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Wales, Ingoldmells  Fantasy Island 

We went to Wales and visited Fantasy Island. It was kind of like going on the boardwalk rides and booths selling everything under the sun! It was a nice day not too crowded and it was a pretty drive! The worst part was the drive there then all was good. Bad part was I forgot to take more pictures but we had a good time. this was last week during spring break for the boys.

 Brad and Xander went on a water ride and got completely soaked to the bone- we all had a good laugh about that!

Two girls choose to sit with Zaan so we teased him about his new "girlfriends" lol he was not amused but he sure was happy on that ride :)

Dover Castle

zaan posing by the gun vehicle

my guys hanging out in the wind!

it was really windy at Dover Castle!!

inside Dover Castle

on top of the tower at the castle - again super windy out!!

view from the top the top left is the ocean and to the left and across you can see france on a clear day! which we didn't get to see lol

Dover Castle from the back

Zaan pre haircut

Xander pre haircut a few views as his hair was outrageous!

this is how it looks combed - if he would do that everyday I would not have made him cut it but he refused to comb it !

Xander with a mullet as she started cutting!

zaan hiding his hair after his hair cut

I went on a field trip with xander to the base pond where they went pond dipping and got to see a lot of cool organisms and frogs too! 

xander scooping stuff out of the pond. 

Another day for all to read.

So here are some more pics for you all.  Xanders birthday , Zaans Birthday,  from a while ago guess I didn't finish this one. looking at these pictures now wow how my boys have grown

Nate and Emma dancing 

Roberta and Emma 

Roberta and Emma

 Roberta and Emma

February happenings 2012

After
before

Well this month seems to be flying by. We didn't do any real traveling this month, we did go to a few cities near here to shop that was fun. Valentines Day and my birthday brought me a wonderful new laptop that I absolutely LOVE (mac book pro). My hubby knows me well:) Yesterday we took the boys to get their hairs cut and they look so handsome, Xander's hair was out of control and Zaan has been begging to get his cut off for a while sooo. Here are the pictures from that:) Also Brad is on his way to Florida for a week for his awards stuff. While he is there he gets to see one of his best friends whom he hasn't seen in about 10 years. He was best man at our wedding and is Zaan's Godfather:) I am super excited for them to get to see each other after all this time! Ok so that is all I have for now! Hugs to all

here are the pics from Christmas we were all very tired as you can tell in the pic of the boys and brad on the couch. We are still waiting for our stuff to get here and I am still looking for a vehicle but otherwise things are going quite well. The boys are settling in and doing well in school. Hope all is well with everyone :)<3 you

Just wanted to let you know that we made it safely to England and that I will post pics of Christmas soon. Love you all and hope everything is going well for you. Hope that you had a Merry Christmas, and that the New Year finds you happy and healthy:)

love Natalie

Pictures of the house we got in friday. It was rough going at first we had to take a pick axe to the door and hammer it open once we got in we opened up as many windows as we could to let in some air and get the moisture out. There is still a lot of water in the basement but we shall see what happens as time goes on. I was just thrilled that nothing on the second floor was ruined at all.