Wimpole Farm

Little Grandma's 2 1/2 week visit came to an end too quickly... what fun we had.  Thanks for coming to our house Lil' Jigma!  The weekend before she flew back to the States we took a day trip to Wimpole Farm, an 18th century "model farm" designed to test and improve farming techniques.  It is still an active farm today.

Of course there were cows...

And milking simulators!

But nothing beats seeing the little piggies run around!

They're just so cute...

So after learning all about how a cute little piggy become a big pig...

We see the sign... BUY BRITISH PORK...

Mmm... fresh bacon!

A little play break on the see-saw...

And a tour of the massive farm home...

And it was time for us to head home!

How to celebrate the 4th of July in the United Kingdom?  How to express joy for independence from a country that we're currently living in?!  Well, we tried to celebrate it just the same as we would if we were back in the States! :-)

There was a Fourth of July festival at one of the air force bases near us that we took the kids to:

Little Grandma took Tally and Ryann on a Scrambler...

And scramble they did...

The favorite was bumper cars...

Tim with Ryann...

Little Grandma & Adayla taking it entirely too seriously!

There's a smile...

There is surely a pacifier behind Xanthy's pacifier...

Then we went down to Bury St Edmonds...

To check out the cathedral...

Just wow...

Then into the town center...

For lunch and to check out the market...

Ryann's loving being a big sister!

Family-model bike..

Finishing up the day with patriotic face-painting!

Happy Fourth!

It's A(nother) GIRL!!

Adayla, Tally and Ryann are excited to announce the birth of their new baby sister... Xanthy!!

Year: 2012

Make: Girl

Model: Xanthy Elizabeth

Length: 21 inches

Weight: 8 pounds even (3.64 kg)

Checking into the hospital for a scheduled induction... we still didn't know boy or girl!

Ryann is now a big sister!

Tally's turn to hold...

Adayla got to see a big yawn up close...

Mom & baby are home now, both are doing fantastic!  And as you can tell in the next pic, Morgan has a lot o f help... Xanthy has 3 little mommies as well!