Watch out Beckham Family

Not only does Millie have Victoria's sense of fashion she has David's mad skills

What a great day! Danalisa and I spent the morning in a little town called Abingdon; we got some knitting supplies, played at a fabulous park with the kidos, got lunch, and did a little shopping. It really was so nice to have a change of scenery! When we got back Millie took a nap and so did I (HURRAY FOR NAPS!) and then we went to play soccer and Frisbee as a family. I haven't thrown a Frisbee in so long! it took a minute to get use to it. The best part was watching Millie dribble the soccer ball up and down the field. She's a stud! Brady got a little footage of our Soccer Monster in Action. After playing around The Gotz Family (Steve and Danalisa) had us over for a yummy dinner. It really couldn't have been a better day.

Abingdon Park

So you're probably wondering what the heck this is a picture of...Well I decided to teach Millie how to roll down hills and it was pretty humorous. Wish we had it on video.

Go Millie It's Your Birthday

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Okay so remember the Seinfeld episode where Kramer takes Karate with little boys...

Well Jodi, Danalisa, and I decided to go try out a Kickboxing class down at our community center. We were extremely confused when we walked in as we were expecting a bunch of women and loud music... Don't worry that it was a real kickboxing class full of 10 year old boys!!! The head dude walked in before we could make the decision to leave (I totally would have). We ended up having a lot of fun and a great work out even though I couldn't stop laughing.

Good Times

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Mad Style

Ms. Millie refuses to go anywhere without her Princess Snow White sunglasses that the "Easter Rabbit" gave her. It could be pouring rain and she will insist we go home and get them because the sun hurts her eyes. I just think she's a natural when it comes to the high fashion world.

side note: her oh so stylish crop pants are really here skinny jeans that are now WAY to short since her recent growth spurt.

Thumbs Up!

Millie LOVES cats! We try to come visit this frisky feline once a day. She lives in one of the river boat houses close to our flat.

I heart Spring!

Millie's Nana gave her some Backyardigans music and she was all tuckered out after our morning jam session.

Nighty Night Ms. Millie

"We Are A Happy Family"

Millie sings "We are A Happy Family" like 500 times a day!

April has already brought us a lot of adventures and it's only just begun. The best part is I found out both my sisters are going to come and visit us in May!!! HURRAY!!! I can't wait.

It's been so nice having Brady home the last few weeks, we are really going to miss him! School starts back up tomorrow and his Environmental Conference is also tomorrow. I am so excited for him and I can't wait to see all his hard work come together.

Here are some random pictures of the past few weeks...

We woke up last week to SNOW! It's the 1st snow storm we have seen since we've been here. It didn't stick around, but it was fun while it lasted.

I'm sure you all know by now that Millie LOVES the backyardigans! Her sweet Nana sent her this little lunch box and she uses it to tot around all her favorite books. We can't go anywhere without it. Thanks Nancy for all the fun gifts!

Having fun in the sun.

This past Friday we decided to rent a car and take a day trip to see Stonehenge. It was pretty cool to see and Millie loved "the rocks". Stonehenge is one of those mysteries of life. They aren't 100% sure what it was used for and they have no idea how 5,ooo years ago the people were able to get these stones from Wales and get them to stay standing up right. Most the stones weigh as much as 7 adult male elephants! Pretty Cool.

There were yellow flower fields all over the place! It was so beautiful and they seemed to go on and on.
"The Magic Roundabout"

Take a good look at the sign...It's a bunch of roundabouts inside a roundabout. It was quite possible the scariest moment of my life. Brady kept us a life and we some how made it through although we had no idea what the heck was going on!

A cute little town in the Cotswold district. Millie loved all the ducks and bridges.

Ireland

We just got back from a wonderful trip to Ireland. Amanda wishes we had stayed longer than five days, and we're both thinking it wouldn't be a bad place to live - perhaps I should start looking for a job in Ireland...

We rented a car and spent our time driving around the colorful countryside seeing the sights. After nearly killing us a handful of times, I got the hang of driving down the wrong side of narrow roads and shifting with my left hand, and we were ready for some adventures.



