If I were you I'd wanna be me ...

We are here ... our flight was a breeze! Caught up on some movies ... ate dinner ... took half a sleeping tablet and slept for about 6 hours ... one interruption with someone vomiting into a paper bag behind us. We were not looking forward to flying into LAX ... our preferred airport has been SF but LAX was surprisingly easy. There was an ongoing recorded message throughout the airport staying ... 'we hope you have an exceptional experience' ... I thought it was quite funny. We enjoyed stepping outside arrivals into heat. 

We feel very lucky/privileged/blessed to be able to fly to the northern hemisphere in the middle of our winter. I do feel a little spoilt! It is lovely and warm here in VT and we are loving spending time with our family. One of the upsides of having children marry offshore is the travel to see them ... by the time we get back to NZ in September all 4 children will be overseas. The downside is that it does get a little expensive ... but while we can we intend to travel to see our children and grandchildren as much as we can. Life could be a lot worse.

I have tried to remember lucy's advise to take lots of photos ... so here goes!  

Starbucks ... I had my worst hot chocolate ever at Starbucks in Hamilton ... it was so bad I threw it in the rubbish bin. Those of you who know me will know how fussy I am about my Hot Chocolate's. May be I have mentioned it before when we blogged while travelling. I like them rich, strong and hot! This one was not so bad. Not fantastic, but not bad. 

We had a meal at LAX ... I had black beans ... I love black beans! Lucy and Josh cook the best black beans.Pete had American fish and chips ... very disappointing but still worthy of a photo.

This little girl loves to dance. lars and Roxcy were so excited to see us ... we felt very special. They loved their treats ... Roxcy and I did some dancing and we all hung out for a while. Mike and Chris have done wonderful renovations to their house ... they have taken something that was pretty basic and turned it into a space full of light, color and magic. Very inspiring.

I know you have seen this before ... Mike and Chris live on a man made Lake ... it is beautiful! This is the view from their bedroom window ... Room with a View. Since being here we have seen some beautiful views of the lake and light through this window.

We took lars and Roxcy to buy ice creams from the ice cream stand at Home Depot ... some of the selection of flavours ... so much choice ... note there is no Hokey Pokey or Boysenberry ... our favourite flavours in the commercial ice cream line in NZ ... Deep South our go to brand. Tip Top Boysenberry Ripple is award winning.

We forgot about Roxcy and ice cream. This is a small ice cream! It is almost as big as her face. So it started out like this ... we bought lars' ice cream in a dish with chocolate hail ... I thought Roxcy would like chocolate hail as well ... but no! When she got her ice cream she no longer wanted it but wanted Pete's ice cream ... so Pete ended up with candy floss ice cream covered in chocolate hail in a dish and Roxcy ended up with Pete's 'small' cookies and cream ice cream in a cone! I'm not sure but I think Roxcy got the better deal.

These 2 are BFFs ... lars will go almost any where with Pete. 

The future is here ... a Tesla ... recharging at a battery charger. There have been many conversations among the men in our family about 'the Tesla Car', the car of the future. Mike has ordered one ... I think it comes in 2021 or something like that. I wonder if he will still want it then.  

I could not resist this photo ... these three were playing together at the green in Windsor where we were enjoying meeting up with people and listening to some local musicians. Every so often this little trio would stop and huddle together ... who knows what they were talking about or planning ... but Roxcy was the leader ... the power of one!

Look at me ... look at me .... look at me!

Jason the Incredible ... this is Mike and Chris' friend ... carpenter ... breakfast maker ... baker ... RV repair man ... we all need someone in our lives like this ... who is just there filling the gaps, tonight he brought over the most amazing meal! He comes over every morning and cooks 'Scottish Oats' for breakfast for Mike and Chris ... with chia seeds, nuts, apricots, prunes, fresh pineapple and almond and coconut milk ... he is awesome! He is doing repairs on our RV so that we can take it on the road ... soon. 

Pool Time ... 

Just because I love the color of this pepper.

lars' bed all made up ... Pete and lars now sleep in the RV. lars loves it.

My task while here. I love knitting! I knitted Roxcy a blanket when she was born that she has loved to death! So my task while I am here is knitting a new blanket for her. She has been very particular about what she wants ... color, stripes and hearts! I had to make a managerial decision and narrow the options down. We went to Woodstock yesterday and picked the colors she wanted and this is what we came home with. I had a wonderful time with her. I will definitely have it finished by the time I leave. There will be no hearts on it, but I suggested that I knit some heart pillows as a consolation. They will come later.