busy 1/2 term

At English schools we have 3 trimesters that runs the school year

from beginning of Sept to middle of July. BUT, every 5-6 weeks, we get a week off.
We get 3 weeks at Christmas and 2 weeks off at Easter. Not too shaby!
Anyhoo...here is how we spent this break which was from 31 May - 5 June...

Praise God for amazing weather all week!!!!!
this is how we ended the week...more on that later =)

Our front garden has REALLY come to life...gorgeous flowers everywhere!

judah loves helping jeff with the trimming, he says this is what "boys" do.

Right before the break we had a lovely baby shower for our friend, Debbie.

it was a really fun time of great fellowship and competitive games! (hehe!)

Then we prayed for her just a few days later as she went off to have beautiful little abigail!

Monday of 1/2 term we did our first English Car Boot Sale with friends!
(like a yard sale but a bunch of people get together
in a designated spot and sell stuff right our of their cars)

Tuesday and Wednesday Jen, Tom & Caleb Cooper came to stay

The blow-up pool came out and the kids crammed in!
so fun...
(yah, we dont have any grass,
so we put the pool on carpet squares...SO GHETTO!!)

Wed - Fri the kids went to an awesome Sports Club.
Friday they had water games...we made almost 200 water balloons!

Saturday we went to Silecroft...an adorable coastal town
about an hour away, with a pretty little beach!

the weather was gorgeous for our picnic lunch

when the tide goes out there is a HUGE sandy area.
the water was a good temperature...
just right for jumping over the little waves!

All in all...a great week off!!!