family selfie!

and another... after every great adventure comes, yep, ice cream!

another pic from our bike ride

also nathan came over last night and joined us for football and a yummy frogmore stew in the garden

we had a brilliant bike riding adventure together in the peak district this afternoon - circled the derwent and howden reservoirs, about 16km in total... here we've just turned the corner above slippery stones

joseph was puck in his class performance of a midsummer night's dream - here he is with his mates after their abridged rendition at the school summer fair

chocolate ganache iced madeira birthday cake!

beautiful sunny evening at the lindals - my best bit was going shopping in amanda's new shop!

oh look who won the trophy, medal, tournament yesterday!

joseph playing with sheffield rangers in the football tournament at dinnington

fantastic day for the yard sale trail

delicious pizza al fresco

lovely weather for a walk up on derwent edge with mum and dad, looking northwest towards ladybower and dovestone tor

the new season's sheffield rangers u10s are looking good, played their first tournament of the summer at graves, knocked out on penalties in the semi-final

joseph training with derby county at belper

joseph playing football with derby county at ripley leisure centre

great opportunity to use the new old dinner service, back in sheffield for the first time in around eighty years

normal bank holiday then

great weather for lunch al fresco!

mormor's on the mend

stopped off at lincoln on the way home

mags and the girls had a great time with simone and family at small wood

joseph leading the team out against holbeach united

joseph and his team enjoying the skegness sunshine ahead of their first game of the tournament

same great log rack, new location and a new lick of paint

the kids are loving the top trumps on the ferry

sad to say goodbye.. lots of fun in the sun was had by all!

enjoying some sunshine at the pforzheim tiergarten (petting zoo) with vero, basti, lukas, jonas & caroline

they have some really brilliant playgrounds in germany, like this one behind the durlach turmberg in karlsruhe

visiting diana, emily, martin & jimmy dawg

arriving at ginsterweg

first view of the ferry!

mother's day al fresco feast chez richard & miriam, delicious "donny brasco" slow-roasted pork

tada

hello flowery wallpaper

time to redecorate in the guest room, goodbye navy..

good win away against wisewood in the first round of the cup, dodgy ben lane pitch and very windy conditions didn't put the lads off, ended 7-1 to the mighty rangers!

time for hot chocolate and cakes at sebastian's kitchen + cakery!

so proud of megan who cycled all the way to school today, overcoming even the most difficult of challenges - nasty parents insisting on a highly visible ("highly unfashionable") vest!!

nice spring evening for joseph's football training at shirebrook

outdoor session under the floodlights at shirecliffe

logging gets serious now we have borrowed trev's petrol splitting beast

dinner is served! the kids cooked pasta with broccoli served with a crunchy salad

it's time for richard's birthday brunch celebration

drone time - joseph's new toy

oh look it must be harry potter time..

despite the rain, joseph enjoyed the run and did really well, came fourth in his age group

joseph ran for his school for the first time at the sheffield schools cross country meeting in norfolk park today

put aside the ranger

long way up at the stretford end and strangely quiet but some nice moves and a 2-1 win over middlesbrough