tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44794621827228848672024-03-19T03:35:54.910+00:00Life in GeneralRhonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392565321847505354noreply@blogger.comBlogger904125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479462182722884867.post-65427444460953800182015-01-07T09:00:00.000+00:002015-01-07T09:00:00.838+00:00The decorations are down!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Monday was my first day back at work after Christmas and New Year. Unfortunately it was also an early start as I went in for 8am to get the meeting room set up for the Monday morning meeting. </div>
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Although town was very quiet at that time, there were a few vans parked up already and they were starting to take the street decorations down.</div>
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I only work part time, so I'm off on Tuesdays and Wednesdays (for now - it may change). Tuesday being the 6th January and 12 days after Christmas, it was time for me to take our Christmas tree down at home.<br />
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I got the boxes out of the loft but before I took all the decorations off the tree I took a few photos.<br />
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These little elves were in our crackers this year and you can have races with them - I decided they were worth keeping to use again next year ;)<br />
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Last year I had a Holly Angel and this year it was the Red & Pearl Angel. They're so pretty when they catch the light.<br />
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This little reindeer from Claire is quite different and looked cheerful on the tree.<br />
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This is one of my oldest ornaments. He was bought when I went to Denmark & Sweden in 1984 and we went to a Christmas market. As you can see he's lost his little poles but he still gets hung on the tree every year :)<br />
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The tree looked so bare with all the ornaments off it. Just the lights to take down.<br />
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Packing it all away.</div>
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And totally unrelated - the clouds behind the houses looked beautiful as the sun started going down. I was pleased that I was able to capture it before it changed again.</div>
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Are you all caught up with household chores, washing, etc. after Christmas? I wish I could say I am but instead I'll say I'm still working on it! ;)</div>
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Rhonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392565321847505354noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479462182722884867.post-24090407231107008542015-01-06T18:18:00.001+00:002015-01-06T18:18:56.814+00:00A walk around Lindfield<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
As I mentioned in my previous post, we've all had a sickness/tummy bug over the festive season so on Sunday I felt I needed to get out the house and get some fresh air. I drove down to Norma's (about 20 minutes from us) and we went out for a walk around Lindfield. It didn't feel too bad as we started out but after walking for a while we realised it was actually quite nippy! </div>
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Lindfield is a very pretty village in West Sussex and more importantly, it's fairly flat which is a big plus (as far as I'm concerned) as East Grinstead is quite hilly which ever direction you go in. I'm not sure how long we walked for but we went through the residential area ...</div>
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Still decorated for Christmas - lots going on here ;)<br />
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Into the High Street where there were some lovely doors (and wreaths)<br />
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We headed up towards the Church </div>
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then spotted this path across the road, so crossed over</div>
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and then spotted these toadstools as we went up the path.</div>
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Up round the back of the Church to see ...</div>
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The Crooked House ;)</div>
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We could hear the organ playing as we walked past the Church and round towards the main road again.<br />
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Down through the village and out towards the pond and the Common.</div>
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As soon as we neared the pond the ducks started swimming towards us hoping for food - unfortunately we didn't have any with us :/<br />
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The little black and white "duck" in the middle was the only one like that. The reason I say "duck" is because we're not sure if it is one or if it's something else. If anyone knows I'd be interested to hear.<br />
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So pretty!</div>
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Looking back towards the village</div>
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before walking through the Common to get back to Norma's house (which is one of the cottages you can see on the other side of the Common). <br />
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I felt so much better after the fresh air had blown the cobwebs away :) (and the coffee when we got back to the house was most welcome!)<br />
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Happy New Year! Can you believe it's 2015 already - where did 2014 go? We had a very low key New Year's Eve as we have had a tummy bug going round the family over the festive season. However, Emily and I did reach midnight (although I fell asleep on the sofa earlier in the evening) and watched the fireworks from London and saw Big Ben chiming in the New Year.</div>
