Xmas eve 2016

 We had a lovely Christmas eve,
Ant popped in with the girls to do pressies, then we made mince pies and cheese straws. We watched the secret life of pets and ate too much chocolate! perfect day!

 The night before Tim and I went out for a curry with his work colleagues, was a fun evening out!

 The children all painted a letter to make the words 'sue&sam' for Mum and Sam to take home.

December 2016

 Merry Christmas!!

I realised I've not updated since the summer. I do have lots of photos but haven't got time to download them all. So I will just to December. Above is my first big real Christmas tree!

We have had a great few weeks with Mum and Sam over, it has flown by and am sad they leave tomorrow... wish Christmas holidays could last much longer. I think I'd like 2 weeks in the summer and 6 at Christmas actually!!

So we have had a great time, eating too much delicious Christmas foods (diet starts again in January!) and playing games.

 Making paper chains to decorate my kitchen..

 Meet our Tommy the elf... he came to visit us this December and reported back to Father Christmas each night! The kids thought he was wonderful.

 The boys have been so happy having lots of attention and cuddles this winter so far.

 Grandad Tony came to visit us

 Rosie has helped with lots of baking

 Granny Sue has enjoyed lots of cuddles

 So has Grandpa Sam, it has been a lovely holiday

 We played lots of games including the Christnmas present game that Tim's family taught us to play

 On Monday before Christmas we went to Chatsworth, was magical. The house was all decorated to the theme of the Nutcracker.

 Then we had afternoon tea for Sam's 70th birthday, was so delicious!!!

 The cousins came to play, they had fun crafting!

Wel I will add the Christmas day photos later, we are off to Carsington now for a walk in the beautiful winter sunshine!

Merry Christmas and see you son!

xx

Last lot of photos from our holiday... I promise!

Sorry I know I have uploaded loads but I took hundreds and trying to pick my favourites, there are just so many! And I always think if I loose my photos somehow at least if I have some on my blog my memories are there. I just wish I could turn my blog into a hardcopy book! How cool would that be!?

Anyway here are my last lot of photos I will add of our holiday...