Date Night in Battle

Sept 10 2013

That night we had some wonderful babysitters, who watched, fed, and put our boys down for the night so we could go with other couples to the quaint town of Battle.  

Our date pic

The history was so fun to see, but it started to rain......so we made our way to Chequers. A pub where we ate.  

I love this blue door.

There was also a cute english tea room.

In the Garden

Sept 10 2013

On the grounds they had this beautiful garden.  And also a kitchen garden.  It was pretty cool how they grew some of the fruits. 

The gate door. 

A huge apple.

quiet little corner.

All the fresh herbs.  Basil, Rosemary, Sage........

And they had trained the apple trees to grow in rows along wired staked pieces.  

Little sunroom that smelled divine.  I know this may be boring to some of you, but for me.......well is was heaven, I love to garden but can not plant things where we live in Turkey.

Cute lil door knocker.

Here is a pear tree on the same stakes.

Luke and Daddy.

Green apple (granny smith) trees.

These pear trees were growing on the wall like this. 

HUGE squash plants......and my cuties.

Then the boys took us to show us where they played everyday.  Noah called this his little house.  

Which overlooked the grazing cows. 

And the pond. 

Our 1st look around

Sept 9 2013

We rode a bus to our retreat.  It's first look was promising.  I was happy to see so much grass and open spaces.  Birds chirping, clouds rolling through, and chill in the air.

And it honestly reminded me of Downton Abbey.  

The boys liked the place too.  

These trees were my favorite.

Beautiful little fragile flowers.

There were tons of rocks to throw.

The old church.

The boys just ran and ran, back and forth, and Drew and I honestly just sat back and watched them.  

And these Fuchsia plants where just gorgeous. 

Flying to London

Sept 9 2013

Here we are after getting up at 4:00 a.m. in the morning to make it to the airport in time to catch our flight.  The boys were ready to board.

They did great even though they airlines don't make those little ear buds to stay in small ears.  

This was right before we made it to the gate.  Had to wake this boy up.

On the London Tube headed to meet our friends at Terminal 3.

And Luke spots his friend for sure.  

They were so cute.