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New Year's Day was also very low key (same reason as above) but I did finally get round to ordering our calendar for 2015. I started this in 2013 with photos of Alice from 2012 and it is becoming a yearly tradition though we now have photos of both Alice and Megan on each page. I order one for myself, one for Claire, one for my Mum and one for the girls Nana. These are calendars I won't be getting rid of as I love looking back at them and seeing how much they've grown. This year, as I've now gone back to work, I ordered a little desk calendar for myself as well.<br />
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Feeling a little bit better on the 2nd so we headed to Sainsbury's for a few bits of shopping and stopped for a Starbucks.<br />
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I love this photo Norma captured of the girls - they were playing games on our iPhones ;)<br />
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Before I got attacked by a dinosaur that is!<br />
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And this photo really makes me laugh :) Oh Megs!! You're so funny - that is a face we see quite regularly at the moment! <br />
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On the 3rd Claire and the girls came round to our house so that Claire could have a shower as hers broke down on New Years Day. Aunty Em wasn't going to co-operate with photos so I carried on clicking away regardless - I like this one though Megan wasn't quite sure what was going on.<br />
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I also made a start on clearing some of the Christmas things away. I haven't taken my tree down yet but feel that's okay as Mum always told us to put them up 12 days before Christmas and take them down 12 days after - which would be Tuesday. Never mind the fact that I just haven't got round to it yet ;)<br />
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This morning I was all set to make buttermilk pancakes for breakfast but when I went to get the ingredients we didn't have enough flour. Fortunately, we have a corner shop less than a five minute walk from our house so I donned my coat and set off. I hadn't realised how misty it was until I got outside! I actually enjoyed the fresh air and came home feeling better for it.<br />
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After breakfast I headed down to Lindfield to go for a walk with Norma. Chez took a photo of us just before we headed out the door. Again, thoroughly enjoyed getting out in the fresh air and getting a bit of exercise. If only East Grinstead was as flat and Lindfield is, I'd do a lot more walking ;)<br />
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I haven't shared the photos from our walk as I'm saving those for another day - that way I might getting you coming back to read this blog again :) <br />
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Happy Birthday to my sister-in-law, Liz. </div>
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We've known each other for nearly 27 years and have shared lots of ups and downs together. We've been pregnant and had our children within weeks/months of each other each time. Liz had Helen 4.5 months before I had Hugh, I had Claire 6 months before she had Richard and Henry was born 9 weeks before Emily. We've lived near each other (in South Africa and England) and far apart (Chicago and England) but no matter where we are, when we meet up we pick up where we left off. Our children are just the same and even though it can be years between seeing each other, they still hit it off when they get together. </div>
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So Liz, thank you for all the laughs, thank you for listening to me when I need someone to talk to, thank you for making us part of the family when we come to visit and most importantly, thank you for just being you! I hope you know how much we all love you and I wish we could still have been in Chicago to celebrate your birthday with you but know that we are thinking of you and wish you a fantastic birthday!</div>
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As I said at the beginning of the Chicago posts, the reason we had gone to Chicago was for the wedding of my niece, Helen and her partner of 11 years, Chrissie. Helen and Chrissie had always said that when it was legal for them to marry, they would. That time finally arrived and we were thrilled to be able to make the journey to share the day with them.</div>
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We got to Rockford in time to have lunch and then book into the hotel where we were going to get ready. </div>
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The wedding service was being held at the Japanese Gardens in Rockford which was a short drive from the hotel. The photos were being taken first to get the most of the light as the ceremony was starting at 6pm.</div>
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Emily and me with Helen</div>
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Laura & Chrissie and Helen, Henry & Richard</div>
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Helen's side of the family</div>
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The ceremony was lovely and the vows made were very emotional. We were so happy we were able to be there to share the day with Helen and Chrissie.<br />
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Ok, these really are just random photos (are you fed up with all my photos yet?). I don't know what I'm going to do once I've run out of photos from Chicago, I'll actually have to start using my camera at home and try and keep up with the blogging (I promised Liz I would ;-) )</div>
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Before we even got to Chicago, Liz had told us we were going to go to see The Hundred Foot Journey. I hadn't even heard of it and had no idea what to expect. It ended up being very enjoyable (even though Emily did have to nudge me awake at one point - we had been really busy!) However, part of going to movies was also so we could see the cinema that Liz goes to in Barrington. It's an independent cinema and it had got to the stage where they thought they were going to have to close it because the equipment was becoming outdated and they didn't know how they'd replace it. Long story short, the regulars and the community stepped in and they were not only able to replace the equipment but with a bit more fund raising they were able to buy new seats as well. So glad we got to go.<br />
