Friday, 18 September 2009

August Holiday

Busy, Busy, Busy.

We started off spending a few days with Linda, and then went to the wedding of David and Kelly in Buckingham.

We then all drove down to Aaron and Anna's for a BBQ, and Marty and I stayed for a couple of days.

The next journey was to Norwich where we stayed for 1 week. We did loads of shopping for the wedding, and saw lots of Claire and Tasha. We even spent a lot of time reading. In 3 days I read all the Twilight books, and Marty read the first three. We even spent a day on Southwold where Marty's dad's parents used to live and take him on holiday.

After Norwich we got the train to Dunkeld to pick up Marty's wedding ring. We stayed at Tayburn House which was just a few minutes walk from the Cathedral. Half of it has been rebuilt but half of it left in it's original state so it is quite bizarre. Align Center

Next to Edinburgh to see Marty's grandparents. We were only there for an afternoon and evening and we had to leave to go to the airport at 4am.

We took the 7am flight to Belfast and drove around the Coast Road to go to see the rope bridge and the Giant's Causeway.

It rained so much and everyone took shelter, so Marty took the opportunity to get some photo's of the Causeway with no-one on it.

As we were quite wet after that we went to the B&B Maddy Benny's, and thought we would have a quick nap. We woke up 4 hours later and just managed to find somewhere to eat dinner.

After a fantastic breakfast we left the B&B and took the car back to the airport. From there we took the bus to Newcastle where we met up with Cat, Gilles and Gwen.

We helped Cat & Gilles sort out the tables for the reception, and then went for dinner with Gwen, Nigel and Nigel's mum. Then back to the pub to meet up with all the people who had travelled for the wedding.

The next morning Marty had quite a bad hangover so we had breakfast and then walked up Sleeve Donard, and went to see the Ice House.


We just got back down in time to get changed for the wedding!!!!

It was a really nice service and then photos in the local park, and then to the hall on the seafront for the reception. The food was good, as was the company, and the Irish and Alsacian dancing, and singing really made it a fantastic evening.

The next morning we got up and took the bus to Dublin and then got the transfer bus to the hotel. We spent the afternoon asleep and then went down to the bar to have some Guinness and dinner.

We flew back the next day absolutely shattered!!!!
































Emma & Steve's Wedding 25th July

We made the quick trip to Gloucester for the weekend for Emma & Steve's wedding. We travelled with Jess & Dean and picked up Alan at Paddington.
It was a very quick trip - and we almost missed the ceremony - but it was a beautiful wedding... no more words... here are a few pictures for you to see for yourself.....




Tuesday, 2 June 2009

Wedding Dress Shopping

Emma, (bridesmaid), Roberta, Jess and I went dress shopping on Saturday morning. Having tried on 9 dresses we narrowed it down to two. We called in the experts.... Mum, Dad, Frank and Christine. I knew the right one when Dad started getting little tears in his eyes... although he would say it was just because it was hot in the shop and the sweat ran to his eyes a bit......

A lovely day... having found my dream dress.... was followed by a girly champagne lunch and bbq with lots of alcohol and food........


We ended up staying at Emma's, (Steve was on his Stag weekend), for the whole of the next day enjoying the sunshine in the garden, and again the next night, and stayed again the next day, (Steve returned and Marty helped him digging the garden).

A lovely weekend, with lovely friends, lovely weather, lovely food and lots and lots of girly chat, films, wine, bubbly and chocolates!!!

Sunday, 10 May 2009

House update for May

Here is the latest from our house....




Tuesday, 5 May 2009

Trip to Norwich

Justo and Manu needed to do some clothes shopping, so we took them to Norwich for the bank holiday weekend.


They were absolutely amazed by how many shops there were, and we had a fantastic weekend of shopping and eating.



We also managed to get loads of bits for the wedding including the bridesmaids dresses and a suit for Frank, Marty and Justo.




Saturday, 28 March 2009

House Update for March

We might even have a roof by the end of April.....

Monday, 23 March 2009

Reunion March 6th to March 21st

As I am sure you all know, Marty and I went to Reunion for our holiday this year. We spent two weeks travelling around the island staying at five different locations. Marty already had his favourite place list, but wanted me to see the whole island and make up my own mind.

We stayed by the beach, in a plantation and in the extinct volcano's. We saw liazards, Chameleons, amazing birds, fantastic fish, and best of all..... lots of Dodo's....... Reunion being the old home of the Dodo, they have named their local beer after it!!!!!

As well as being able to walk into the live (but dormant) volcano, and swimming in the bottom of the waterfalls, the best day was when we went to the waterfall Langevin, and Marty proposed to me. It was absoutely the perfect moment and perfect place.

Here are a few pictures for you to see, the rest are all on Facebook.

Wednesday, 25 February 2009

Lots of change

We took Aaron, Anna and hobnob to see the house on Sunday, but thought we would check it again on Tuesday... I am glad we did.... as you can see below it is really starting to take shape.

The wall has been been built to separate the garage and the hall, the laundry room is started, as is the wine cellar.... VERY HAPPY MONKEYS








Sunday, 25 January 2009

Hole Update

Here are the latest pics.

This was New Years Day when we went and had a glass of champagne at the house....

As of now it is now 7 bricks high!!