Happy Halloween!

The past few weeks have incorporated a lot more basketball than we thought we would get over here. Of course, we’ve become regulars at the London Capitals games where Wes Miller continues to lead the league in scoring! We also got to see the Celtics win over the Timberwolves (92-81) in London. There was so much energy in the arena and Londoners were thrilled to see Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and all the other players. It was really cool to see so much excitement for an American sport. We also spotted some famous faces for this side of the pond – Lewis Hamilton (Formula-1 race car driver), Didier Drogba (Chelsea football player), Rupert Grint and Oliver and James Phelps (Ron and the Weasley twins from the “Harry Potter” movies), and Kris Marshall (Colin from “Love Actually”). It was a great time – thanks for the tickets Coach!

Our friend Katryna, Katie’s freshman year roommate at UNC, recently came to visit. She was so excited to use her passport for the first time and was wide-eyed at all the sights, not to mention the Thai food that we made her try! I have now been on the London Big Bus tour three times and I think they’d hire me part-time if I work on my British accent. We convinced Katryna to climb about 500 stairs to get to the top of St. Paul’s Cathedral - well worth the shortness of breath! We went to the London Comedy Theatre and saw “Boeing-Boeing” which was hilarious. We also took a day trip to Hampton Court and made Wes Miller tag along as well. Overall, I think we thoroughly tired her out and sent her back to the States with a little more culture than when she arrived! Thanks for making the trip Katryna!

We recently had the opportunity to hear Michelle Obama (i.e. Mrs. Barack Obama) speak about her husband’s run for the presidency. She didn’t speak too much about his political platform as much about his vision for the US and his life experiences in general. She was an awesome speaker and her comments will definitely stick with us when thinking of the 2008 election. Funny that we had to move to London to get into US politics!!!

Bruno just celebrated his 2nd birthday! The little guy is growing up so fast! (Even though, we're pretty sure that he is still the smallest dog on the planet). To celebrate, he got some new toys as well as a doggie cupcake and doughnut from his new favorite shop “Pugs and Kisses.” In celebration of his birthday, he got dressed up in his Halloween costume a little early to bring you all good wishes for Halloween!