Marc the glider

Marc went gliding today, it was a present from his sister for his 40th birthday back in November.
It was amazing.
I took lots of photos of this occasion, here are just a few

This is Marc about to get into the plane

This is Ron his pilot

Being strapped in

Waiting (note Paul, Emma and girls in the background)

Take off

Dropping the rope

Landing safe and sound

Posing

Race For Life

Today I ran 5 kilometers in 36 mins and 33 seconds.
Hoorah.

I had no intention of running it, but then i just sort of ended up running for 3k with Emma, and then i stopped and was a bit dizzy (note to self when running in any group kind of running exercise, don't stop running just keep going) so then i walked for about half a kilometer whilst Emma carried on running, and then i felt much better and a steward told me it was only 1.5k left to go so i ran again.
I could also see Emma ahead of me which pushed me on.

There is dodgy photo on facebook, which quite frankly can just stay on facebook.

Rock Chicks

It was our 11th wedding anniversary on Friday and Emma and Paul had the girls for the weekend for us and it was lovely having a lie in on both Sat and Sun.

Emma and Paul turned the girls into 'Rock Chicks'

Recent garden photos

Here are some recent photographs of our garden.

The girls in 'their cave', i bought this pink thing from a car boot in Devon.

Our allotment looking quite green
Cabbages all wrapped up with a CD for company.
The chicken house and run
Glinda strutting around looking for worms
A little frog


Iris looking for a prince

Glinda heard the word frog, frogs are tasty to a chicken.

Fairy girls

My girls posed for me with the huge mushroom that grandad made.
My work in progress is progressing.


Potential fairies come forward.

The girls and the twins after the wedding.

Iris and Daisy really love Frankie and Evie, Iris especially loves them.
Iris did mention to me that they looked like snow white, and can you imagine how exciting to a four year old it must be to have not only one beautiful snow white 'look-e-like-e' to talk to and play with, but two identical beautiful snow white's.

This is Iris crying because the Snow Whites are leaving very shortly.

This is Iris cheering up because Frankie (i think that's Frankie) gave her a last cuddle.

Thankfully she remained happy for one last photograph.

Tom & Lucy's wedding

Here are a few photographs from the wedding we went to recently up in Kent.

The happy couple.

Dancing with grandma and one of the twins (Frankie i think)


Iris quite liked her great uncle Chris.

Dungeness, Kent

We were invited to the wedding of Tom and Lucy, this weekend just gone, Tom is Marc's cousin.
On the way we went to stay with Run & Lisa in Kent, and on Saturday we went to Dungeness.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeness
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeness_nuclear_power_station
Dungeness Estate to precise, right next to the power station.
http://www.dungeness.org.uk/

Here are some photographs

This believe it or not was Derek Jarman's little cottage.
Everything you ever wanted to know about him can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Jarman

This was his garden.

You can see the powerstation behind and to the left, and the old lighthouse to the right.
Not actually too sure why those megaphones are set into that building, they just point out to sea.

Just in front of those megaphones is a lovely stony beach.

Iris tried rolling down the stony dunes.

Daisy being a starfish

Iris braving barefoot to get to the sea


When she reached the sea she changed her mind.

Tiny toes in big shoes

Oh the tiny toes are so sweet inside my big red shoes.

I've started bloggin again...

Yes i have, and i will try my very hardest to keep it up.

...more Devon - Half Term

Grandad Nick had told the girls that he and Nana had been out for a walk with the dogs a couple of weeks ago and they'd come across an old cottage that looked quite deserted. They'd gone upstairs and found a room with seven little beds in, and a room with one big bed in it, and they had found a snow white dress and other costumes.
The girls had kind of believed it, so when we went out on a walk up to Berry Head, Daisy especially kept asking where the house was, this is them looking for the house.




We found this stick house which was rather cool.



This i think is grandad trying to distract them from going on about the House of the Seven Dwarfs, unsucessfully.


This is an old canon which every child sits on for a photo, it's the rules at Berry Head, i had it done when i was a child so these children must have the same.
The moment i manage to get all of them in at the same time, the girls looks away, typical.


I had my photograph taken in this exact spot as well as a child (prob with Vicky), mum i'm sure you must have it somewhere in one of those old small yellow photo albums.
Now you see her
Now you don't (no she didn't topple over)
Iris loving Tilly the old deaf Westie

Devon - Half Term

We went to Devon this half term, and we came across a Dalek down the harbour.
The Dalek was there in honour of the start of the Brixham Heritage Festival week, though i'm not sure what a Dalek actually has to do with Brixham's Heritage, but it was fun watching it zoom up the streets of Brixham.
Somebody said that might be a cyberman with them?

A Dalek and an old fashioned soldier, a very good combination.

Iris and her little friends

Abi sent me this photograph of Iris and her little friends.
They were all round Ruby's house to play and it looks like Iris was happily entertaining them all.
(Iris, Ruby, Evie & Eden)

We are still here

We are indeed still here.


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