Wales

I had the most amazing super fun time in Wales on the weekend. Wales is gorgeous! I am super exited about my new friends and how much fun they are. With a trip to the Elan Valley, lavender cream teas, and a walk through the woods I had a super fun time. I loved the cute swan with one leg, swimming around in circles. Enjoyed every minute of it. Maybe one day I will return.

Summer Fun & The Big Move!

As the first week of the summer holiday draws to a close, I wonder where it has gone. It has flown past. We have done lots of cleaning and a bit of packing. We have played outside and had a trip to the lake. lots of big things happened this week. I decided it's time to go back to school. So I signed up for university. We had our end of tenancy meeting and today we sign our new lease. I have been on and off the phone all week. So much to do and so many people to call.

 So, yes we are moving. Our flat is getting small and so we are moving to a little house around the corner. Richards sister is moving in with us too. Lots of changes are to come. I can't wait to move but it's all the work that is getting me exhausted. We still have lots of things to sort out before we can even start to move our things. First being there is not flooring. We have to go and choose some nice new carpet and laminate for the house. The oven hook up in the new house is electric and we have gas. We have a lot of stuff and the new house is very cozy. But even with all the little issues I am looking forward to it.

I've decided to go back to school. in today's economy it's hard for us to live with one job. We are comfortable at the moment. However if we intend to buy a house where we want to we need to join forces. I left high school with not much intention to go to school ever again. How silly was I. I miss school a lot. however, if I had not made the choices I did I wouldn't be where I am now. So basically, I don't want to just get a job and hate it. I want to do something I enjoy and feel passionate about. I want to wake up and want to go to work not dread it. I've started off with a couple of business modules, but  considering going into Law. We will see how thing progress. It's a long road but at the end it will be a better smoother road, even though it's bumpy now with a few pot holes.

Camping in Exmoor

 

We had a lovely Family Camping trip last weekend. The sun has been out and it's been glorious. We decided last minuet that we just had to get away. We decided to go to a cute little camp site in Exmoor forest. It was a great little place not too busy. Right next to the river and best bit was they allowed Campfires. A lot of campsite in the UK don't allow them. Which has always been surprising to me as we even had them in Arizona, driest of dry. (except for high fire risk times) but here where it's mostly green and lush? Perhaps we just can't be trusted. however I will just say they didn't give much instruction towards fire safety. It was great though, made they whole camping experience great. We even ordered some lovely Jet Puffed marsh mallows, my favorite! 

We took a day trip to Minehead beach. It was lovely and hot. The boys had a good play in the sand. I got to enjoy the sun and have a little nap, mind you I got a bit burnt. They got covered in sand and enjoyed some 'sand'wiches. We had a nice walk around, and enjoyed ice creams and cream teas. Looking forward to more family trips over the summer.

Strike!

We had a lovely Family trip to the bowling ally the other day. It was so nice to get out and do something different. turns out I really stink at bowling as my Two year old even beat me :) Alexander won! Richard was second and Luke third. We had a really nice time. We played one game and then had some games in the arcade. Luke really loved the motorbike. 

I've had a nasty cols since last weekend so we haven't done much else. Also the weather this week as been really unpleasant. really ready for the sunshine and paddling pool days to come. Richard and I went on our date night on the weekend. We had a really nice meal out. We also got free drinks as it took so long for our food to arrive. we were planning to go to the cinema to see World War Z, but it would have ended at 1am and that was rather late. We had a great time and are trying to have more date nights together. 

I have been driving again. Back behind the wheel at last. I still have confidence and think I would be much better in an automatic. Richards says I'm doing fine though and with more practice It will become second nature. We will see. I have to take my test again soon though. 

Royal Bath and West Show

Been a little hectic/lazy the past month! I've started selling Avon again (check out my website www.sarahcouling.co.uk) so other things have slipped a bit. Need to get a good balance of things, and keep on top of it. Anyway here we.

Bath and West Show this year was wonderful. The best weekend we've had as a family in ages. What a great day it was. We haven't been since Luke was born. The weather was scrummie. Sunny and Warm. We had a fab time looking at all the stalls. Luke loved the steam train ride. Alexander loved the Army section and the imagination area with the bloodhound. My favorite was the livestock and the food. It's so awesome to see all those massive animals. The bulls were Gigantic. Luke was terrified of the pigs. We all enjoyed feeding the goats. (Thanks Meg.) Can't wait till next year to do it all again.

Christmas Time.

Here I am blogging months after my last blog, just goes to show how busy Christmas time can be. Luckily, I am sitting here blogging with a fantastic homemade latte as my husband got me a wonderful machine for Christmas. A Nespresso. Oh it's so nice. Anyone who really likes coffee i suggest you buy one of theses machines. Great coffee minimal effort. We have had a great christmas this year. Hard not to get a bit sad though when your family is on the otherside of the world. But it's also amazing to carry on doing things you did as a child with your children.
We always try to keep some traditions going at Chistmastime. We always buy each other christmas PJ's and wrap them up to open on Christmas eve. We always make a wish while stirring the christmas cake. We always hide the pickle. Anyway hope you all had a lovely christmas. Here are a few snapshots from the holiday season in our family.

Happy Christmas and hope you all have a lovely New Year! 

xx