And so the adventure begins….. end of a chapter for my eldest daughter as she finishes her gap year with Methodist Church and gets ready to leave for uni

My latest iPhone photo shared on Instagram

As a parent your job is to raise your kids to become independent of you, grow into responsible adults and one day leave home. Nothing quite prepares you for the arrival of your first child ….  first days of school and when they are ready to leave for the first time ….  another huge change….

We are home and (sort of) unpacked after a great 9 days in the Cotswolds and Bristol. So as I sit down to watch the closing cereymony of the London 2012 Olympics here is a wee recap of our week that was. Friday – arrived into Bristol airport, and relived some happy memories as we…

Made some hot chocolate spoons & stirrers for some upcoming parties while making peppermint bark. Here they are in more detail candy canes dipped in chocolate and sprinkled with ….. sprinkles! next we have marshmallow lollipops – basically they are upside-down “top hats” using cake-pop sticks, and sprinkled with sprinkles or crushed candy canes finally,…

We have returned from a great family week at the Methodist Castlewellan Holiday Week 2014. Regular blog readers I wish to apologise for lots MORE photos from Castlewellan in this post, but it makes for a much more interesting blog post, so stay with me ….. please! It was our first time attempting a family…

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