{"id":82,"date":"2011-10-20T19:26:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T19:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/20\/the-next-not-fun-adventure-coming\/"},"modified":"2017-03-16T09:09:35","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T09:09:35","slug":"the-next-not-fun-adventure-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/passportsnothallpasses.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/20\/the-next-not-fun-adventure-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"The next (not fun) adventure coming…"},"content":{"rendered":"

So everyone has been doing well. The kids are loving school and are currently out on their 1.5 week term break. The British school system is fantastic at raising the bar for expectations, but it seems like they are out of school for a week to two weeks every other month. Of course it fits nicely with the fact that most Brits get 4-5 weeks of vacation standard. The surprising bit is that they achieve so much more in terms of learning, but seem to always be out of school. Perplexing.<\/p>\n

Scott and I had out eight year anniversary earlier this week. Of course we were both too busy to do much in the way of celebration, but we did manage to have dinner a couple of days later. We are still planning to have our big 10 year hoopla in two years so mark your calendars. We hope to have a similar party to the wedding (at the ranch) which was F-U-N.<\/p>\n

We are gearing up now for the hard part. Scott leaves for a week this weekend, back for a week, and then back to the States for 4-5 weeks of trial. Fingers crossed for a good outcome at the trial. Fingers crossed that this household doesn’t self-destruct in his absence! Fortunately Mary-Freaking-Poppins is here and wonderful.<\/p>\n

Scott and I will be returning to Houston for three days the first weekend in December and hope to see as many of you as possible. We miss everyone terribly.<\/p>\n

A few pics of recent:<\/p>\n

Mom visited so we of course we did the obligatory pub visit!
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Caden looking fierce in his skeleton (glow in the dark) pajamas. He likes pajama days as much as his momma!
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Keali off to school. She won the school award for being tidy and polite. She is such a sweet cuddly little girl.
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So everyone has been doing well. The kids are loving school and are currently out on their 1.5 week term break. The British school system is fantastic at raising the bar for expectations, but it seems like they are out of school for a week to two weeks every other month. Of course it fits…<\/p>\n

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