Greg, Andrea, Lena and Mitchell » Andrea http://holmesmacleod.com Our lives and travels Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:59:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Summer Holidays 2010 http://holmesmacleod.com/2010/08/30/summer-holidays-2010/ http://holmesmacleod.com/2010/08/30/summer-holidays-2010/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:59:10 +0000 Greg http://holmesmacleod.com/?p=282 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!

Summer pudding to celebrate Big family day out Lash, Mitchell and Andrea Andrea and Mitchell in the Eye Lena over London Lash in London Typical London tourist photo Lena on daddy's head Mitchell gets his first present Mitchell is happy Mitchell's 1st Birthday Mitchell opens his presents Lena likes playing in the mud Mitchell likes ice creams Andrea likes ice creams Lena likes ice creams Zuccinis Our blackberry crop Lena and Andrea at East Beach Cafe Mitchell Greg in the lobster shirt Lena at the beach Mitchell plays in the sand Mitchell playing on the sand Greg and Lena Lena building sandcastles Greg and Mitchell Mitchell on the sand Mitchell up close Lena and the sandcastles A big nasty spider - teaspoon for size Andrea's friend Jane visits Lena practices ballet Mitchell at the farm Mitchell feeds the goats Lena helps collect the eggs Mitchell and the giant slide Darcy, Anne and Eric Andrea and Anne Lena plays with the 'schoolchildren' Up at the allotment Lena and Mitchell on the spider swing ]]> http://holmesmacleod.com/2010/08/30/summer-holidays-2010/feed/ 0 Nadine and Efren’s Wedding http://holmesmacleod.com/2010/07/14/nadine-and-efrens-wedding/ http://holmesmacleod.com/2010/07/14/nadine-and-efrens-wedding/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:07:33 +0000 Greg http://holmesmacleod.com/?p=260 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.

Nadine, Andrea and Lena The wedding ceremony Mitchell enjoying the ceremony Signing on the line Outside the Standesamt Christian and Gina Our family! Efren singing with the Mariachi band The Mariachi band Andrea and Lena chilling in front of the fan Us with the happy couple Mitchell reflects Mike and Sheetal Eindhoven Sheetal, Lena and Greg

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.

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The latest harvest - foreshadowing a new harvest of another kind Lena, Greg, Andrea and Mitchell Mitchell and his 'Baba' Lena meets Mitchell for the first time The children with Andrea Lena and Mitch Lena with Andrea and Mitchell Mitchell ready to go in his car seat Mitchell contemplates life Lena wearing her cute raincoat Andrea and Lena bring Mitchell home ]]> http://holmesmacleod.com/2009/08/07/birth-of-mitchell/feed/ 5 Attack of the C’lonials: Buried Treasure! http://holmesmacleod.com/2009/04/21/attack-of-the-clonials-buried-treasure/ http://holmesmacleod.com/2009/04/21/attack-of-the-clonials-buried-treasure/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:45:50 +0000 Greg http://holmesmacleod.com/?p=125 A recent trip to the allotment led to a find of buried treasure, believed to be of Russian Origin.

How does a russian coin 270 years old end up in our allotment?

 

Treasure!

 

 

 

Attack of the C’lonials: Buried Treasure!

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Lena and Andrea

Lena and Andrea

We had a lovely easter in the sun, to celebrate the wedding of Dee and Martin, in the Munich Ratskeller. A Ratskeller is not a place where rodents dwell, rather the cellar below the Rathaus or town hall.

The wedding started with a drinks reception in the courtyard of the Rathaus, and then we went downstairs for the ceremony and then dinner.

Dee and Martin's cake analogues

Dee and Martin in cake form

the happy couple

The happy couple

The service and facilities were top notch, and it was great to see Dee and Martin marry.

Lena celebrated in style by driving her SLK Mercedes (ride on edition) around the restaurant.

Highlights for us were the well organised wedding – meant we could just have fun!

The food was good, and of course it was great to see everyone there too.

Well done Dee and Martin – we wish you well!

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]]> http://holmesmacleod.com/2009/03/13/twitter/feed/ 0 Lena and Alody at the allotments http://holmesmacleod.com/2009/02/23/lena-and-alody-at-the-allotments/ http://holmesmacleod.com/2009/02/23/lena-and-alody-at-the-allotments/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:29:11 +0000 Greg http://holmesmacleod.com/?p=92 As part of my lazy updates to our family blog – Lena brought her little friend Alody up to the allotment (with a side trip to the park as well of course). Lena and Alody have lovely matching mauve jackets and every time they see each other it leads to a crazy squealing contest.

Anyway – I thought this picture was cute :-)

 

Alody, Andrea and Lena at the swings

 

Check out more about Alody here:  Our Family: a field trip to the allotments.

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Andrea, Lena and the Snowman

On February 2 we had quite a snowfall in Cookham, with 3-4 inches on the ground in places and no sign of it letting up. I guess I don’t need to mention that the country ground to a halt. My train was cancelled so I decided to work from home, now that I’ve set up the computer desk nicely in the living room for the time being.

Lena and Andrea enjoyed the snow, going out in a break from the heavily falling flakes to construct a snowman, complete with carrot, scarf and woven hat. To be completely honest, Lena liked the look of the snow much more than being in it. She does like the snowman though and made sure that Andrea repaired him after her nap. It seems that the snowman wanted a nap too.

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Greg at Lenggries

Greg at Lenggries

We all got a weekend in Munich as Greg had a work trip, and Lena and Andrea managed to get a good price for a flight along. 

We stayed with Dee and Martin, which was a good chance to catch up with them and other old friends, and also gave Greg a rare chance to go snowboarding on Saturday.  Greg and Martin took the BOB bahn down to Lenggries and caught the ski bus to the slope, and enjoyed a long day of sun and snow!

Other fun things included a big brunch at Cafe Neuhausen on Sunday, and time to help Dee and Martin think about their wedding.

It was fun to be back, Lena now can say the word Munich (and much more of course), and we all had a great time.

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