joseph's birthday and christmas presents were a trip to old trafford

walking the length of stanage edge, an amazing winter day

time for a tune-up!

skye looking at a picture of skye looking at a picture of skye

daddy and dinky daughter date time!

warming down after the match away at grimsby town academy

playing for rotherham against hull

we're off to london it's passport day!

woohoo! megan is riding! (with a little help from skye here)

joseph started a trial with rotherham united fc academy tonight - a beautiful warm evening for it

forever the champion! skye took me through three tunnels on the monsal head trail today

chuffed to get this awesome present from these awesome kids! it's a proper personalised dad pork pie from kendall's butchers

having fun bowling - joseph really began to get the hang of it!

the brave brimham rocks trio

 

emotional leavers assembly as skye begins to say goodbye to miss hocking and porter croft

out and about on the "herd of sheffield" elephant trail

brilliant bear and excellent elephant performances in the jungle book today!!

chicken and chorizo tray bake family tea with the scottish clan plus jack

adam likes his shelves too!

awesome pick-up truck birthday cake!

marianne's birthday shelves are coming together nicely!

happy birthday marianne! woop woop!

happy healthy breakfast with the kelly cousins

and then there was a truck!

climbing higher and higher

 

street football at porter croft with sheffield united

four cool kids at bye bye time

and then there was cake - sparkly strawberry family birthday celebration cake

a very sparkly birthday pain au chocolat

skye got really immersed in the delightful museum of art and history of baron gerard

a cold and windy day at the famous pegasus bridge on the caen canal, where it started for the d-day landings

skye's somewhat rustic and un-quaint eating of rustic french street food amid the quaint french architecture of bayeux's old town

probably wasn't supposed to take photos but the gang really got into the very impressive bayeux tapestry

adam and joseph had such a good time playing together and seemed so happy in each other's company it reminded me of an earlier visit from a few years back...

land ahoy! skye et megan c'est arrive en france

on the school run to fetch cousin adam

joseph playing in his last session at sheffield united academy last night, for holland versus england

aditi, skye and iona enjoying the porter croft cook-athon this afternoon

megan dancing on top of the climbing frame

caught joseph doing his core strength exercises in his pjs this morning

beach time!

sheffield rangers under 8 tournament champions skegness 2016

joseph throwing the javelin on his class sports day at the english institute of sport

took the kids to sheffield united v barnsley, megan's first football match, ended 0-0

the log racks are filling nicely

very proud of joseph! he's been training and playing with barnsley fc academy for several weeks, including tonight's game against kirkby colliery

out for coffee and hot chocolate daddy and daughter time with skye

very proud of joseph representing barnsley fc academy at the wigan football festival, he played up front wearing number 11 and scored three, including a right foot cracker against coventry city here

out riding to stanage with andy and josh

megan and meredith are enjoying the football tournament