Thursday, January 01, 2009

New Years Day

Quick visit to see Nana with Anna..
Katie ..as usual doing the teenage camera shy thing :-)

A couple of well behaved young ladies ..Laura & Amy
Ella , Anna & Alice hittting the drinks!!
Why is it that Gill always has a glass in her hand ...Sarah was keeping hers out of shot :-)
Rich was put to work on sorting out my computer ..fed him for his trouble :-)


Doro popped in all the way from Germany with Becca in tow ...

Happy New year to all ....

Brought in the New Year over at our Jane & Nicks house ... It was too cold for fireworks :-)

Despite the cold Naomi &Laura watched in their PJ's

Netto Fireworks ...not much bang in em !!

Arty black an white of the Old Timers :-)

Laura cannot be beaten on the Wii ...

Katie , as usual camera shy !!!

Not so with Luara ..she was tickling me !!

The Old Timers again

US Marine boy Nick ...

Oh Yes ..lets not forget MORE FOOD !!!

Great Day on The Atkin's Farm...

We had a lovely time yesterday over in Cheshire . Over 40 folk gathered at Chris & Isobel's farm in Cheshire for a walk and bite to eat . It was a great end to the old year ..Thanks to all the Atkin's family.
More pictures HERE

Sunday, December 28, 2008

More Wii with the Wright's ....

Yesterday we spent an evening with the Wright's who also had a Wii for Christmas . The world has gone Wii mad . We would all be lost without our numbchucks!!!

Grandma Sylvia observing Laura on the Ski slope !!
Beth was being extremely bashful ...

This apparently is what Wii fit estimated my physical age at ..Technology is often prone to error ;-)
This is me & Phil on Wii..No prizes for guessing who the tall handsome one is :-)

I this really the son of Phil ? He is already 20ft taller than him ....
Grandad Robin observing the Wii madness

Friday, December 26, 2008

We Got a Wii for Christmas :-)

Boxing Day....






















Christmas Day .....

















HELP ME LORD...was Anna's cry !

Anna had a very frightening experience the other night on Crewe station . She was waiting for the train to Liverpool when suddenly this man came up behind her and grabbed her . She screamed or rather she prayed at the top of her voice "Help me Lord" and then from nowhere two coppers ,one in plain clothes and one in uniform appeared and grappled the attacker to the ground ! They then carted him off leaving Anna in the hands of a female police officer who proceeded to tell her that this man was wanted . He had a committed many crimes and was a known rapist ! How frightening is that !!!

Anyway she is fine now if a little traumatised by the whole experience and I have vowed now to take all my girls along to some self defence classes ....

Just shows you though that sometimes answers to prayer are instant ...He keeps us you know ..

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Friends and family..

Spent some time with Ali over in Derby last this week and with my mum and then Dave & Deb on Christmas Eve

Lots of Carol singing this year ..

As a church we were given the opportunity to hold carol services at seven different venues over the festive season . The biggest of which was last Sunday in the Stanier hall in Wem . Approx 350 people turned out, which was marvelous . Church today was also packed to the gunnels , praying that what was heard will not be forgotten ...Here is a photo of a few of us singing outside Wem's Co-Op last Saturday

HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE :-)

just thought I would stop by and wish everyone a happy Christmas . I have been busy over the last few days ..full report with pics to follow . Today however I am piling on the fat with the Christmas food ...and lots of it :-0.Apparently on an average Christmas day in the Western world we consume over 6000 calories ,more than three times our limit !!

Friday, December 19, 2008

A Sharing family :-)

We share everything in this family including our bugs ... Laura is the latest to fall foul of the dreaded sickness and Katie is also showing signs of weakness ...bring out the Lemsip :-)

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Christmas cheer...




Sickness Strikes


First I had the man flu and now Gill . She however has suffered more than I did ... cough ,cough ,cough ... and poor old me has been confined to the sofa bed for the last four nights .. and she won't even let me rub the Vicks on her chest :-)