It has been a couple of weeks and lots has happened. Baxter is as cute and as silly as ever.
He loved it when Mark came and visited a couple of weeks ago. Mark came to see Georgie who stayed with us for a few days before heading home to NZ. It was lovely to spend some time with her before she left.
We tested Baxter's ball retrieving skills with a game of tennis - he wasn't very good...
He met his brother outside the house. They had lots of fun fooling around - it was pretty cool seeing them together - they were so similar.
He has been reasonably well behaved with only a few hiccups. It seems he has developed a taste for strawberries - he ate these ones just after we took this picture. Not very happy.
He also managed to get into the laundry cupboard one day while we were out. This is what we came home too...
Don has been working hard, often away and when he has been home he has been trying to get our short film The Last Duel finished. It is finally complete which is a great feeling. One of the last things needing to be done was the colour grade... he found a great guy in Soho called Jack who did a wonderful job.
We are loving summer and as Don's birthday was approaching he decided a new BBQ was a good pressie. So we have had lots of yummy dinners and our friends Mo and Jeremy came out to join in on one of them.
On Saturday we went to Hop Farm music festival. It went all day and we saw some great artists. Bob Dylan headlined and our favourite was Seasick Steve.
Sunday was the big day and Don turned 32. He opened his pressies in the morning where he got some great tee shirts, chocolates, a hat, a sausage maker + kit, BBQ utensils, and lots of other lovely things.
We decided we would have a family sausage making competition. Hannah and Orla came.
Toby, Mark and Sarah were here too.
We made lots of yummy sausages - recipes included chicken and thai green curry, lamb, pancetta, redcurrant, mint, coriander and red wine, lamb, feta, sun-dried tomato and basil, squash, quinoa, sweet potato, and mushroom and chicken, apricot, bacon, thyme and mixed herbs.
Toby was the chief cook.
And after a diplomatic vote the winning sausage was awarded to the chicken, apricot, bacon and herb sausage designed by Anna. Yay!
Don had a yummy carrot cake with candles to blow out.
Happy Birthday Don!
Before we go - this is Baxter's new house and his new toy from Fiona which he loves very much.
P.S. We are finally off on our Honeymoon this week. We are going to Greece for 8 days on Wednesday to stay on a little island called Lipsi and staying in this awesome house. We'll let you know how it goes.
http://www.lipsibookings.com/mair-house.php
