Grandpa's birthday get together 2016

We had a lovely time celebrating Grandpa's birthday with Cissy and Sofia and Jordan, Leyla and Amelie.

Nanah had a go on the trampoline.

We ate lots of nice food.

The kids had a picnic on the carpet.

Grandpa ate lots of nice cake.

And we played lots of music.....s

Grandpa got presents.

The children put on a play.

Yes, you have seen this correctly, our son is wearing a dress!

It was their version of Snow White and they did a fab job.

After the festivities, our little monkeys were pooped!

An unexpected gift.

Lately I feel that I hardly have any time for the kids or even myself because I'm so busy with work.  On Thursday Eden woke up and vomited. Jason was away so I had to take him to work and organise cover so I could look after him.  This meant a whole day off with him.  What a luxury. We bought some cake and when he was feeling better ate it in the sunshine in the garden.  I also had chance to plant my seedlings, something I had been meaning to do for sometime.  It was lovely to spend time with my boy. I love him so much. 

Where is the sun?

We are still wondering where the sun is.  I was just going to put all the winter clothes away when it started snowing!! One Sunday, I decided that I was going to pretend the weather was nice and wore summery clothes. Jason took a picture for posterity. Just look at how gorgeous the kiddies are. We are so blessed.

Jason took the children pond dipping. They had great fun and of course Eden fell in and came home soaking wet.

I turned 38!!!!! To celebrate/commiserate Jason and I double dated with Sam and Jono at the burger place we like in Shrewsbury.

My little imps are really into cooking at the moment.  Just look at what they did mostly independently.

Little visit to the West Country

We really miss the Stevens family so we made a plan to go visit them. After a couple of hours drive we arrived in the lovely chocolate box village of Sutton Benger. Love this pic of the kids at the village park.

The boys took the girls for a little daddy/daughter date.

They had hot chocolate and fed the ducks.

They then had a St George's themed dinner.

Whilst Bex and I got to go out for a lovely meal.

We visited Bath.  Here we are at the Abbey where royal kings have been crowned.

A visit to the royal crescent was a must of course.

We rounded off the lovely weekend with birthday cake as  Rich and I are born a day apart. 

Back to reality.

We've been back at school/work for a week now and it feels like we were never away.  It's been crazy, work, eat and sleep.

However, the kids got to spend all of Saturday with their cousins which was lovely. Not sure why Eden has this face in this picture.

And......I finally got my engagement ring.  I love it, it's unique and very "me".

Monday was one of the Elders last days with us so they came over for a meal and FHE.

Holiday time: Part Two

Love this photos of the children enjoying some much needed time with their daddy.

On the way back we stopped in in Paris and had some springtime fun with the Halls and Van Schendels.

Holiday time: Part One

It's that time of year again; time to visit the apartment in France.  As usual daddy packed the car well and this time the children were allowed electronic devices to play with.  This went down very well!!

After our 16 hour drive we got there! We invited our friends from Toulouse to come over, here is Pierre who has grown so much since we last saw him.

Matthieu is the BBQ expert, so we left him to start the fire.

It was rather chilly so we left our coats on!!! Just like an English barbecue!!!

Martin made a dessert for us.  It was very impressive.

After our delicious lunch we decided to take a walk to the beach.  I love this photo, a friendship which started with three people meeting at work has continued to grow over the years and now we have children who enjoy each other's company.

It was so lovely to watch them all interact together and get along even though they speak different languages.

Daddy took the children for a run every morning.

The children enjoyed shopping and some treats in the apartment.

We went to Montpellier for the day and had drinks in a cafe on a terrace just like the French.

Here they all are at Place de la Comedie.

Ismay did family home evening for us. She'd spent a while preparing it before we left.

Mia made dinner for us one night.

Mia and Ismay went on a date with daddy.