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This was just across the road from the cinema an there was quite a golden glow that evening.<br />
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As you can imagine, I missed my granddaughters while we were away but thanks to technology it wasn't nearly as bad as it would have been. Claire was able to send me photos of the girls and, better still, we were able to talk to each other on Face Time virtually every day - to begin with at around 3am Chicago time though we had got later by the end of the stay ;-)<br />
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One evening Liz, Emily and I went out for a Starbucks and Emily wanted to look in a couple of the shops. As we were walking across the car park we noticed some people sitting out on chairs. It was only as we got nearer I remembered that the new iPhone was due out the next morning! Naturally I had to take a photo.<br />
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One of the things we noticed was that the sky seemed so much bigger in America. I know that sounds a silly thing to say but I think it's because there's so much open space. The next couple of photos were taken going to/coming back from the wedding. It was being held at the Japanese gardens in Rockford, Illinois which was about a two hour drive from where we were staying.<br />
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The other thing that struck me was how flat it was. Where we live in the UK there seem to be hills every direction you go! <br />
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Oh look, another Denny's photo ;-) This was taken the morning after the wedding before we started on our journey home. Richard was suffering with allergies and by this stage, Henry was just used to me pointing a camera or phone at him and had given up trying to avoid me. Poor guy is probably glad we've gone home! <br />
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There was the occasional farmhouse in the distance (this one is zoomed in considerably)<br />
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And for this one, I thought I was being sneaky getting the shot but Emily had seen me and was not overly impressed. Didn't help that we were leaving that afternoon and neither of us was ready to go home yet!Rhonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392565321847505354noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479462182722884867.post-10823072369727422882014-10-02T08:30:00.000+01:002014-10-02T09:26:48.838+01:00Chicago cont.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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We had a list of places we'd like to go to eat. We've already ticked off Olive Garden and, to be honest, if we hadn't gone to any of the others we'd have been happy. However, Liz was happy to oblige so we went to iHop for breakfast one morning. <br />
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I had to take a photo of the menu for Jon. I'm sure even he might think twice about having a T-bone steak for breakfast ;-)<br />
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I do enjoy the endless cups of coffee. How is it you can have a bottomless cup in America but here in the UK we have to pay every time we want a refill??<br />
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One thing we did notice was how quiet it was in the restaurant, the previous time we had been it had been much busier but Liz was saying less people are going out for breakfast these days. The recession has certainly hit a lot of people across the world.<br />
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We went to Denny's a few times. With Liz, Richard and Henry, with Liz, with Liz and Henry, with Liz, Simon, Richard, Henry, Mark and Clifton - you get the picture?<br />
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Now this photo certainly isn't the best one of Emily and myself but it pretty much sums up our holiday. We had so much fun and probably haven't laughed so much in ages. That's the best part about going to Chicago, we slot right in and are part of the family and we have a ball!! <br />
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And in Richard's bedroom. Snowflake is Richard's cat and as soon as Richard gets up in the morning Snowflake runs to see him and pretty much becomes his shadow for the rest of the day. <br />
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Going through these photos brings home how much fun we had, I wish we lived closer!<br />
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I also love the Chicago skyline and the building that always stands out for me when I see photos of it, is not Sears Tower or any of the other taller buildings, it's this building on the right with it's "diamond" shape at the top. To be honest, I'm not even sure what it is, I just know that to me it says Chicago!<br />
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Liz was, once again, our photographer - making sure we were both in photos and for that, I am grateful. Thank you, Liz!<br />
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Now, there's a bit of a story to the photo below ;-). It's had us in stitches numerous times! <br />
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When we went up to pose in front of The Bean, Liz noticed a young man been photographed by his friend. He was jumping in front of The Bean and his friend was capturing action shots. Liz thought it would be a wonderful idea for Emily and me to create the same shot - after all it looked so easy!!! <br />
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Do you see why we've been laughing at it so much - lol! We were laughing so hard at the idea of jumping for a shot that when Liz said JUMP we couldn't even get our feet off the ground! So funny!! but maybe you had to be there??<br />
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Once we'd had our fill of The Bean we walked on to find the faces/fountains. On the tier above them there was a new addition. <br />
