Grills & Parties

Today we decided we had finally settled in enough and were ready to buy a grill. We were told the cheapest place to go to buy a grill (without leaving the country) and we headed there this morning. When I say the cheapest place i do not, by any sense of the imagination, mean cheap. If it isn't a necessity here you can be sure it is expensive. So imagine the price of a grill in the States and double it! After getting over sticker shock and accepting that we live in a different country and can't pay U.S. prices we bought the grill. We had enough time to bring it home and unload it from the car before heading to our friends house for a birthday party. We had a really fun afternoon hanging with our friends and the kids had a blast with their friends and swimming in the pool. We have officially said bye to floaties (except kickboards and noodles to play with) as both girls were swimming like fish today without any floaties needed. Ali was going down the slide into the pool and then swimming all the way to the other end of the pool by herself! After a fun afternoon we headed home. Jason and I took the opportunity to hop in our pool and cool off. The water in our pool is much colder (at about 70 degrees) than the pool the kids were swimming in today but Ali decided she wanted to swim a little more anyway and jumped in too. After a full day the kids are in bed and now Jason is putting together our new grill. I'm looking forward to many nights of BBQ ahead.