Our very good friends the O’Kane’s are opening up a pub just outside of London. They purchased the place several months back and have been refurbishing it for a grand opening in early October. This weekend they both had to be up there to get the final touches all squared away and as much as […]
Month: September 2012
Villa Al Godwin is the place to be…
Ok, here’s the back story. A few months back we were introduced to Bill & Janet Robinson from Tennessee. Bill was brought in to the be the COO of an umbrella company that managed multiple restaurant franchises in Kuwait – Ruby Tuesday’s, Sakura, Pepe’s Pizza, etc. They are great folks and we’ve really enjoyed getting […]
Better than a poke in the eye…
Sydney can tell ya most things fall under that category. Yesterday there was a little accident at school that resulted in a paper cut to Sydney’s left eye. Literally there was a small scratch across her cornea. By the time we got to school she wasn’t in any pain (which I found remarkable since paper […]
LEGO City Update
Our LEGO City, Godwin’s Hollow, continues to grow. Over the weekend we worked on Central Park and got everything wrapped up yesterday. Our little city keeps getting attention online – when we posted Central Park pics to Flickr yesterday it drove us within a eight clicks of 1500 visitors in one day – not bad […]
First day of Year 5 at TES!
Today was Sydney’s first day of Year 5 at TES. She was really excited to get to see all of her friends after being gone all summer. She loves going home and visiting different places in the States during the summer but she always misses her friends and enjoys getting to see them again when […]
Recycling at TES
Every year TES has a competition between the four academic houses to see who can recycle the most over the year. In 2011 Windsor (Sydney’s house) crushed the competition by over 200Kg. The Godwin’s obviously hold that a good deal of that success was in part due to the copious amounts of materials Sydney brings […]
The Girls Are Home!!!
After more than a month over here in the hot all by myself Sydney & Anita have returned. Apparently their flights went very well, no major customer service issues, delays, etc. They did make a stop in Saudi Arabia (yuck) before hitting the ground over here and the flight was listed as “direct” so that’s one thing I’m going to […]