Puppies, puppies everywhere!

Last night we went to a bbq. They had 7 lab puppies! I was so happy! I told Fish that I'm bringing one home. My favorite was the little runt of the group. She's the puppy in the close up picture. I was a little frustrated with her because she liked to play instead of cuddle :(

The Reservior

This is a reservior that we saw on our drive yesterday. George was telling me that there's a village under there that they flooded when they made it. When the water is low enough you can see the church steeple.

Bakewell Show

Now that George and I have become BFF's we spent yesterday at the Bakewell Show. It was quite fun! They had a dog show going on and there were dogs everywhere! They weren't very cute though. We also watched a horse show (not sure what you call it. They rode around and jumped over those walls and poles...???). The sun was out and it was such a nice day! Above you will see the house (it's really a garden playhouse) that we think would be the perfect size for Charlotte!

Young Farmers Golf Outing

The Young Farmers group has a meeting every week and this week happened to take place at the driving range. I'm really competitive so imagine how disgruntled I got when I wasn't better than George :) The best part was watching the hobbit (Charlotte) trying to do this in heels! She was pretty good by the end!

A visit to York

Charlotte thought she needed to find me a babysitter so she asked one of her friends to be my tour guide on the trip to York. I had never met George before but met him that morning at the grocery store and we had the best day! We walked all over and saw lots of wonderful buildings. We walked up Clifford's Tower and also went to the York Minster. It was so beautiful! George and I have become BFF's and Charlotte is now a little jealous :)

University of Nottingham

This was the day after the wedding. After everyone left our hotel room around 5:00AM we had a few hours of sleep, met up for lunch and went for a walk. You'll notice in one of the pictures there is a very deep cement window well at the University. This is how the story goes...

2:00AM
Kristy: "Has anyone seen David???" Shouting across the courtyard, "David where are you?"
Loud rustling noises from the bushes as David looks as though he's attacking them...

Kristy: "David what the hell are you doing behind the bushes?!"

David falls yet again into another bunch of bushes. Might I add that these bushes were full of thorns.

The group goes on chatting knowing that David can barely walk but assuming that maybe he'll pass out in the bushes????

THUMP! The loudest thump I have ever heard.

David: "Ouch"

This was the window well that Rickard and Kristoffer found him in. His 400£ suit was ripped everywhere as well as his shirt. That morning when he woke up he wanted to know " Who's blood is on my shirt?" Still not sure how he survived!

Anthony and Amanda's Wedding

The wedding was beautiful! It was so great to get to see a proper English wedding. The service was at 1:00 and the festivities lasted until midnight. It was the longest wedding/reception ever! And packed full of fun! I met up with David (England) and we went to the wedding together. We were a bit nervous because we thought we wouldn't know anyone else. What we didn't know was that several trainees that we met in NZ came to the wedding too! There was Anette and Kristoffer (Norway), Linn (Sweden), John (Sweden) and Rickard (Sweden). We also met several people while we were there. It was such a great night with dancing, food, karaoke and Jager bombs :) A not so great next morning...

Hiking and Castlerigg

Castlerigg





Sam and I

Charlotte and I had the best day! We went for a hike and the weather was perfect! We climbed to the top of this mountain at Ullwater's and then went on to Castlerigg which was a sight similar to Stonehenge. I was so excited to go see the stones but when I got there I was quite disappointed because it was so small. Charlotte and I spent the afternoon sunning in the grass and having a picnic lunch. She told me that I must have brought the sunshine with me. This is such a rainy country and it's only sprinkled for about 20 minutes one day since I've been here! The weather is sunny and 70's. It's so nice to enjoy the sunshine when there's a cool breeze. Much different than Kansas!

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