Uncle Justyn comes to stay

Dear and long time friend, Justyn came to stay the weekend.

Miss Lilly went quite mad and was delighted in the antics she could get up to with him.. They danced in the library and went swimming in the pool ( brrrrr - I believe that there were penguins on iceburgs there as well.)

It was so wonderful to see him, making the parting - as said by a great man - such sweet sorrow..

Fussing and Faffing

Spent about five hours today fussing and faffing about with paper, ribbon and card to give Jamie some ideas for his wedding invites. I wasn't sure what sort of blue they had chosen - so had some at home and bought some nice metallic and other embossed ones.

Boy - the whole invite thing has come along way from when we got married- what is it...17 - 18 years ago now? So simple to be able to use the printer - on any sort of paper. The array of scissors and edging, the ribbon, the clips - it was bewildering!

Anyway - I had some fun putting them together - I hope it gives some ideas and I'm sure they will know someone with a bit more card making skills than I to assist further.

Family Reunion

Just got home from the family Reunion Weekend. It was fantastic and it really made me wish it weren't so long in between them.

We had a chance to catch up with cousins - some of whom we lived in each others pockets throughout our childhood ( or so it seemed) and swapping tall stories with uncles and aunts; laughing so hard, your shrieks become gasps for air and pity for the story to stop. Lots of people brought photos from days gone past and there was much giggling over stories surrounding them.

Singing round the bar and retrieving toddlers from mud. This is family....

Happy 90th birthday Gran! - wow what a milestone.

It was a pity not everyone could make it - but with folk spread all round the world - its a little hard to orchestrate it all... especially on just a normal weekend. I know those who couldn't make it are looking forward to the tales and the photos.

Enjoy the clip I put together.