What have I/we been up to???

Well…I haven’t posted anything on here for a few months so I thought I would give everyone an update on what has been going on!  And the answer…..not much at all really 😉

Since Christmas we have been coming to terms with looking after Ben, which we love really, even though he needs attention all the time.  He is now 8 months old and is a proper little man! He can sit up on his own, clap his hands, and is generally a very happy chappy.  We just can’t believe it has been 8 month since he was born. Shocking!

Apart from that we have decided that we must live in a different world (Plymouth) as when the WHOLE country was battling with the Snow in early February, we had a light sprinkling, and that was that!  Only 15-20 minutes up the road from Plymouth, there was heavy snow, and if you travelled about 35 minutes up the A38, you would have been caught in a severe blizzard that caused the road to be shut, and many people to abandon their vehicles for a small parish hall for the night.  Amazing.  I love the snow and would have loved a decent covering, but it wasn’t to be yet again.  It is very strange as even as far South West as Penzance (which theoretically should have less chance than Plymouth to get snow) had bucket loads of it.  What a crazy place this is!

We have also had probably the earliest BBQ party in family history, with it being held on Easter Saturday.  It turned out a fantastic choice as it was the hottest day so far of the year, almost a Summers day.  We had a great time and ate and drank too much!  And then had a good laugh on our newly bought Nintendo Wii.  Good fun was had all round!

Weekend in Weymouth

Hi all, haven’t updated my blog for a couple of months so I am going to try and add a few new posts on here over the next few days to give you all an update of what we have been getting up to during our 2 weeks holiday.

Well….as you can see from the title of this post, we spent the first weekend in Weymouth staying with Kelly’s Aunt, Uncle and Cousins.  We were originally going to go up to Scotland to stay for two weeks with Kelly’s family, but because Kelly is quite far through her pregnancy, we didn’t want to risk flying up there and the road trip would have been too long for her.  So we went to Weymouth instead.

We had a great time there, and the weather was fantastic (if you can believe it!) all weekend.  In fact, it was the hottest couple of days of the year so far, so we couldn’t have timed it any better!!

What did we get up to??  Well, we went up on the Friday evening after work so didn’t have time to do anything that night, although Aunty Claire made us a lovely Lasagne (I could eat it now!), so we just relaxed for the evening.

Saturday morning, Uncle Mike and myself went out to Portland harbour kayaking, which was great.  This was only the second time that I had been out kayaking but I think it is brilliant and so relaxing.  We kayaked all the way out to the end of the harbour, and circled around a huge container loaded boat which was docked out there.  The weather was good although not too hot which was perfect really.  Kelly and the others went to get groceries for the BBQ we were going to have for tea, whilst we were out.  During the afternoon, we took a trip into Weymouth Town Centre as Kelly had some vouchers to spend in Mothercare, and we had our usual Shakies milkshake which was lovely.  An excellent BBQ in the evening rounded the day off nicely!

On Sunday we spent the day at Monkeyworld, which was a good day out.  The weather was the hottest all year, so we had to have plenty of drinks and ice cream.  We then had Chinese for tea which was very nice as well.

Monday was the day we came home, but we didn’t leave until the evening, so we popped back into Weymouth Town Centre during the morning, and then went to Portland Bill during the afternoon.  Had a wander around there and had a game of French Bowls which Bev won.  We then had a BBQ for tea, but just as we started eating, the weather broke and it started to rain.  So we had to rush everything inside, but it was still very nice.

We had a great weekend and we were sad to leave, but hopefully we will see them all again soon! 😉

If you click on the gallery image below, you will be taken to a Picasa Web Album where you can view some photos of our time in Dorset.  Enjoy!!

Weymouth 2008

Bec’s 15th Birthday BBQ

Last week was Bec’s 15th birthday, so we had a BBQ on Saturday evening at Dad’s. Quite a few people came and we all had a good time, including a small game of Cricket where I got Emily out in my 2nd ball! We all had loads to eat including chicken, burgers, hot dogs, lamb, pork chops and plenty more. The weather was boiling and it was a clear sky, so it stayed light late into the evening. Here are some photos from the BBQ –