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To begin with I wasn't sure what these were meant to be but as I started walking around them, realised they were faces.<br />
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They're so cleverly done. Hopefully you can see from the photos that they're not very wide and it's the way the features have been sculpted that gives them their form. Liz isn't so keen on them but the more I look at them, they grow on me. <br />
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Finally the faces/fountains. The faces have changed since we were last here (to be expected after 8 years, I suppose ;-) ) and we agreed there is more water around them.<br />
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By this time it was probably around 5pm and despite all the hustle and bustle around us, it was so peaceful sitting in the park, people watching and enjoying our time there.<br />
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And finally, back on the bus to go back to the station and home again.<br />
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These double story trains get me every time. It just seems so weird, though I'm sure it's quite normal for any of the Americans reading my blog!<br />
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Once we'd had breakfast we decided to catch the bus to Navy Pier. Standing at the bus stop, this sign across the road caught my attention - quite different to UK signs.<br />
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And the first reflection also caught my eye. During the course of the day I realised just how many reflections you see in Chicago because so many of the buildings are glass fronted. I certainly wasn't complaining as I love reflection photos.<br />
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Had to have a photo taken outside with the city behind us. Thank goodness for Liz who insisted on taking photos with my camera so that I could be in the photos too - thank you, Liz! (I know I complained but you were right!)<br />
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Emily and I had a wander round the shops but Liz said she'd go upstairs and do a puzzle while she waited for us and just to come up when we were ready. I certainly hadn't expected this when we went up!<br />
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It was beautiful and so peaceful!</div>
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Again, just to prove we'd been there ;-)</div>
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Taken from the upper level looking out at the skyline.</div>
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Loved the red against the blue sky.</div>
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We decided we were going to do a boat tour from Navy Pier and chose the Architectural tour which goes up river and through the city. I'll be honest and say I don't remember what all the building were so I'm just going to leave the photos to speak for themselves. Be thankful I didn't put all the photos up or you'd be here a long time!!</div>
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The boat tour over, we managed to find our way on to the correct bus and headed back into the city and decided to have a coffee before heading to Millennium Park.<br />
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There's a little story behind this photo. We found Starbucks on a corner just after we got off the bus. It wasn't a very big shop and we were surprised at the number of people standing inside while there were empty seats outside. So, we got our drinks and headed out to one of the tables. It wasn't long before we understood why they hadn't been occupied - a) there was quite a breeze blowing down that street and it wasn't that warm and b) that's the railway line running above our heads! Every 10 seconds we had to stop talking as another train rattled past ;-) It was all part of the fun though and we stayed out until we'd finished our drinks before heading off to Millennium Park.<br />
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Today my "baby" turned 18!! How did that happen so quickly?</div>
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I hadn't had a chance to decorate last night so came down early this morning to get the balloons blown up and the banners put up.<br />
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Fortunately, this year Emily doesn't have any lessons on a Monday so she was able to get up in her own time. I popped out to Waitrose for some baking supplies and to drop a car seat off at Claire's and told her not to come downstairs until I got back.<br />
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This afternoon Claire, Alice and Megan came round once Alice finished playgroup and my Mum, my niece Theresa, Tyler, Alyssa and Brooke came round after school for a birthday tea. <br />
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When it came to blowing out the candles, only Alyssa wanted to help. Good job!!<br />
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I can't believe Emily is in her final year of school and will be voting in the general election next year. All my children are now adults! I must be getting old ;-)<br />
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Before going out each morning, we would watch the little hummingbirds at the bird feeder. Simon was saying they were bulking up ready for their flight south. There were three that came regularly to the feeders, sometimes chasing each other off but as there were three feeders out it wasn't such a problem. The bees were more of a problem as they'd dive bomb the birds and then go to the feeder themselves.<br />
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One of the things Emily had been looking forward to was making smores so, after dinner one night, the fire was lit in the firepit and the preparations began.<br />
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Yup, they were just as good as we remembered. I was just glad that two were enough for me!<br />
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The next morning while I was making a cup of tea Richard called me to see the deer in the garden. <br />