On our first full day we drove to see the Cliffs of Moher. It was such a stunning place, and Millie loved it. She couldn't stop talking about the whales that live in the deep blue sea. When she saw the castle on top of the cliffs she got really excited, "Ariel lives there!"



Just stopping on the side of the road to soak up the countryside. This is Millie giving Amanda a "Monster Squeeze."



Just down the street from the cottage we stayed in is Aghadoe Heights, with this nice lookout over the Killarney National Park. Just next to this there was a really cool old cemetary, as well as an old castle we climbed.


The next day we drove around the Dingle Peninsula. We stopped at the Inch Beach to collect seashells and play in the waves. Millie loved it, and Amanda did too, until a wave caught her off-gaurd and filled up her wellies.



Millie was very excited to go on a boat ride. We went for a cruise in the Dingle Bay to see Fungie the dolphin. Millie loved it, but I think I loved it more. We were told we'd see the dolphin who has lived in the mouth of the bay for 20 years, or we'd get our money back, so I assumed we'd catch a glimpse of him. Little did I know he'd circle the boat playfully for the hour we were out there. Every time he swam up to the boat Millie would yell "Hi hunghy!"



We didn't get any great pictures of Fungie as it was raining pretty hard, but Amanda snapped this one real quick when she got the chance. I couldn't believe how he would swim along side the boat a foot or two away from us. It was pretty classic.



Here's a nice shot along our drive back. I wouldn't mind living in one of these little cottages, that's for sure.



We spent the next day driving around the scenic "Ring of Kerry." There weren't many tourists about and it was great. We found this castle just outside Cahersiveen. It was fun to explore it's cool setting right on the beach and we were the only ones there. We found a place to climb up and then climbed down an old stairway that ended with a 6 foot drop into the main room of the castle. We wouldn't mind living in one of the little cottages, and these castles wouldn't be too bad either!



The girls posing on the Gallarus Oratory. This was a really interesting building, but the highlight was watching Millie prance around singing to Pablo.


Millie and me on the hike up to the Torc Waterfall.


We went for a jaunting car ride up the gap of Dunloe. It was fun to see the little farms tucked alongside little lakes in between the mountains. Millie kept asking if we could bring the horse "Barbie" home with us.

Here comes Peter Cotton Tail

Easter has always been my favorite holiday and I loved it this year as well although it was different...

1st being away from home means that I actually had to cook an Easter breakfast (usually we go to my mom's for a D-LICIOUS brunch and to the Flamm's for an equally yummy dinner).

2nd I made some pancakes since we didn't have a ton of time before heading to church. While putting the jam away I managed to drop the bottle and I had raspberry glass mess all over my kitchen. Not Fun! Brady and Millie headed out to church without me and when I went to leave I couldn't...Brady had locked me in the house!

3rd we woke up to yet another snow storm. It's the third one this week and the 1st time we have seen snow here at all. What happened to Spring?

We did have a great day and Millie LOVED Easter! I think she liked it more then Christmas because of all the treats. I have never seen anyone eat a peep so fast! They make me gag, but thanks Nancy for sending them to us. Brady and Millie sure love them! The weather did get better as the day went on and we were able to go on a walk and have some good quality family time.

Happy Easter!

With a whole peep in her mouth!

Millie giving Brady a kiss in hopes of another peep Playing Puzzles with Mommy
Our Family

Millie rocking her new shades from the Easter Bunny

Monday Millie and I played dress up and did a little dancing. Sorry everyone I didn't get any footage of me shakin my groove thing, only Millie.

The daring little dog in the video clip is"Cocolicious" she belongs to our friends The McGills. Jodi had their sweet little boy Gerald "Wryer" McGill a little over a week ago and since Wryder was early he is going to be in the hospital for awhile longer. He was born at 32 weeks and he is very strong for such a little guy. Wryder is a head of the curve and doing great! All his tubes are out minus the feeding. He still needs to learn how to eat on his own.

We are so excited for Tony and Jodi and we can't wait to meet your little man.