Aussie BBQ

It was nice to be home for the weekend after travelling the past few weeks. We went to an Aussie BBQ at the Jones' - good friends from home. It was such a wonderful afternoon of good people, great food, top cricket and super weather. I haven't played cricket in donkey's years and just those few runs between the wickets had me sore the next day. There was a mix of Aussies and US and even Canadian people and the food was just as diverse. The real highlights were cheese and vegemite scrolls, lamingtons, pavlova, Tim Tam Cheesecake, my sossy rolls and some fabulous legs of lamb. 

The Canuck made some Canadian moose milk. Well, that was just heaven. Only had a small drink but certainly could get to like that moose quite a lot.

There was some fun and games with Aussie slang and one of the ladies enjoyed our sayings of 'got his arse hanging out' and 'gee you're certainly earning your money today'. She nearly choked when she saw me have some fun with the girls when I got the tennis ball to bowl and gave it a good Dennis Lillie rub on my shorts. We all laughed but she had NO idea what the hell I was doing !!   Here's some pics of the food - we were sooooo full that night.

 

Bob and I went to the baseball again this week to watch the Chicago Cubs play our beloved Nats (Nationals). Wow, what a bloody awesome game. The cubbies are the top team at the moment so it was always going to be good as Nats are up there also. There are 9 innings and it was 3-all at the end of the ninth. So that means extra time!! The game continues until one team scores a run. It was a 4pm game so we enjoyed the action until early evening. It went to 12 innings and WE WON 5-4. There was all sorts of drama, action, strategy and tension. We were sitting in the middle of cubbie fans so that was a great time. This is the first game I've been to that the Nats have won and it was a sweet victory for sure. The train home was packed as always after the game and there was an old guy who said he's been going the games for 76 years and this was the best he's seen. We felt pretty special indeed. 

I managed to get a pic with Abe (Lincoln) one of the racing Presidents. 

I've just bought our tix today for the LA Dodgers in July and San Francisco Giants in August. Both top teams so again, great games expected. We're also going to the 4th July game and Bob has challenged us to learn the Stars and Stripes so we can sing the anthem. So far, not great but ok, a lot of mumbling but I still have 2 weeks.

The weather has been quite warm and yes, it's humid. It gets to 90-100% humidity here so we are trying to prepare for the sweat season. Macey and Cricket are loving their daily walks and swims - Cricket is slowly getting deeper into the water but it will take more practice to get him swimming for that stick. We bought a long chair for the front entrance area and Cricket decided it was his. So, on went a blanket and that's his little bed when he's not on our bed.  Bit of a squeeze with all 3 of us but it was worth a family pic.

Planning some riding adventures this week and we are trying to get some weekly running groups together with a local ladies running group. They like our ideas so we'll keep trying and hopefully get a social group of ladies running.