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To begin with we saw two walking down the side fence but they'd disappeared by the time I got my camera and I thought I'd missed my chance. A little later though, I saw a movement down at the bottom of the garden and we realised the deer were still around.<br />
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There were three this time, a mother and her two young ones. The youngsters were having a wonderful time chasing each other and bouncing around. I had to zoom right in to be able to capture them and fortunately the photos turned out quite well.<br />
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Finally, one of the chipmunks that could be seen in the garden. While Liz and Simon consider them pests, we thought it was quite cute to see them running around. I guess that's because the only time we've seen them before, they've been in a cage. I never realised how noisy they are - we could hear them cheep cheeping from early in the morning and all through the day.<br />
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A week ago today, Emily and I got home after spending 10 days with family in Chicago. The trip was a last minute one after getting a wedding invitation from my niece, Helen. From the time we got the invitation to the time we flew out was just under two weeks. I had to arrange for Emily to have time off school (who, thankfully, were very understanding and wished her a fantastic holiday). </div>
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It had been eight years since we were last in Chicago staying with Simon, Liz and the family. To say we were excited to be going, is an understatement. However, it had all been so rushed I think it was only once we were on the plane that the reality hit home :)</div>
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We had a list of things we hoped to be able to do while we were there - mainly things we had done on previous visits and were looking forward to doing again. One of them was going to Barnes & Noble for breakfast. It didn't take long for us to tick that one off the list. That first morning we'd woken at about 3am and been wide awake. We were sharing a room, so lay chatting for ages and then Face Timed Claire, Alice and Megan before finally getting up around 5.30am and getting ready for the day.<br />
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Snowflake is Richard's cat and she's a beauty. She's also quite inquisitive and liked to come into our room in the morning to see what we were doing and inspect our suitcases.<br />
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When we took Richard to work on the second day, we stopped at Starbucks for breakfast. I had the bacon and egg roll which was very nice but one thing I noticed is how much sweeter the rolls in America are compared to ours in the UK.</div>
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Needless to say shopping was on our To Do list as well. Hugh had asked me to look for a Chicago Bulls or Chicago Bears shirt for him. I hadn't expected the array that was available so ended up taking photos of numerous shirts so I could ask him what he was looking for. The one he would have liked was $110 (+tax) so I'm afraid he had to settle for second best!<br />
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Another of our wishes was to go to Olive Garden for dinner. We've been each time we've gone to Chicago and love the food there. On the Saturday, Helen and Chrissie joined us and we went for dinner.<br />
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It was just as good as we remembered. I had a parmesan crusted steak with garlic mashed potatoes and it was the best steak I've had in a while. So tender and really tasty. <br />
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Liz, Emily and I popped into a Joann's store on the way home. I love the fact that you don't have to hunt for parking ;-)<br />
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I'll post our day trip into Chicago next.<br />
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First up was Megan's 1st birthday. Her birthday is on Christmas Day but Claire chose to have a party for her on 08 December, so Christmas could still be Christmas and Megan would just get one big birthday present from Claire (and her Christmas presents). Below are some of the photos from 08 December.</div>
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Her baby doll was a big hit, and still is to date. She loves cuddling her baby and baby often goes with Megan when we go out.<br />
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The little rabbit also got a big cuddle. So cute!</div>
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Still more presents to open ;) Megan had got the hang of helping to tear the paper off the presents.<br />
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I didn't take many photos once everyone else arrived but did have to get a photo of Alice and Alyssa who were dressed in a very similar fashion.<br />
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Megan loves reading and was happy to sit quietly looking at her new book.<br />
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When it was time to blow out the candles and everyone was singing Happy Birthday to her, Megan got a bit shy.<br />
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Tyler, Alyssa and Alice were happy to help her out when it came to blowing out the candle! <br />
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Megan is the sweetest little girl who gives the best cuddles! When she sees me she comes scooting over, climbs up my legs and raises her hands to be lifted. The arms then go round my neck and the hugs tightly and when she's excited her little feet start kicking too. I'm happy to take any cuddles she's happy to give!<br />
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That said, there's also the other side of her. She knows exactly how to wind Alice up and when Alice is at playgroup or having a nap, Megan likes nothing more than taking all Alice's things - even Alice's dummy which she'll happily suck even though she's never taken a dummy of her own. She's so funny and we love her to bits!<br />
