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Summer Holidays 2010

Greg — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:59:10 +0000

We have lived in the UK for 4 years but not had much holiday time locally. So we decided this year to take a Staycation! This meants we had plenty of time to check out the things to do near where we live, enjoy a few guests and more than anything relax!

Some of the highlights of our summer were

a visit from Baba
a ride on the London eye
Lena riding on Daddy’s head
Mitchell’s 1st birthday
Fresh produce from the allotment
A fun trip to Littlehampton beach
Finding a massive spider in the house
Andrea’s friend Jane visiting
Eric, Anne and Darcy’s pizza party
A trip to Odds Farm
A visit to the Natural History Museum in Tring
Playing in the park!

Here are some pictures!

Claire’s big trip

Greg — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:12:39 +0000

My sister Claire has embarked on a big trip, doing the world in style. Perhaps she won’t go back again. Well not soon anyway. She plans to do SE Asia, Uzbekistan, work her way to Europe, do Europe, UK, then off to America, and eventually find her way to Canada and find a job. I look forward to her progress, look forward to seeing her and hear the fantastic travel stories, and will then enjoy having someone else to visit in Canada.

Follow her adventures here: http://claireholmes.com/

Nadine and Efren’s Wedding

Greg — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:07:33 +0000

So a wedding is always a lovely reason to take a trip, so when Nadine and Efren invited us to come down to Dusseldorf to celebrate, we couldn’t resist.
The trip took us through England, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, and we enjoyed a nice stay at a spa hotel and then off to the wedding. It was a good party and we enjoyed the coffee and cakes and then had a fun night watching the German team perform admirably in the football world cup against Argentina.

On the way home we managed to catch up with Mike and Sheetal in Eindhoven. We looked around the city, enjoyed a nice meal at a Grand Cafe, and then we made our way back to the channel tunnel and had fish and chips for dinner in Dover with the setting sun.

Dad’s Camp

Greg — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:23:24 +0000

Lena and Greg went to Dad’s Camp on Cookham Dean old cricket common. It was a fun weekend with about 40 dads and a hundred or so kids. We turned up, pitched our tent, and made sure the kids had a great afternoon with a big walk and treasure hunt. Once we had fed the kids and put them to sleep, then there was a couple of hours for us Dads to have fun.

Thanks to Porteur, Mike and Darryl for organising a great event and getting everyone together.

Mitchell on YouTube

Greg — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:12:29 +0000

Andrea captured this lovely video with Mitchell the other day. He is developing his vocabulary and will be reciting Chaucer before we know it…

Cookham Rugby

Greg — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:33:59 +0000

I have been spotted at Cookham Rugby Club playing the odd game of Tag rugby on Sunday mornings.

Summer pics from my Blackberry

Greg — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:07:44 +0000

Sometimes I get about without a camera on me. Luckily the Blackberry is handy. I wouldn’t say that it takes good pictures, but it is always there for when something fun happens. Also, with Mitchell’s arrival, Lena still deserves some of the limelight…

Lena and Mitchell

Andrea — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:31:02 +0000

The debut video of the new dynamic duo.

Download: Lena and Mitchell (6.5MB)

Mitch about the house

Greg — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:43:46 +0000

Mitchell has been home for 3 days now, so here are a couple of adorable pics of him.

Birth of Mitchell

Greg — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:48:09 +0000

We’d like to introduce you all to our new son, Mitchell Robert. He was born in the afternoon of 6th August 2009, weighing in at a massive 4.5kg and 59cm tall already.