The past few weeks have been pretty eventful for us on this side of the pond. Katie's BU friend and roommate, Kelley, and her boyfriend, Eddy, came to visit from San Francisco - what a long flight!!! They were here for Katie's 28th birthday and we spent the day watching tennis at Wimbledon. After a few rain delays (Kelley and Eddy were welcomed by true British weather), we watched Robby Ginepri (USA) play Fernando Gonzalez from the 3rd row! It was great fun! While they were here, we also went to see "The Lion King" which was amazing. The costumes were fantastic and the giraffes and elephants were the best. We also went on a big bus tour around London, had a Yeoman Warder tour at the Tower of London, had traditional afternoon tea, and had an great time all around.

Although there wasn't much of a celebration in town for the 4th of July, we decided that we would at least be around other Americans and went to the Justin Timberlake concert here in London. He was touring with Timbaland and Fergie and honestly, isn't that about as close to fireworks as you can get?! It was a good time and even though there were quite a few 13 years olds there, we still had a lot of fun. Unfortunately, Justin did not pick Katie out of the crowd to join his team of dancers (this time) but we are certain it was only because he was afraid of what Scott might do to him.

Last weekend, we got to see the Tour de France come through London. It was amazing to see how fast they went! A ton of people came out to cheer them on around Hyde Park and the streets of London. We must have heard people say "They are so fast" in about 10 different languages!

Bruno is certainly enjoying his time in London and is sufficiently spoiled rotten. We're even sensing a bit of a British accent in his bark these days. His life consists of sleeping late, eating lots of treats, having at least one hour long walk in the park everyday, taking lots of naps on Katie's lap, and endless petting. He has met millions of dogs and is actually learning to socialize quite well. He hasn't gotten in a fight since the first week he was here...so we consider that a success! Unfortunately for Bruno, his life of luxury is going to change soon as Katie finally found a job working as a physiotherapist...at an American hospital corporation - go figure!

By the way, don't worry about the bombings that happened recently in London - we're fine! The bombs didn't even go off - the police were on top of it before anything happened. So don't let that stop you from visiting!!! Love and miss you all!