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Yesterday was Alice's 3rd birthday :) She had been counting down the days and was so excited! </div>
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I went round to the house by 9 and the presents were soon being opened. The tutu, wings, tiara and wand were a big hit!<br />
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Alice changed into the tutu straight away and then went to have a look in the mirror to see what she looked like :)<br />
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before trying out a few ballet moves! So sweet :)</div>
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However, there were more presents to be opened (this one from Uncle Iain and Iris in Australia)</div>
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Lambie (from Doc McStuffins) is another hit - especially when she asks "Do you need a cuddle?"</div>
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Alice had been waiting to blow out her candles since morning so as soon as family arrived in the afternoon we agreed it was time. Such a good job - all candles blown out in one go! <br />
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Emily snapped this photo of me holding Megan. She was a bit bewildered by all the goings on especially seeing as there were all these new toys and she wanted to play with them too - only to be told no, most of the time.<br />
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Megan got cuddles with Uncle Hugh.</div>
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Alice just loved the whole day, the presents, the playing, the people and the cake!</div>
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Nana Linda and Richard arrived a little bit later with a bike for the birthday girl. Great excitement :)</div>
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Showing Grandpa and Theresa how she can ride (or try to!)</div>
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The past few months have been a bit of a roller coaster for our family. </div>
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The 29 September saw us celebrating Emily's birthday. We went out for breakfast to start off her birthday but while out I got a phone call from Jon telling me that his brother Mike had had a heart attack at Church. <br />
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An ambulance got there quickly and the paramedics spent time getting his heart going again before taking him to the main Cardiac Unit in Brighton, about an hour from us. Sadly, Mike passed away in the early hours of Saturday, 05 October.<br />
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We're thankful that he was in Church when it happened and help was quickly on hand. We are also thankful that his sons, Ryan and Darren were able to get to the UK from Canada and South Africa respectively, that his sister Deb came down from Yorkshire and brother, Simon, flew in from America and all got to say their goodbyes. <br />
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Ryan's wife and sons flew in from Canada, Darren's girlfriend arrived from South Africa as did their mother, Merle and Mike's sister Penny. It was lovely to get the opportunity to spend time with extended family in the run up to the funeral and to see the other family members who were able to make it to the funeral from the UK. <br />
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Deb, Simon, Penny, Ryan, Jon, Darren, Ryan's son Owen, Mike's son Steve, Mike's step father Frank and nephew Mark.</div>
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Siblings Deb, Simon, Penny & Jon with Frank</div>
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Alice loved having young cousins to play with - seen here with Owen (thank goodness for iPads!)</div>
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Ryan's wife Shannon - love this girl and so glad we got to spend time together.</div>
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Claire and Megan</div>
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Merle with Shannon (her daughter-in-law)</div>
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Sarah (Mike's daughter-in-law), Emily and Norma</div>
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Despite the sadness of the occasion, there were many happy moments, lots of memories shared and Mike's life celebrated. I'm sure he'd have been pleased to see so many family members together again and enjoying each others company.</div>
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On 01 August 2013, Norma and I joined Weight Watchers (again ;) ). I'm happy to say it's going well and I'm still sticking to the plan and have lost weight each week. However, I realised I need to get more exercise too. I'm not a fan of the gym so have been doing some walking instead. We're lucky where we live because we have a footpath (for want of a better word) a couple of minutes from our house called Forest Way. It's an old railway line which has been built up and smoothed out and runs from East Grinstead to Forest Row through countryside. </div>
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Norma has done quite a bit of walking but I'm afraid I've not been that energetic. We started out walking together (with Norma encouraging me ) but now that Norma has started teaching I tend to walk on my own. I walk for 15 minutes down the path then turn and walk back again. A half hour walk seems fair enough to me. A lot of people use Forest Way - dog walkers, joggers and people just out for a walk, so I feel quite safe. Today my walk seemed easier and I walked a bit further than normal in my 15 minutes - I'm taking this as a sign that I'm getting a little bit fitter ;)</div>
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Aren't these berries a stunning colour against the green leaves. I didn't realise until I uploaded the photo that there was a fly in the photo too ;)<br />
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I love this bridge and there is actually a road over it, though you seldom see cars on it.</div>
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One of the little paths leading off the main track. There's a little gate at the top and I think one day I need to follow the path and see where it leads to.</div>
