Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to...

my amazing mom!

 

my wonderful grandma!

I love you both!

American Day in England

So sorry I have not posted anything about England yet!  This week has been insanely busy and I have tried to start this twice already.  

I went to England this past weekend for a long week.  I had school off for Tunisian Labor Day so I got to spend my Labor Day with the Boyers!  I landed Thursday afternoon.  Kate and the boys picked me up and we headed home for Taco Pie, bathtime for the boys, and movie time for the girls!  

On Friday, we dropped papers off at Caleb's school for next year so it was so exciting to see where he will be going to school!  It was a sweet school and the lady at the front desk was so kind!  Then we headed to Waitrose (an English grocery store) to stock up on some necessities!  Such a fun grocery store with awesome cheese and chocolate selection!

Then we went to base to have lunch at Taco Bell and drop Caleb off at school!  While Caleb was at school, Kate, Josh and I went SHOPPING at American stores!  I was super excited and was just taking it all in!! 

Josh was such a happy boy!  He let me hold me all throughout the day!  

 

The amazing commissary!

Josh eating pieces of my favorite candy bar in the entire world!

We picked Caleb up from school and headed to the other base: Mildenhall, where Dave works!

Dave's plane!

Happy boy after school!

Then we went to an international bazzar that was inside a plane hanger!

Caleb got a race car!

Josh got a double-decker bus!

A part of the bazzar

In the next plane hanger, Kate and I found... SWEET TEA AND FRIED PICKLES!!!  We were so surprised and they were super yummy!

This is the girl that made the tea and pickles.  She is from Louisiana and has on a monogrammed hat!  Love me some Southern girls!

Dave met us at the bazaar and shortly after we headed out. 

Sweet town of Mildenhall

We stopped for dinner at this amazing pub!

Love this boy!

Dave with his bangers and mash

Me with my fish and chips and smashed peas

Kate with her stuffed bacon wrapped chicken

No English meal is complete without sticky toffee pudding!

Dave fell in love with the leather chair and wants one

Too lazy to figure out how to turn this but this was this is where we had dinner: The Bull Inn

On the way home, Kate took the scenic route since I hadn't seen much of England that day.  This sheep looked right at me.  So cute!

Before we knew it, we were back home after a wonderful day with family who I love dearly!

Stay tuned for blogs on my two other days in England!

Happy Birthday, Grandpa!

Happy Birthday, Grandpa!  Even though you weren't here to celebrate we all celebrated for you, in grandpa style!!  I miss you so much: your smile, the squeeze of your hand as I would hold it for hours, your stubbornness, your tears in your eyes when you said goodbye, your kisses, your comb-over (and always letting me fix it), your groaning when you had to get up out of your chair, your love for your family (grandma especially), and just being with you in complete silence!  You are an amazing grandpa whose memories with always be with us, no matter what!  I love you all the way to the moon and back again!

My favorite picture of him!  Oh how I love that smile!

 

My most favorite memory... LEGOLAND!

In honor of your birthday, Grandpa, I ate pizza with nooooo salad!  And I had ice cream for dessert!

I love you, Grandpa!!

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Happy, happy birthday, Dad!  I hope you have a very special day!  I love you very much!

Thank you for being so supportive, knowledgable, helpful, and loving!  You give wonderful advice and take care of so much for me!  I miss spending this day with you but I know you are surrounded by those who love you!  I love you very very much!

Super Saturday!

Today was our International Fair at school!  This is a time when each country dresses in their traditional clothes and is able to showcase food and items from their country!  It was such a neat experience! We also have the flag parade where each country comes together all dressed in their clothing holding their flag to walks through the gym.  It was a neat experience to watch! 

Here are some of my students waiting to start the flag parade

Korea

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Tanzania 

Oman

America (this is sweet Liam I babysit for)

Flag parade begins!

Korea

USA!

All of the flags and countries after the parade

Here are some pictures from after the parade and we all were eating:

Gambia

Japan (this is a brother of one of my students... love him!)

Joni and I in our US pride (and funny enough, Joni got her shirt in Amsterdam)

 After we left International Day, we headed to an artisan fair in an expo center near our apartment.  It had all different things made in Tunisia.  It was great to see all of these Tunisian made things and to get great deals! My big purchase was a leather ottoman.

This is Joni and the seller with the ottoman Joni really liked

Here they all are flat.  You pick the one you want and they stuff it for you

My ottoman all stuffed!

For dinner, Joni and I went to Fatburger!  It is an American chain we have been wanting to try out!  It did not disappoint!  Everyone there was so sweet (and they spoke English) and the burgers were thick and so yummy!

It was definitely a super Saturday!!