YES WE CAN YES WE CAN YES WE CAN!!!!!!!

Greetings to all!! I'm sorry it's been over two months since my last posting, I'm amazed at how quickly the year has flown by. The twins are growing up so fast it's making me want another baby but then my sister reminded me that THAT baby will grow up super fast too......

Well, the above video is the celebratory drum circle that the children participated in with their Uncle Will once he explained that the crazy woman running for Vice President of the United States didn't get into office. Instead, the man who Grammie M has a crush on did! I'm very please, relieved, etc. Now there is ALOT of work to be done. A Canadian paper's headline read : Black Man Given America's Worst Job. Makes me feel bad for the guy. He's gonna need all the help he can get so I hope the media can steer away from THAT CRAZY WOMAN IN ALASKA for four years and focus on the important stuff like fixing the world and everything. Enough ranting...

It's the busy season of balls and dinners and entertaining and I've been attempting to "work out" which is the activity I do to justify all of the candy I eat, in order to fit into some dresses to look like a woman who has had twins but is starting to work out. It's a tough look to achieve....

My mom and Nicole are coming out for Christmas, should be a blast since Tim's folks and Uncle Will are coming too! Now I just wish the other Uncle's could be here!! I'm already planning my dinners with Nigella Lawson's Christmas book. I think people either love her or hate her. I think she is the woman that Tim fantasizes that he is really married too. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer....

OBAMA!!!!

Well folks, we are officially registered to vote and are PUMPED for the election! The Flatman household supports Obama 110% and I have the bumper sticker to prove it! Not that it does me any good out here... We watched the conventions and the twins sat around clapping their hands and saying " yeaaaaa" and really enjoyed the enthusiasm of the crowds. I can't say the same for Tim, he just doesn't get American politics and kept saying, " Are they really going to clap after EVERY sentence someone says?" The answer is "yes" and then there are lots of balloons and that is all that matters....

It's the worst weather ever out here, practically hurricane winds and almost no sun. I am translucent, and when I passed by a lamp recently, Tim swore that he could see my brain. So not alot of outdoor time going on, hence, I have massive crush on the children's TV presenter. We've decided to get the babies a trampoline for Christmas due to their insatiable jumping habits.

That's pretty much it over here! Hope all is well!!!

And....we're back

Hey everyone! Well, I'm sorry to report that I am leaving for Devon with the kids for the next week and will not have internet! So I'll try to pack a bunch in this posting:

1. We have been to the states and back.

2. We have moved to yet another house.

3. My friend Dianne was here for two weeks.

4. We went to Dublin and Edinburgh while she was here

5. I hurt my back again.

6. Cole had an ear infection.

7. I got sick too.

8. Tim's getting promoted, finally, stupid navy.

The pics above are from Edinburgh and our back yard. I like lillies. Edinburgh was absolutely amazing, I can't wait to go back! the whole town is beautiful and Dianne is the ultimate tour guide! The twins were spectacular, we stayed at a country hotel a few miles from the center of town with a restaurant in the hotel so we could dine there at night with the kids in the room! It was nice to have a little city break! I 've decided that this is the worst summer ever, it has been raining all of the time and I seldom wear shorts, Tim has alot of work to do if he thinks I'm going to live out here for the rest of our lives....I dont' actually know how to take any new videos on this new camera so here are some older ones from the states:

Bodnant Gardens with Grandad and Grandma

Alice comes to hang with the twins!!

Where to start? Well, we had a massive oil leak in the house around mid-April. My buddy Buffy, who has a house-bunny named Muffin, not kidding, stopped in for the usual " I'm going to save my neighbor Katie who never seems to have make-up on and make her a cup of tea in her own home" stop. She is also my chiropractor and noticed that the twins and I were not very well, she also noticed the petrol smell in our house and demanded that I call the housing people for the military. The next day we were evacuated and the rest is history. We are currently in our third home in Rhosneigr, soon to be moved to our fourth. With any luck, we will have lived on every house on the street before we leave!

Maryan and David happened to be here for the weekend when all of this happened, and David drove up from Devon for the next weekend as well to help out with the initial move! We really dont know what we would do without them... We took David to a petting-zoo with lots of farm animals, hence the photo of Tim bottle-feeding a little calf. Trips like this make me want to go vegetarian all over again, however, I had a really nice steak the other day and I just cannot deny that enjoyed it, alot.

The next week we were back in Oakham while Tim had a course to attend at RAF Cottesmore. It was great to catch up with old pals but of course I forgot to take any pictures, we are terrible at this. But, Kerys and Matt's kids Isaac and Finlay are super super cute and Tobs and Tor's kids Tom and Sam had a blast with the twins! You just have to take my word for it as I have no pictures. I think Finlay and Indigo will perhaps become and item!!?? Well, for the sake of space on this blog, I can only brush over the fact that Cole went into the hospital on the Friday that we were in Cottesmore. Viral induced wheeze is what the paper says. He's fine now, and it's all ok. If you need details, call me.

The babies are awesome now, very cute and loving. They have taken to fighting with each other which is always nice. Out come the child discipline books, as Tim and I cannot possibly think for ourselves..
Right, this weekend Mark and Gemma are here with baby Alice. Next weekend at a wedding somewhere. The weekend after the folks are back for the week. Then it's only two weeks to the big trip to the states!! It will fly by...

INDIGO SPEAKS! COLE RUNS IN SOCKS!