Happy New Year!

Hope you have a great one.
Love from us all
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I forgot to say...

That we're missing you all accross the miles, Especially this time of year!

Hope you are all having a fabulous Christmas and have a really wonderful New Year.

Hope we'll see you all soon.

Lots of big hugs and kisses from all of us.

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Merry Christmas xxx

Belated, but here you have some snaps from our quiet but lovely Christmas Day...

Cutie-pies.

Just browsing for some nice pictures. Hope you like these x

What the family have to endure...

I spent HOURS perfecting it. The perfect lemon and ginger ring cake. Then I dropped it - so I iced it anyway...

Norfolk trip (incorporating Ben's second Birthday!)

OK. so this preceded Dad's Birthday but I ran out of space within the year in pictures post...

Had a fab time staying at our good friend Jon and Claire's static van near Cromer. Have some fantastic photo's which I'll post as a slide show later but here are a couple of tasters...
Here is one of Katie Charlie and Matty on the big slide on Cromer Sea front. On the right Ben is enjoying his new garage he got for his Birthday.

Year in pictures!

Hi Folks!
Seeing as I'm so far behind in this blogging lark I thought I'd quickly summarise the last few months!
Hope you enjoy xxx



Coursetry course.
Had a fantastic time in wales, staying at the thomas shop and studying with Bethan of desert orchid corsets. There was only the four of us on the course. Sandie, her Mum and Sister. As we were all together we stayed in the the old meeting house. Had one meal out at the local pub but discovered that the couple who run the Thomas house were fantastic hosts, and fantastic cooks and above all an absolute hoot! We can't wait to go back again! (Pleeeeeeaaaseeeee allly-babyxxx)

The D.O.G.
At the end of September after bullying the mama we brought Lola in to our lives.
A then and now picture...










Charlie's Birthday!
Had a great time, charlies first official Birthday party (i.e. Charlie chose the guests!) and even Aunty Jemma came along to join the fun!






Katie's Birthday
Of course Katie's birthday swiftly follows Charlie's so here is some more snaps.
We changed the theme slightly and had a cook-in! There were 4 guests so including our three permanent residents there were 7 in all. We made and iced wonderful sticky cakes and cooked pizzas. they were marvellously creative. especially Katie who had green strawberry cakes and a fantastic bird pizza. (you'll have to look side on)
Nativity.
Only Charlie performing this year. As Rudolph! I don't actually remember this character from our nativity plays but perhaps I wasn't paying attention!! Anyway she did a fantastic job and we were very proud!
Here she is with her new cup from Santa after the show.

Winter sunshine.
Everyone has been saying what rubbish weather we've been having this year. I didn't see much of it. Here is a picture taken during a walk the weekend before Christmas. It's a new nature reserve we have discovered a couple of weeks ago when we went to a tree dressing ceremony a few weeks beforehand. This was out first walk and the picture is taken off Apple Dumpling Bridge!

Happy Birthday Grandpop! xxxxxx

Hope you have a great day,
We love and miss you LOADS!

Nicky, Al, Katie, Charlie, Ben & Matty
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Camping!

Well, after last years fiasco we thought we'd give the camping another go. Itwas great.
Katy (note the new spelling! Mummy's spelling is no longer good enough :o)) Had two days of school as they had thoughtfully given the kids an inset day following the local election voting day (I still don't know who got in!! - BAD person). Anyway, we decided to go to a forestry commision campsite in the new forest near Brocken hurst. It was set in woodland near some open fields with ponys roaming wild. The site it's self was very basic but very clean and we loved it.

We only stayed 3 nights but had great weather and spent most of our time on little outings in search of ponies! Another longer walk tookus along a cycle path towards Lyndhurst though Charlie slept in Ben's buggy most of the way!! Next time we'll take the buggy board!!

Happy Father's Day to all you Dads reading this!

Have a GREAT Day xxx

Rainy Weekend at the Seaside

Thought you might enjoy a couple of us enjoying the miserable wet weather!

Hope you're all doing well out there!
Loads a love N & Co xxxxxxxx

Do you know, I forgot to upload the park pictures. I'll post those later!

Easter Monday

Wow! Lovely sunny day and we thought the summer had ended already and we'd been plunged into the depths of winter yet again.
Great day for a trip to Staunton Country park, one of our local-ish attractions. Packed a picnic and drinks (forgot the rug but never mind).

We had a great time feeding the animals - Charlie even got to feed a baby lamb with a bottle.
I don't have any pictures but we went to visit the glass house as the kids love to watch the fish in the giant lilly pond snd the temperatute was 100^F - phew!

Easter Break

Well,
Been a long time...
Can't believe it's Easter already - APRIL! What happened to the year????

So, two weeks off school/ pre-school for the larger ones and a few more playmates for Ben. Week one flew - or should I say bounced past as most of the time was spent outside on the trampoline. Now Katie is off with her Dad and Matty is back with his mum and multiple siblings.
We were supposed to be away over Easter and we were quite excited but our plans were scuppered at the last minute so we had to suffice with a weekend at the seaside which turned out to be very pleasant if not a little wet. We treated ourselves to Rayman Rabbids TV party which turned out to be great fun and is now nearly worn out.