Brancaster Beach

The temperature was a warm 68 degrees so we decided to go to the beach.  After a 2 hour drive we finally made it to discover that it was much colder by the water.  Asher was not fond of the wind and cold weather but Alyssa was in heaven.  She loved every minute of it and has asked to go back every day since.  Below are just a handful of pictures from our first journey to the beach.  Enjoy!

The shore line view from the water.  Alyssa picking up seashells.

Alyssa and Daddy taking off their shoes to enjoy the COLD water.  Notice mommy is not joining them.  

For some reason I just thought this was the cutest picture.  

Enjoying the water and looking out to the deep blue.  

Being such a girl.  Its cold, its cold she keeps saying.  Do you think she put her shoes back on....NO. 

A boy and his dad enjoying the view.  

Alyssa liked it when their feet kept sinking in the sand.  They were having a good time.  

Enjoyed the beach a little more when Dad blocked the wind.  

Loved playing with the sand and kicking it around. 

Alyssa playing in the sand...and yes the horseys made it to the beach.  

Daddy and Asher relaxing on the sand.  Too cute. 

Mommy and Alyssa hanging out.  I love that little face. 

Dad and his babies.  Trying to get them to all look at once was NOT going to happen.  But cute picture anyway. 

Hamerton Zoo

Our first visit to a zoo in the UK.  It was a smaller zoo but a good time was had by all.  We went with our new friends the Grovers; Kurt, Mallory, Carson and Tacey.  Below are just some of the pictures from our first zoo experience.  

Daddy and Alyssa looking at the donkeys.  They are just as good as horses in Alyssas eyes. 

 Carson, Tacey, and Alyssa looking at the chipmunks. 

 AJ playing with the chipmunk...do you see something wrong with this picture. 

Carson and Alyssa found a new british friend.  Both her and her mom where wearing brimmed hats and dresses.  I will stick with my jeans and tennis shoes when going to the zoo.  

That lazy American :)

We paid good money to look at an ant.  They were so excited for some reason.

 Alyssa feeding the goats.

A little baby goat decided he didn't want to be pinned up. 

 The kids loved it. 

Mallory is a nice mommy.  She let Alyssa ride on her shoulders.  

 Just take a wild guess on what Alyssa is doing.  And we wonder why the brits don't like Americans?!

Random Picture (part 2)

Here are some more random pictures.  Some are taken at a bigger park on base and some are just a small taste of the landscape around here.  Right now there are yellow flowers EVERYWHERE and even though they are weeds I feel like I am in the Wizard of OZ walking through the field of flowers.  Hope you enjoy...

I am getting so big!

Mommy and Alyssa playing on the big playground.

Asher enjoying his mesh feeder and watching Alyssa.

Weee, she loves her slides. 

Now Daddy and Alyssa playing...

Mommy and Asher (could't get a smile out of him)

Still no smile...lol

Green everywhere...our view driving. 

Beautiful views everywhere..

Yellow flowers..

More..

and more..

Beautiful windmill

Random Pictures

Here are some random pictures of the kids in the hotel room and outside at the park.  Hope you enjoy...

In the hotel room enjoying each others company

 Alyssa walking her stuff cat that Grandma gave her. 

I just couldn't resist taking a picture of his bald head.  Too cute!

 Alyssa picking a flower off the tree. 

Giving in to mommy (this was the only way I could get her to take a picture)

Asher looking at mommy's new flower. 

Asher trying to eat mommy's new flower.

 How could you not love that SMILE :)

Still not sure of the swing. 

 This picture makes me laugh because I was trying to take a cute photo of Asher and he was freaking out over the little flowers on the ground.  I think he thought they were bugs. It was HILARIOUS!!

Alyssa and Daddy flying her new kite. There was no wind so they had to run it around.  Things you do for your kids.  

 Still running....

My weird health problems.

For the last 2 weeks I have been stuck in our hotel room except for the 2 visit to the doctors.  For starters Sunday March 14th we went to a friends house to enjoy a delicious dinner and just before leaving my left breast starting to hurt.  By the time we got home I started to get really cold and felt like the flu was coming on. The next day I was really sick but it only lasted for 24hrs but my breast was still really sore.  Turns out I had a mild case of Mastitis.
But wait my weird sicknesses don't stop there.  The same week on Thursday I woke up with a sore left eye.  At first I thought I just scratched it but after a couple days and my eye being super red I self diagnose it as pinkeye.  But was I WRONG!  Turns out I had not one but two cold sores on my left eye.  If you thought cold sores were painful on your lips try having them on your eye and did I mention......GROSS!  I am currently on meds to take care of the problem and return to the doctor later this week for a check-up.  At this time I am going to ask how in the heck you get cold sores on your eye anyway.  The first visit I was trying too hard not to laugh at the diagnosis to remember to ask.
Everyone keep me in your thoughts and prayers that nothing else will go wrong so we can enjoy this weather that is just beautiful.

Our first experience "eating out"

We decided to go out to eat tonight at Frankie & Bennys.  The food and experience was just like you would get at Applebees.  They were very family friendly and they had really nice activity books for Alyssa and balloons for kids.  The funny thing I found was they were very family friendly but all glass cups (even for the kids).  I obviously had to hold Ashers cup for him.  Another thing was when they sang Happy Birthday they turned down the radio they had playing overhead to blare "Happy Birthday" and they turned off ALL the lights.  So, for as long as it takes to sing Happy Birthday you cant see your food.  It made me laugh because I would be embarrassed.  The overall experience was fun and they whole family enjoyed.


Other news:
-Our Honda came in this week and AJ picked it up today.  He made it back to Alconbury alive from driving a US speck car.
-For those who don't know - we found a house.  Count down to moving starts - April 26th couldn't come soon enough.

Grafham Water

Our second adventure in England was to Grafham Water.  It only took us three times to actually visit there. The first time we needed to pay 3 pounds to park and we had no pounds or an account to get pounds.  The second attempt the weather was really cold.  I got out of the car for about 10 mins (enough time to have a goose chase  Alyssa and I).  Asher was still sick and it was really foggy so we decided to try another time.  Well the third time was a charm.  Grafham Water is a man made lake and according to a co-worker of AJ's (who is from the area) says that when the water is low enough you can see the steeple of the church from the town that is under the lake.  Personally I think that is creepy but cool at the same time.  In the morning we woke up the a really cloudy and cold day but as it happens here the weather decided to change and became a beautiful day (50 degrees).  So we packed up and headed to the lake.  Below are the pictures of our successful trip to Grafham Water: 

Alyssa pretending she is a tree in the hole. 

My men watching - Nice hair AJ

Enjoying himself from the back seat. 

Not sure what they are looking at but love this picture. 

Me and my loves...too cute

Two beautiful smiles

Flowers for mommy :)

Brrrr...really cold!

She was all about climbing on the rocks...not my girl. 

A girl with her dad and....

A boy with his mom.