Sneaky Burger

Tucson, I love you so much! Leaving makes us appreciate our hometown so much more. It looks so good from here. Watch the video to see a charming annual Tucson event.


Amazing Grace

 Now, back to England!

An associate of Mike told him about a great burger place..."Next to the American Embassy is a brilliant spot where all the smart Americans nip in for a sneaky burger."

Wolverine pausing for a sniffy sniff on blankie.

Smart means well dressed, and our boys use it all of the time. "Do I look smart?''

Note to self, wash windows before next photo op.

Melina, Rolle, Iggy and Mimi came over for dinner. We had pies from Sweeny and Todd Pie Shop!

Sweeney and Todd
10 Castle St
Reading, RG1 7RD
0118 958 6466

We had a lot of fun at Oaklands School Guy Fawkes fireworks. The burgers were so much better, I have to shout it from the rooftops. Last year they were frightening hockey pucks. This year, Dopsons Butcher shop provided the meat. Hurray!

The Guy Fawkes Day is a pretty interesting holiday. Every year on November 5th since 1605, England commemorates The Gunpowder Plot by burning Guy Fawkes in effigy and going absolutely bonkers with fireworks. Fireworks explode for weeks from every backyard in the country.

Guy Fawkes belonged to a group of provincial Catholics and in 1604 he became involved in a plot to assasinate the protestant King James, and replace him with his daughter, Princess Elizabeth.

Following an annonymous tip, authorities searched Westminster Palace and Guy Fawkes was caught guarding a bunch of gunpowder. He was tortured and came clean. He jumped from the scaffold at the moment of his execution and broke his neck, avoiding being hung, drawn and quartered.

Dominic and Archie, one year older!

Dominic's reading book. Dad is getting a yellow card.