Easter – Norfolk Broads

Easter this year was spent on the Norfolk Broads with my family for 4 days.  The weather was not 100% but it really only rained twice and it was good fun.   The shower room / toilets were a bit on the small size, but other than that, it was fine!  Would I do it again?  Not sure, I think if I had a larger boat, so Luke was in his own room and the showers and toilets were slightly larger than yes I would!

 Side view of the boat we hired

 Back of the boat.  There are only 2 of these designs on the water and this was the other one!  It was funny, as we were both taking pictures of each other!

  My son in his life jacket!  To say I am proud of my little boy, is an understatement!  He was so good, considering he never had his walker, could not crawl around alot due to lack of safe floor space, he was excellent!

Has it really been almost a month

since my last post?  Oh my goodness!

So where exactly did March go?  If anyone saw it, please advise, as I seemed to have lost mine!  I think I may just update with photos as that will be easier!

 Luke finally got his first proper haircut, which just made him look so much older!  My little boy is growing up and is almost 11mths!

 My mom lovingly sewed up Luke’s jumper for me.  Believe it or not it does fit him, and he wears it back to front, as the v is meant to be the back but I let him wear it as a v-neck!

 I have been trying to do a bit of crochet and knitting and I have made loads of progress but have not taken pictures!  This is my first flora from Natural Dye Studio I am making, but need to speak to Amanda to make sure I am joining them correctly!

I have done other samples of different stitches which has been good fun.  I am currently also making a dishcloth with crochet, and am knitting Glace from Rowan.  That is coming along alot better than I ever thought and am really loving knitting it!  Cross stitch is not something I have been able to do due to a certain little boy!

So April, well we are going away for Easter on a boat with my parents and brother and am really looking forward to it.  A bit nervous I have to admit with Luke but it should be really good fun! 

Simon and I celebrate 2yrs on married life in April as well.  Although we are not doing anything special for it, but that is ok!

What else…………not sure really, so I won’t babble on, but hopefully will have some lovely pictures to post after our Easter Weekend away!

Woodland Leisure Lodge

Simon and I booked to take Luke on our first family holiday!  So from Mon 1st – Fri 5th we stayed at this lodge :-

It was absoluetly lovely!  It slept 6 people, so was rather roomy for just the 3 of us!  Based in Trimingham near Cromer, it was very secluded in woodlands and was just lovely!

The weather was not great, it rained a few days, but that was fine, as we went there to chill out, not to rush around trying to see loads!  So I managed to do a fair bit of my cross stitch, did some reading and knitting as well, and just spent time as a family!  Bliss!

 

Luke had his first swim!  He was not too sure about it, but he never screamed even when Si dunked him under the water!  We took him twice and I am sure over time he will get better, but he seemed to enjoy himself this time!  Roll on the swimming lessons!

 

 

 

My family drove down on the Thurs to spend the day with us, which was lovely, although it did rain all day, which was not great!

Overall it was lovely to just get away!

Ireland Trip

Wow is it really February already! Seems just like yesterday I found out I was pregnant and it was Christmas!

So I thought I had better do an update on what has been happening over the last 2 months, starting with Ireland.

My family and I went to Ireland from 21st Dec – 29th Dec and had a great time. We drove and caught the ferry from Hollyhead. Going was great, coming home was a different matter as the sea was really rough and we were on a different ferry and so I was not well!

Ireland was lovely and we had a great time. The weather stayed good throughout, mainly raining at night!

Here are some pictures of where we stayed :

It was a place called Avon Ri and was just wonderful. The location was perfect and views were great.

This is the front of our house.

View from our bedroom window!

We also visited the Guiness Factory and Jameson Whisky, both were really interesting but preferred the Whisky factory!

The only bad thing on the whole trip was that I managed to break my wonderful camera and was gutted! It was in my bag and my bag dropped and cracked the screen and died!

That all happened at this wonderful house :

Overall it was a wonderful trip!

Scottish Wedding 15th Sept ‘07

Friday 14th Sept, we started our journey to Scotland to attend the wedding of Simon’s cousin in Pitlochry. The journey took forever, but it was lovely once we got there, except for the weather! It was not great!

The weather went off well and here is a picture of me in my shawl and also a piccie of the bride and groom!

We left on Sunday and went to Edinburgh which was lovely!

Back from honeymoon……….

Well we are back after spending 10 wonderful days at One&Only Le Saint Geran in Mauritius. It was heaven!

We left on Wed 18th, took a drive to Heathrow and stayed overnight as our flight was delayed 12 hrs but that was fine. Flew out Thurs 19th and arrived at some stupid time at night. Finally got to our hotel room at half past midnight!

The hotel was out of this world. The attention to detail was spectacular, right down to the waiters carried your plate to your table once you had served your buffet! and every night we got a different lot of flowers put on our bed, with a our slippers laid out beside it and a chocolate on the headboard!

Whilst there, there were 2 weddings which were lovely, the one was very high profile, the owners daughters wedding and that was something else!

So we spent most days on the beach relaxing and reading our books and I topped up my tan! Came back very brown!!!!!! Although there was quite a bit to do there, and we did try golf, tai chi, pedalo, kayaking and snorkling. As well has having a wonderful massage in the Givenchy Spa!

