Category Archives: Family

Kate and William – The Royal Wedding

The ceremony begins

Well, it was unrealistic to expect that we would be able to get away not recognising the Royal Wedding, especially since we all got an extra day off school and it was a party day!! It’s the beginning of anRead the Rest »

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Gorgeous time lapse of ‘Orion’

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This is a lovely film, mainly because it is just beautifully and exceptionally well captured. Personally, however, it also links to a personal involvement that gives it an extra edge. “Orion” – motion controlled night timelapse from Randy Halverson onRead the Rest »

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Robin Hood, Ropewalk Chambers, Nottingham and Granny

The legend wot is Granny, and the boyz.

Just returned from a two day away trip to visit my just turned 91 year old granny who lives up near where I spent my formative years in Nottingham.  Granny’s been in hospital for a fair bit recently and justRead the Rest »

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April Memory making

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I am a Mummy, a wife, a teacher, a friend, a sister, a daughter, a party organiser, a have-a-go jogger and craft maker but tonight I am going to try something new – a first for me… I am goingRead the Rest »

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New HBO series ‘Luck’ – starring Tom Payne, Dustin Hoffman & Nick Nolte…

Lucky for Tom he shares the 'good looks' gene pool with Jeremy....

Cousin Tom is getting closer and closer to the big time.  First it was ‘Casualty‘, then it was ‘Waterloo Road‘, then it was ‘Miss Pettigrew lives for a day‘.  Now he’s mid filming a hopefully massive series in America thatRead the Rest »

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Happy Birthday Jamie

So after the party and the build up, the big day finally arrived and Jamie had his 9th birthday today, starting off with the very exciting opener when it was Jamie’s turn to sit in bed between us while theRead the Rest »

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Here come the boys….!

Yesterday Hilary’s Mum and Dad came to see us with Auntie Heather and they brought with them an amazing present that Hilary’s cousins had made for the boys.  Bearing in mind that the first question anyone asks when you sayRead the Rest »

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‘Ollie, come and look at my balls….’

Out of the mouths of babes….  Well, 4 year olds at any rate.  On Tuesday night I returned home to find a highly excited Sam working away at a project with Granny-who-lives-up-the-big-hill.  Sam had spent his Christmas money on aRead the Rest »

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Hilary’s Birthday

One of the joys of marrying Hilary is that as soon as we have completed Christmas and all of the festivities that are contained within such an occasion, we can get straight onto worrying about suitable presents again because sheRead the Rest »

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Sam and Uncle Tom’s present

We were excited to see Uncle Tom this holiday, partly because we don’t often get to see him, and partly because it’s nice to know that he still remembers who the ‘little people’ are as he climbs the exciting ladderRead the Rest »

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Introducing number 4….!!!!

OK.  Here he is!!  (And yes, I did say he – we are going to be a family of four boys).  In June we are going to be welcoming this little man into our lives.  Out of all four of them, weRead the Rest »

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Another Family Films production – a baby!!!

Yesterday was a lovely day.  We started out by going for a walk in the freezing winds of Christchurch along the beautiful Hengistbury Head peninsula.  Ollie was on his new Christmas bike and Sam was on his trike for theRead the Rest »

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