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I love looking over this gate and seeing if any of the animals are in the field.</div>
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Today it was empty. The cows had been in a different field when I walked down but by the time I walked back they'd gone - milking time perhaps?<br />
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Nearly home - the main road is where you see the light at the end of the path.</div>
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This afternoon I was able to have my lunch outside on the patio. It's been a while since I've done this because we've had so many wasps and as soon as you sat outside with food, they'd arrive. Now that it's cooler they're not there any more. I wonder how much longer I'll be able to do that.</div>
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Tomorrow's walk will be in to town to meet friends for coffee. Even the hills are getting slightly more bearable ;)</div>
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Posting again a bit sooner than expected ;) I'm a bit like the buses - none for ages and then two come along! </div>
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I started this log cabin quilt about three years ago. It's completely hand sewn using the "Quilt as you Go" method. I loved making the blocks but have to admit that when it came to the thought of joining them all up I wasn't quite so keen! There were times when I didn't touch the quilt for months but there were other times when I'd sit sewing each night. Once I finally got round to joining it up (and realised it wasn't as bad as I thought it might be) I was working on it most nights. Now that I've finished I've had to find something else to do in the evenings. ;) <br />
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I wish you could feel this quilt, it is really heavy but also really soft because it's all been hand worked. What a difference there is between hand sewn and machine sewn quilts! I don't know if it'll stay on the bed (I needed somewhere to lay it out to take a photo) because as it gets colder I have a feeling we might like having it downstairs to snuggle under. <br />
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and playing hide and seek under ;)</div>
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Saturday was Dad's 84th birthday and a reason to celebrate. It was good to have the family around for afternoon tea - those of us close by anyway. When Norma lived in South Africa she used to say she missed being part of the birthday celebrations but this year it was good to have her here to celebrate with us. </div>
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A quick photo before everyone arrived.</div>
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We had been speaking to Iain in Australia as people started arriving and he asked for some photos to be put up for him to see. So Iain, here are a few from the afternoon ;)</div>
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Mum and Emma</div>
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Kay and Martyn</div>
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Norma holding Brooke</div>
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Emily</div>
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As you can see, Megan wants to be on the move now. She's pulling herself up on anything she can get hold of.<br />
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And Alice is super busy and doesn't like to stay still long enough to have her photo taken. In fact, she's already got to the stage where if she sees you with a camera she says "I don't want my photo taken!!" Sigh!!<br />
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Theresa</div>
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The children had fun playing outside and it's lovely that they're at an age where we don't have to worry too much about them outside on their own. Won't be long before Megan and Brooke are joining them ;)<br />
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Kyle is always brilliant with the children and they love it when he goes out with them.</div>
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Not quite sure what they were looking at but he certainly gets their attention (Alice had seen the camera lol!)<br />
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And to show I was there, Claire took a photo of me - which also shows I was holding Megan for a while - hence the chocolate covered top! <br />
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There may even be another update next week after Emily's birthday ;) <br />
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I know I'm very unpredictable with my posts at the moment but I'm afraid that's life. Emily is on holiday and we are busy (nothing super exciting but day to day busy). So, I'm not going to say I'll be posting more regularly or anything like that, just that when I get the chance I'll pop in and post but for now blogging is taking a bit of a back seat. That said, on with Hello Monday :)</div>
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HELLO to breakfast at Starbucks with Claire, Alice, Megan and Norma before shopping.</div>
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HELLO to making a Key Lime Pie to take to a friend's tomorrow.</div>
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HELLO to quilting with friends.</div>
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HELLO to planting up my tomato plants.</div>
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HELLO to visiting a friend I haven't seen in far too long!</div>
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HELLO to Norma going to teach a lesson on Wednesday and being assessed for a permanent teaching post (Please keep her in your thoughts).</div>
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HELLO to Norma's furniture arriving from South Africa on Thursday.</div>
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HELLO to hopefully getting more of Megan's (and Alice's) quilts done.</div>
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HELLO to seeing a great-niece who's down from Scotland.</div>
