Homemade pretzels and the park

After the tiny electric stove (or “hob” as they call it here) in the last house, I was excited to find this large gas stove in the current house! It took us a while to figure out which knob goes with which part of the stove because they are not labeled, but we’ve got the hang of it now. It is a very old stove, and the burners have no pilot so they need to be lit with a match, but it works so well and I haven’t burned anything yet 🙂

Mary was inspired to make homemade pretzel rolls late at night (those teenagers are nocturnal!) so we woke up to these amazing rolls sitting on the stove in the morning. She also made delicious chicken salad, so our lunch was top notch!

We went into town to go to the park and do some shopping. What a great little park!

Walking the tightrope

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Zipline

Bobby was so excited to buy a baseball hat to keep the sun out of his eyes.

This is the late evening view from the kitchen window. The sheep always gather on the sunniest part of the hill.

And this is the view from the bedroom window at 10:45 pm, while I was getting ready for bed. It makes it so hard for the kids to fall asleep while it is still light out! It doesn’t get really dark until about 11:30 and the sky begins to get light again at about 3:45 am.