On the up and up

It's a long weekend and we still have Monday to look forward too. We've had the best day today. Although it may not look like it, that's William hard at play at a fundraiser today, island-style.

Chris & Alec: Rainbow Visions

Friends and Family joined the Andersons on Little Thatch, my 'happy place' in the VI,  to eat and drink and raise money for Alec Anderson & Chris Brockbank who are representing the BVI in the 2016 Olympics. They are super chaps, and our boys heroes.  Not a raffle or silent auction in sight, just a wonderful day with the boys going for hops on the 49, lots of snorkeling and limin' with good friends. I honestly could not think of a better way to spend a Sunday, could you?

 

It's been a good week in the bakery too. We've had our first 'Chef's Tables' - showcasing our food with a 6 course tasting menu for invited guests, with two more to go next week. Now that we've survived our first year and have shown that we can bake the odd loaf or two, we are positioning ourselves for the new season which is about to kick off at the beginning of November. It's the official end of the Hurricane Season, which means that the Snow Birds return and the yacht charters start up again and by all accounts, it is meant to be a good one - with bookings up considerably from last year. Once we get going, we'll be flat again until after Christmas (I'm already having Icing Biscuit nightmares) - so we're making the most of days like we had today.

The boys are all on half term break next week (yes including the homeschooled ones) and will be off sailing and doing boy-island-stuff.

We have a lot to look forward to including impending visits from family and hopefully good news about some plans we have for the bakery. James is also starting to prepare now for the Caribbean Dinghy Champs in Antigua on the 17th November, which is super exciting. 

We are most definitely on the up and up again.