Happy Birthday, Aleah!

Our little girl turned 5 on Friday!
She was SO excited about her birthday...it had kind of been building up since our little celebration with Grandma on Monday. Aleah woke up around 3am! She was very happy to see balloons, banners and presents waiting. We had to put her back to bed and tell her it wasn't quite time yet...and again at 4am...and again at 5am...by this time Dean went and slept on the couch and Aleah crawled in bed with me...and eventually fell asleep til 7!

Birthday presents on Mommy and Daddy's bed is our tradition, so the others helped her carry her presents to our bed. (Thankfully the coffee maker had done it's job as well and Dean brought the coffee!)

Nanny and Grandad made a surprise early visit during breakfast! Then it was time to get ready for school...birthday badges and all!

Friday night is youth group night in our house so celebrations were then postponed to Saturday - cake and fun @ Richmond Park with family and church friends.

Saturday was RAINY! Thankfully we were able to take shelter in the basement of the church where we were able to enjoy food and fellowship together. We had a great bunch of people come and fun was had by all.

Grandma's last few days with us

Here's a few snapshots of what we've been up to the last few days.
Grandma's visit is drawing to a close (sniff, sniff) and we have really enjoyed having her around.


We (Abby, Mom, and me) went to the theatre to watch WICKED!!!


We managed to take Mom to the lovely village of Marlow. We walked through the park and through the high street and found a nice quite pub to have lunch. The weather cooperated as well and we were able to sit outside.


Free haircuts!!!!


'Mamma Jane' stopped by and showed Mom how to make 'fufu' in the microwave!!!! (We used to eat this in Nigeria - but then you needed yams, a yam pounder, and lots of muscle to make it!)



We celebrated a special girl's birthday a few days early just so Grandma could be there!


Thanks for the watermelon cake, Grandma...it was the bestest cake ever!!!!

Rooftop Garden Update

Here are some recent pictures of our rooftop garden.
Right now we are harvesting raddishes, beetroot, sweat peas, herbs, and various lettuces.




We are watching and waiting as the butternut squash, sweet peppers, baby corn, baby carrots, cucumber, and tomatoes grow.