friends

we spent a lovely evening with friends wayne, tracy, mal and chriscelle and their families

can we fix it?

yes we can!
planning permission for the building work on our new house was officially approved today by the local government! woohoo!

little helper

just like skye, jojo loves to join in with whatever is going on - one of his favorite things is emptying the dishwasher!

steel!

the new steelwork is going into the kitchen

scooter

thanks to aunties annie and margaret and grandparents for the amazing pink birthday scooter - what a hit!

birds

a future bono?

more joe cool!

joe cool

focus on the fairy

had a fantastic fairy princess party today...

skye's birthday breakfast

click here for part 2

father and son

opening up

another view of the dining and kitchen area
as you can see, it's still early stages!

said goodbye to olivia today

as she starts a new season working with with glo in burundi

demolition progress

this is where the kitchen will be (once the walls come down...)

finally

got the builders started on the house today! woohoo!

the calm before the (building) storm

so is it just me?

I don't know how I got thinking about it

maybe it's the exagerated speech, the almost-maniacal gesturing, messianic tendancies even...

but were doctor who and robert peston separated at birth? or is that - like clark kent and superman - you just never see him in the same place at the same time?

big (and overdue) review

so here's our big christmas review and news update!
we've gone back to may 07 when we left america and landed in the green and pleasant land of bristol, england...
wishing you a very merry christmas and happy new year!

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december 08

house! woohoo!