Snow School Today!

At last Herne Bay has had some real snow - about 4/5 inches, and hence the school and playgroup were closed......it's lucky schools in Russia or Canada don't close when there's a few inches of snow as it would send their economies into free fall, however England wouldn't be England if we didn't get ourselves into a panic at the first sight of the white stuff.

Despite my plans for the day of being ruined, we made the most of it and were very productive in snowman construction and snow excavation activities.

Kaitlyn wimped out before the snowman was actually finished, we shortly followed her and warmed up with hot soup.

Christmas 2009

We had a lovely family Christmas, although noticably quieter without Carly and the boys. James really loved his cuddly Narky....and Kaitlyn loved the food!

Family Reunion

The whole family from Kent travelled to Northamptonshire to attend my cousin Richard's wedding. Prior to the wedding we popped in to visit Elizabeth & Brian and grandad McKelvie and had a lovely meal together.

The wedding was lovely and the kids enjoyed playing with their second cousins, Riley and Frankie, whom they only ever see at wedding or funerals.

It was nice to see everyone, and I managed to get all the family to write messages in Carly's leaving book.

Pantomime

As the new Marlow Theatre is under construction, this year the pantomime was held in the newly erected Marlow Arena - basically a big tent. The Pantomime was Peter Pan, the kids loved it when Peter Pan came flying out from just behind them.

After the panto we went for a family meal at the Victoria hotel.

Relief Society Christmas Party

Had a lovely evening at the Relief Society Christmas Party. It was definitely worth the stress of helping to organise it. We ate a lovely Christmas dinner cooked and served by some of the brethren, chatted, and sang carols...our rendition of 'o holy night' was stunning!

Family Holiday 2009

This Summer we went on out annual family holiday to Great Yarmouth. Unfortunately Carly was unable to come, but Josh came and hung out with me and the kids. We had lots of fun and the weather was lovely.

In the News

Kaitlyn was in the Herne Bay Times today with her friends from Busy Bees nursery. I'm glad I made the effort to dress her as a bee now.

She is second from the left on the front row. Unfortunately she is looking to the side.