Its was a busy weekend...

Anna took last Friday off to catch up on a few chores and enjoy the amazing weather we have been having. The long weekend started pretty well with an early morning walk in the park.

The day before Don had taken Baxter to the lake for the first time where he discovered the water and the mud. I took him again and he met a friend. He had so much fun trying to keep up...

And this was the state of him afterwards... He needed a bath.

On Friday afternoon we went into London to help out the Hills. They were finishing off their backyard and needed a few extras hands...

Baxter was very helpful.

And it looked wonderful when it was finished.

Orla and I supervised with Baxter and made sure everyone was doing a good job.

They are also doing up their bathroom so Hannah baths Orla in a bucket in the sink...

She pretends she doesn't like it.

But really she does...
The working bee at Hannah and Jon's was to get the backyard ready in time for Orla's first birthday party. The theme was flower fairies and it was a lovely day and we caught up with lots of friends. Baxter came too and was very well behaved. Of course.

Afterwards we went to Clapham Common to catch up with our good friend Theresa Bruce who has just returned from New Zealand. Ben and Cat and baby Max were there too. He's pretty cute.

Then it was Sunday and Don went to Blenheim Palace to film a triathlon. He finished early so went to visit Malcolm and Amanda in Oxford. They took him to visit their allotment.

Then they all came home to Englefield Green and we had Mojitos and a BBQ in the sun.

A Weekend in Wales.

It was a long weekend this weekend so we decided to go to Wales... Two years ago Don ran a half marathon on the Gower Peninsula which has amazing beaches so we went back there to explore a bit. We stayed in this little Shepherds Hut.

It was a weekend of firsts for Baxter. His first big drive in the car - he did very well and only peed in the car once... His first visit to the beach - he LOVED it!

It was pretty cold and wet on Saturday so we went for a quick walk in the rain and wind and then went to a pub where they allow dogs and had a pint. We were then all a bit sleepy and headed home for an afternoon nap.

There was a pretty fierce game of scrabble with some good words coming out. The best had to be this one though...

The weather improved somewhat on Sunday so we went back to the beach and lay in the sun for the afternoon.

Baxter really really likes the beach.

The beach is obviously great for kite flying and other wind assisted fun.

We were a bit silly and forgot the sunscreen...

 

Anna's legs and Don's forehead saw the most of the sun.

We had breakfast this morning then went for one last walk on the beach before driving home.

At home we had a few hours of sunlight and moved all our tomato plants and Don set up some string to support them as they grow.

In other news. Baxter went to work a couple of days last week with Anna. He was so well behaved and all her work mates love having him there.

We had some great morning walks last week and these are a few of our favourite photos.