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HELLO to spending time with family.</div>
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HELLO to what looks like, lots more SUNSHINE!</div>
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HELLO to the start of July.<br />
HELLO to baking cakes today (tick).<br />
HELLO to a trip to Windsor.<br />
HELLO to attending the meeting about Sixth Form (Emily starts in September).<br />
HELLO to Emily's contact lens fitting appointment.<br />
HELLO to Claire deciding if she's going back to work.<br />
HELLO to looking after Alice and Megan :)<br />
HELLO to more sitting outside to eat lunch - and...<br />
HELLO to more lovely weather, please!!!<br />
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<br />Rhonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392565321847505354noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479462182722884867.post-12362278885769105752013-06-25T09:00:00.000+01:002013-06-25T09:00:04.323+01:006 Months<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I can't believe Megan is 6 months old already. </div>
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Born on Christmas Day 2012 </div>
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What a Christmas present she was :)</div>
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One month old</div>
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Two months</div>
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4 months</div>
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5 months</div>
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Present day :)</div>
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Megan is growing day by day and is such a little sweetheart. She has two teeth and is teething off and on at the moment. She beams when she sees us and her little legs kick wildly. She is very much a Mummy's girl and watches Claire whenever she is near by. She rolls over and moves from one side of the room to the other and now she's started sitting on her own. She absolutely loves Alice and the two of them together are the cutest! Some of you may have seen the little videos Claire puts on Instagram of Alice reading to Megan in the morning or telling her nursery rhymes. I can't wait to see their relationship develop as they get older. </div>
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HELLO to Megan being 6 months old tomorrow (Tuesday).<br />
HELLO to taking Mum for her hospital eye appointment.<br />
HELLO to making a start on clearing space in the garage for Norma's shipment arriving soon.<br />
HELLO to (hopefully) starting to sew the quilt I have waiting.<br />
HELLO to no more school for Emily till September.<br />
HELLO to hopefully starting on my summer reading :)<br />
HELLO to quieter days ahead.<br />
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I haven't posted photos of Alice and Megan for a while so I thought I'd add them here. I'll do an update post soon.<br />
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Today is Emily's Prom and we spent the afternoon at her friend, Natalie's house as the four friends got dressed together. Emily, Charlotte, Natalie and Ella have been friends most of their Senior School years and it was fun to listen to them banter with each other as they got dressed. I took over 130 photos but have edited a few to put up tonight. There may be more over the next few days.</div>
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Emily, Charlotte, Natalie & Ella</div>
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Charlotte & Emily</div>
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Emily & Natalie</div>
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An hour before the girls were due to go to the school to catch their buses, another four friends arrived and we took a few more photos.<br />
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xxRhonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392565321847505354noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479462182722884867.post-78634113179470693162013-06-20T13:25:00.000+01:002013-06-20T13:25:07.597+01:00Hugh is 25!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Today is Hugh's 25th birthday! Where did the years go?</div>
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I thought I'd just share a few photos of him through the years. It's been interesting looking through the years and seeing the changes. In the later years it's been more the change in hair styles, piercings and tattoos. I could have put in loads more but I thought I'd better not. </div>
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Days old.</div>
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With Emily </div>
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Alice helping to open the presents.</div>
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Rhonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392565321847505354noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479462182722884867.post-55403437303000604522013-06-18T22:20:00.003+01:002013-06-18T22:20:39.501+01:00Brooke Alexis (our newest family member)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A week ago today we welcomed the latest member of our family. My niece, Theresa, gave birth to Brooke Alexis - a little sister for Tyler and Alyssa.</div>
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Unfortunately, she was taken into the Special Care Baby Unit but, I'm happy to say, she is fine and is now home with her family.<br />
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On Sunday afternoon Norma and I were able to go round and meet her for the first time. She is tiny and one of the most alert babies I've seen for her age!<br />
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She looks intently at whoever is holding her - almost like she's trying to work out who is who ;-)<br />
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Theresa is glad to be home and Tyler and Alyssa are happy to have their Mummy and baby sister back. <br />
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Getting a cuddle from Great Aunty Norma</div>
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