School's Out for the Summer!

We are finally having wonderful summer weather in England. Martin and I are off for our 6 week summer holiday and are loving it. We are spending most of our time lying in, going for long walks, playing at the park, and going swimming. Katya and Ollie love having their daddy and their mommy all to themselves for so long. We are so grateful for jobs that allow us to spend so much quality time together so often. When we are working it is often chaotic, but worth the quiet times together. We try to go on a bigger outing about once a week. We went to Gadfield Elm this past week. You Church History buffs will know that was the first LDS chapel in the world, donated by the entire congregation of the nearly 1000 United Brethren who were all baptised in central England. It was really cool and in an absolutely gorgeous part of the world. Katya is growing fast and talking even more! I am happy to announce that she is officially a "Gilda Radner" child. She sings whenever she does anything on her own and it is so entertaining. I often wonder what she would do if she didn't live in England. She prides herself on discovering at least 1 new 'Rella castle everyday. She thinks Cinderella personally owns any building (church, cathedral, old government building) that is built of stone and has any decorated turrets on it! I am surprised she doesn't demand to meet with Cinderella when she enters any such building, but she is happy to believe that 'rella is somewhere close. Oliver is a growing boy and already eats more that Katya, not difficult, but surprising. Ollie is sitting and rolling and scooting around. He enjoys blowing rasperries (Katya calls them strawberries). He is a happy cute baby Buddha boy! Martin has finally succumbed to the "balding man doo", but it actually quite suits him and will save us in hair cuts. We bought a handy dandy pair of hair clippers on Amazon! Hooray. I am happy and loving be a wife and mom.