When you sat on the beach you had little service flags and so if you wanted anything you just raised a flag and waiters came running, it was great fun!

Fantastic honeymoon!

Back to the daily grind now and actually glad to be back, can get back to some sort of normality now! We get all our wedding presents tomorrow, so we are really looking forward to that!

Well till next post, bye bye!

Back from vacation

After 3 and a half weeks of travelling, we finally arrived back in the UK on Wed 10th Jan.

Our itinerary, went something like this :-

17th Dec depart London for Hong Kong
18th – 21st Dec Hong Kong
21st Dec departed Hong Kong for Sydney
22nd – 29th Dec Sydney
29th Dec left Sydney for Cairns
29th – 2nd Jan Cairns
2nd Jan left Cairns for Perth
2nd – 6th Jan Perth
6th Jan – 9th Jan Bali
9th Jan left Bali for London, arriving home on the 10th Jan.

So I will summarise what we did, because to post each day will take me forever!

Hong Kong, was incredible. Never in my life have I visited such a clean and well run in terms of transport etc country. We did a city tour whilst there and it was just amazing. The time we spent was enough and a good stopover on our way to Australia.

Sydney – incredible place. We stayed in Darling Harbour and it was great. We climbed the Harbour Bridge, went to the Blue Mountains, had Christmas lunch at a great restaurant, ate out loads, and did a few ferry trips. Weather was good, but not fantastic, it rained a few times but nothing major! We also did Sydney Tower which was gave us a great view of the city.

Cairns – totally different to Sydney but lovely still. Very hot! We spent New Year there and saw a great firework display on New Years Eve! We did a boat trip one day out the the Great Barrier Reef and got to go snorkeling which was just amazing!

Perth – was mainly a family visit for me as I had family and friends there that I needed to see. So each day was spent seeing friends and family but had a great time, really enjoyed it, but I do prefer Sydney as a city.

Bali – was great, in terms of our hotel, but we never left it from the time we arrived. There was so much to do there that there was just no need to travel round, plus did not feel too safe to go travelling as the tours were not as we know tours in groups. But great time there as well!

Back home now to wedding planning, work and life! But it is good to be back!

Hong Kong, Australia and Bali – here we come!

Can not believe tomorrow is holiday! The last two weeks have been so hectic with work, I have not organised myself for holiday at all!

My wedding invites are all packed and with my parents ready to post first week of Jan! Yippee! They look stunning!

Tomorrow we fly out to Hong Kong, then onto Sydney, Cairns, Perth and Bali, returning on 10th Jan! Can’t wait!

We are spending Christmas in Sydney at an Italian Restaurant, so should be interesting.

We are booked to climb the Harbour Bridge in Sydney, and loads of other tours!

So I am signing off now and will post my diary when I get back!

Everyone have a fantastic Christmas and New Year and see you again in Jan!

Bye bye!

Centre Parcs – Bank Holiday weekend

Well we have finally as a family gone to Centre Parcs, something I have wanted to do for ages, just to see what it is like! I had visions of a Butlins kind of affair, or rather the start to Dirty Dancing when they arrive at the holiday resort! I was mistaken!!!!

I actually enjoyed it!!! There are a couple of things I would do differently though : -

1. better accomodation
2. go when you have kiddies that can do the stuff with you, great bonding experiences

We did an outdoor challenge course which was interesting to say the least, and my brother and I did the indoor climbing wall! Which was fine to get up but coming down was another question! I did eventually get to the bottom but I did not like it! My brother did an outside wall climb that I was meant to do but luckily cancelled at the last minute as I would never have been able to do it!

Mom managed ok after her op, as we got her a mobility scooter and that was great help!

Overall we had a good time, chilling out and watching everyone else! Would I go again………………..certainly would when I have a child!

Been ages since last post

Well it has been ages since I last posted and for that I apologise! So what have I been upto……………

20th – 24th July, Si and I went to Lake Windermere for a long weekend. It was fantastic, we had great weather and the B&B where we stayed was just lovely. We did quite a bit of sight seeing as well as chilling out. I got to see alot of craft shops which was great, and that has spured me on to do some more scrapbooking! So that was a lovely break.

I am going to my first crop (scrapbooking) in ages on the 12th Aug, am really looking forward to it as I have wanted to join this crop for ages and never been able to get in and now a space has become free and it is mine! So that is a all day thing and I am really looking forward to it!

I have been told that I am no longer to horse ride anymore, which I am gutted about as I loved it. But due to my last fall, my neck is very weak and if I have another nasty fall, who knows the outcome so rather be safe than sorry. I guess!!!!

So I had a squash lesson instead on Friday, which was great fun, really enjoyed it and a wonderful workout!

Last weekend was manic, I decided I wanted to buy a writing bureau and they are so expensive, anyway I found one in the paper for £50! Bargain!!! So I bought it and spent the weekend sorting out my office/study and it is looking really good now! I was very sore on Sunday and Monday!

We have Si’s sisters wedding this weekend which should be great. We have the pre wedding dinner tomorrow and then the big day on Saturday. I got the framed sampler back yesterday and will post a picture on here later. It looks lovely!

Not sure what else has happened since I last posted, so will end off here and will add pictures later of my bureau and cross stitches!

Take care

xx