The past few weeks have been fast and furious, and we're both starting to feel like the summer is just speeding past us! We had "first Friday" last Friday and it was so great to just relax and enjoy spending some time with friends. The theme was "Red, White, and Blue" (for obvious reasons) so I decided to try my hand at a flag cake! One of the things I love about living here in England is that the fruit is just wonderful. Since we have a tiny refrigerator (trust me, it's tiny) we have to buy really fresh food so that it won't spoil. Now, the old me (the one living with my nice dishwasher, my functional washer/dryer, and my splendidly cool air conditioning system) would be put out buy having to go to the grocery store three times a week. But the new me LOVES trying out the local markets and flower shops! The flowers in the picture above will seriously last 3 weeks! And the raspberries, strawberries, and blueberries that I used for the cake were absolutely marvelous. It's the little things like these that keep a smile on my face even when the largest fly I have ever seen is happily buzzing around my living room because apparently the English have never heard of window screens :)We also went to a cook-out last weekend and I can't remember the last time I had so much fun!
They had a HUGE bouncy castle that was like an obstacle course and by the end of the night all the girls were competing in timed relays! There was amazing food, scrumptious desserts, and they even had a chocolate fountain! We started a fire, roasted marshmallows and just spent the whole night chatting and laughing. Chris had fun too...getting his truck stuck in a creek after taking some guys off-roading! It was probably more funny the next day, but I assure you we had some good laughs :)
They had a HUGE bouncy castle that was like an obstacle course and by the end of the night all the girls were competing in timed relays! There was amazing food, scrumptious desserts, and they even had a chocolate fountain! We started a fire, roasted marshmallows and just spent the whole night chatting and laughing. Chris had fun too...getting his truck stuck in a creek after taking some guys off-roading! It was probably more funny the next day, but I assure you we had some good laughs :) This week was pretty hectic...lots of meetings for me, and tons of early flights for Chris...so, by the time Friday rolled around we were ready for a nice relaxing night at home. But Saturday was a different story! We successfully pulled off our first dinner party at our house!! I made Gayle's famous chicken spaghetti, and yummy brownies 
for dessert. Two other couples and two "singles" came, so it was quite the crowd! All eight of us piled around our tiny 4 person kitchen table...it was cozy but so much fun! We played games after we ate and laughed until midnight. We will definitely have to do that again!
for dessert. Two other couples and two "singles" came, so it was quite the crowd! All eight of us piled around our tiny 4 person kitchen table...it was cozy but so much fun! We played games after we ate and laughed until midnight. We will definitely have to do that again! We have another busy week ahead of us, but next Saturday we're heading up to Wales to go camping with some friends, so it will be worth the wait!
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