skye's turn!

learning to toss a pancake

lunch at sebastian's cakery, yum yum

a beautiful day in the high peak

joseph enjoyed the sheffield wednesday soccer camp this week

exploring longshaw with grace and the davis family

poor weather, great result! 12-4 victory over worksop

clynt and a good day's logs...

sheffield united 4-1 colchester united

sunset over the granite city

megan's new bunk beds

joseph's new bed

skye's new bed

last few ridge and hip tiles going on

the annual new year kelly welly wanging competition yielded both a new champion (mags with 16 1/2 steps) and this stonking photo of skye's sweet swing

skye and auntie margaret with a poppy from the tower of london

sledging in chelsea park

sunset over gardermoen's cloud

my christmas sunrise (thanks to kev for the picture)

guess who joseph played in his school nativity? and yes, megan is an angel!

speaking of christmas, the living room isn't looking too shabby either

the finished dining room back in business, all cosy and ready for christmas

another fine job from trev and ben

good progress

routing out the floor

ben cutting the hearth plate

setting the hips

party lights!

tiling part 5

tiling part 4

tiling part 3

tiling part 2

tiling part 1

lathed up and ready to tile

part-way through the lath

felted and watertight

insulation

then it was a cold and frosty morning

so we did a nehemiah last night - worked until the stars came out (sheffield version mind you, with fish and chips from two steps!)

starting to strip the back of the roof today

birthday pizza by the new dining room fire

alan the builder started separating the attic bedroom into two today

dave the plasterer shows his skills

the stove frame and wood box are shaping up

trev is on the case

so the "sympathetic" hole opens in the dining room

on go the tiles

small girl on a tall scaffold

messy church at st john's and clynt with specs

thanks to trev and ben for a brand new chimney stack!