Brugge Belgium

Welcome to Belgium

Rob enjoying a Belgium Beer.... Meghan enjoying a sprite...

Standing in front of Lake of Love

Happy Thanksgiving a few days late! I hope each and every one of you had a wonderful day!! Holidays to me are about being with family but since we moved to Jolly ole England we are a little too far to hop in the car for a day trip. I decided this past summer we would spend some of the holidays away from home!! Helps with the homesickness....and it worked! We headed out Wednesday morning for a two night stay in Brugge Belgium. We started our trip with a 2 hour car ride to the coast of England. We arrived at the Euro tunnel station an hour before our train left, so we had time to walk around and check out the shops in the station before getting back in the car. Side note~ The Euro tunnel is a tunnel that was made under the English channel...not in the water...but under it....we drove the car onto the train and then took a 35 minute ride into France. Upon arrival we just drove off the train and kept on going!!!

It only took us 1.5 hours to reach Brugge after we started driving again! Very easy to find the hotel and it was in the middle of the old city center!! Perfect location!!! We ate at a really nice restaurant on Wednesday evening and then walked around before heading in for the night. The girls loved the hotel because it had an indoor pool. We took a short swim each evening...Rob and I couldn't last longer because the water was cold!!

Brugge is a beautiful old city with so many sights to see within walking distance to city center. We really enjoyed the sights, food, chocolate, and lace!!!

Feeding the ducks

Little sun, lots of rain and then finally today we saw the sun and it didn't rain!!! The sun comes up late and starts to set around 330pm. We finally had some outside time today. We have all been sick and still not completely well, but we needed some sun. We took the girls out to lunch today in Mildenhall, fed the ducks/swans and played at a park. It was cold and windy, but I've learned to not complain about the little things!

We were going to take the girls to the museum of Natural History today in London, but will have that trip another time when we are all 100%....or close to it.

We have fed the ducks/swams before but today they surprised us and were more friendly than normal. Instead of waiting in the water a little "gang" decided to come to us! It was cute until the Swans figured out what the ducks were doing. I chased them away and made them get back in the water to feed.

My space and I'm not talking about the social network.

About 6 years ago I received a package in the mail and inside was a large photo album, how-to books and lots of craft supplies. I received that box from Grammy (Rob's Grandmom) to help me get started on scrapbooking Meghan's life! Well, in the last 6 years I have made sure to make a page for not only major events in Meghan's life but then started making a second group of albums for Jenna.

At times I have felt like I have no clue what I was doing but then I realized it wasn't about how well the pages looked, but that I took the time and tried really hard to make a special page for a special time.

I also stamp a little and don't have many supplies, but love to do it. I recently purchased a kit from Stampin up and it had everything I needed to make 10 cards. I like it when the ideas are right in front of my face!

I have taken the pictures to show you my space!!! It's all mine!!! It is a 6ft table and I can start on a page or craft and leave it, if I need to. The girls love to look at the pictures, but they don't bother my crafts!! My space is in a corner in the girls play room, so we spend time together doing what we love to do!!

Ceramics and black eye

The girls were invited to a pottery painting birthday party today. Meghan and Jenna love to color and paint but this was the first time painting pottery. I took a few pictures and will take some of the finished pieces when they are completed. I did paint some extras on Jenna's keepsake box...which you would have guessed:)

I brought our own paint shirts...so if you are trying to read them, they are from Drew's 12th birthday party:)

The black eye has nothing to do with the pottery painting but I wanted to post a picture of Jenna's eye. It doesn't look too bad but she did get her first black eye. It happened last night at the halloween party...when I said the parents had the most fun....well I bet the kids had just as much. Jenna's eye got in the way of a flying toy...no blood but a little pain. She said it doesn't hurt today.

Halloween

Second annual halloween fest in Beck Row base housing was fun fun fun!! We all four dressed up and had so much fun this year. Our friends/neighbors hosted a halloween party/ haunted garage and we helped out and I think the adults had more fun than the kids did. I took the girls trick-or-treating and we didn't last very long because it was freezing last night. I wish I had taken the time to take more picturees because I'm still in awe at the crowds that pour into my neighborhood for some good ole american candy. It had to be well over a few hundred that came around last night and even a few people had their dogs dressed up (no kids with them either....just taking the dog)!!!