
because of the weight of the snow

Sam and Bello
Bello was excited because he'd never see snow before,
being from Del Rio and all  :)

Me and my baby Tommy
He was curious about what all this white stuff was...

And the making of snow-people begins


The finished product...
bad idea to put them in the planter though,
they got all dirty, oh well

Our lovely but ghetto snow gear...
but hey, we didn't think we were moving to where
we'd see snow

Our neighborhood
A park downtown Cambridge

My friends pic, but I thought it was so pretty

As I was uploading our snow pictures, I realized that I forgot to post these.  They are from Veterans day.  Sam was suppose to do a fly over this American Cemetery here in Cambridge, but due to weather conditions, it didn't work out.  But Sam and I thought we'd go out there for the service anyways.  The cemetery was absolutely beautiful.  We were very impressed.  The colors of the trees took my breath away.  Mom, I know you'll enjoy these.  :)





I can hardly believe that Christmas is just 3 days away!  Time is flying by!  Sam and I wish you all a wonderful Christmas and a very happy New Year!  (especially since I was a slacker this year and totally forgot to send out Christmas cards...sorry!)