We went to a wedding......
The aftermath of a nearly 4-hour Mrs. Kautz/Sammi playdate.
The weather finally turned nice this month. We had a lot of gorgeous days, which meant lots of outdoor play time!
A couple of trips to London -- taking advantage of our last opportunity for the 'Kids Go Free to London Shows in August' deal. 2 days of shows, turned into 3 because one was at an outdoor theatre and got rained out. (First day of shows in previous post -- we went on Avery's birthday)
Day 2 shows:
Dinosaur Zoo -- we were able to get up close to the dinosaurs after the show, but all of my pictures are sooo blurry.
Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
We had dinner that night at Rainforest Café and celebrated Blake's birthday.
Our monkey on the train
It rained off and on all day this day so we spent a some time in the British Museum, the Science Museum and the National History Museum. I think the kids enjoyed playing in the rain more than the museums though.
Day 3 show:
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Our new favorite! It was so good! The kids were very excited for it and were singing "Bless Your Beautiful Hide" most of the car ride down. They were really getting into it. I did take a video of Blake and Avery singing it but they were kind of camera shy. They were spoiled at the show. During the 'Barn Raising' part one of the actresses came up and gave them cookies as she was singing. So fun! During intermission the people behind us gave them a bag of sweets! I think it was pretty apparent how much they were enjoying the show! :)
Walked in to find Blake reading to one of the baby dolls one night. I said, "Blake who are you reading to?" He said, "My baby. She going to sleep." Then he quickly added, "It's a Dad book!!" I think he was afraid I would think he was being too girly for reading to a baby. :)
Blanket sniffing twinsies
Spent a couple days down south. Went to Beachy Head to see the White Cliffs.
Avery working out as she walks. :)
We spent the rest of the day in Brighton. It was a cool city. Reminded us of California with the boardwalk and all.
We didn't ride any rides, but they had a lot of fun in the arcade.
Hotel fun
How they slept. This wasn't the worst either. There was one point where Blake was turned completely around and Avery was all the way up against Allie. She always takes up the entire bed!!
The next day we started making our way toward Rye. There is a beach in that area called Camber Sands that looked really nice. Lots of sand (which is hard to come by here) and even sand dunes! It was a HOT weekend and perfect of the beach. Only problem was, I think EVERYONE else had the same idea --- and same plan for the same beach. We were stuck in traffic for hours and were barely moving. Last minute we decided just to go home. Kids were not happy because the beach is what they were most looking forward to. I pulled up my phone and just searched for a beachy looking area on the map and made that our destination point. Ended up working out perfectly. Hardly anyone there, super shallow so the water was warm. We actually got to swim!!!
Lastly, some family pictures. It was Sunday and I was so tired so I took a nap after church. Well, Derek woke me up because there was some beautiful lighting out on the freshly plowed field behind our house. He knew how much I had been wanting to get a photo with the rolled hay bales. He also surprised me with a new tripod!
