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26 December 2011

our boxing day hike

we've had some illness this week so our "hike" was just up the hill behind the castle in our village. happy boxing day!

05 July 2011

we went to our local village carnival recently. the girls weren't too crazy about the loud music, cotton candy or any of it, really. i think they liked the ride. we stopped by the castle on the way home for a few photos.

04 February 2010

little mummy

maggie's main christmas present was a new pram for her baby. here are a few photos from the first walk.

16 October 2009

pumpkins!

the pumpkins finally arrived at our little tesco this week. they are not really eaten around here (read: no pumpkin pie, no pumpkin bread, no pumpkin nothin'!) we had a very exciting outing to pick out our pumpkin including riding in the toy car and enjoying the beautiful sunset. we went home and ate some apple crumble. it was no pumpkin patch adventure but it was a good memory.

01 September 2009

"crazy steve" and party in the park

last friday steve was able to help out with the "party in the park" in part sponsored by the youth centre where he has volunteered. they had a good turn out and he was able to make some contacts and continue relationships with adults and teens alike. "crazy steve" was also there and the 2 steves did race on the bungee course. they said it was a draw but i think my steve won. "crazy steve" and his family have been a real encouragement to us. he is employed at the youth centre and and they attend a church in another town. the best part of the night was watching maggie do the bungee course. when we got there she said, "i want to do that." now, maggie can get excited about things only to flip out in fear when she actually tries to do them. but not this time. she did the whole thing by herself. she even let the police support officer help her. i was really proud of her!

29 July 2009

hike

we hiked up a hill not too far from our flat on monday night. it felt weird to not have any visitors with us. we just kept thinking "the boys would have loved this!" at the same time, it was good to just be with our little family! i was just glad to get a picture where gwyneth was actually looking at the camera.

09 July 2009

the beach

08 July 2009

visit from the arnolds continued...

it was fun taking jenn and the kids to the grocery store and to the park-just showing them what our life is like here.

22 June 2009

prestatyn

prestatyn is another coastal town about 20 minutes from here. they have a really nice beach and it has some fun little shops, etc. we took the girls there last thursday for the morning. we ended up eating there and had some great "turkish bread with savoury cheese" for lunch. it was pretty windy but overall, we had a good time getting to know the town, scoping out the parks, etc. we still feel so new here so we're glad we can say we've at least been there now when people ask!

16 June 2009

fun at the castle

we had a little carnival at the castle down the street on saturday. (yes, we have a castle down the street. we still crack up when people are giving us directions and include "turn left at the castle gate!") anyway, a friend and her son that we've made at the library met us there and we spent a few hours watching a falconry display, seeing welsh clog dancing and listening to the beulah brass. we tried to walk up to the actual castle but didn't make it the whole way. the brass actually played some american favorites (o susanna, etc.) so that was fun for us. maggie really enjoyed dancing to the music. i think she thinks she's mary poppins!

18 April 2009

did you know we have palm trees in wales?

16 April 2009

hiking with the nicholsons

this hill is pretty close to the nicholsons' so we walked up after dinner the other night. from the top you have a great view of abergele and the sea. gwyneth wasn't excited about being the only one not walking! abbie's mom was here so she took the group picture.