Ohio Part I: Carriage Hill Farms

On our first day in Ohio, we visited Carriage Hill Farms with Kevin's family. Amelia had a great time in the kitchen and managed more ironing than Mummy usually does.

Lindsay's Wedding & July 4th Celebrations

At the end of June we headed to Muscatine for Suzie's Sister-in-Law's wedding. Didn't get many pictures but had to include one of Tom and Amelia looking cute in their outfits.



On July 3rd, we went to Jordan Creek Mall to listen to the Dueling Pianos by the Lake and watch fireworks. The first few fireworks were a bit loud for Amelia and she's now a bit sensitive to loud noises (see the July 4th Parade pictures).

Playset & Fence

It's been a while (and probably 1000 pictures) since we did a blog post so here come quite a few.

Early this summer we finally had our fence installed and spent 3 weekends building a play set. Spot the almost critical error with the ladder.

We've been using the backyard much more since then and Amelia loves her swings and fort. She's even gone down the slide. . . twice.

Amelia's Photography

Amelia has been working on her photography skills since she received her camera for Christmas. She loves to take her time composing her shots and organizes her dolls and animals. Here's some of our favourites so far.

Tom's Birthday

Tom turned three recently and we had great fun at his pirate party. Suzie put together a treasure hunt for Amelia and Tom which was a hit and we got to know 3-month-old Abby a little bit more.

Amelia Performing

Amelia took a liking to Grandpa David's guitar. If you listen closely you can hear "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".

Kevin and Kate in the Lakes Part II

On our last day in the lakes we took the ferry across Lake Windermere and had an interesting drive in changeable weather around Lake Coniston before driving on to Grasmere, which is the town we visited the day before our wedding 4 1/2 years ago (not sure where that time went).

Then went on to Surprise View, which overlooks where we were married. We had some wedding pictures taken at that location, so we tried to recreate the scene.