January 11th

We had a very special afternoon with Mez, Miriam & the girls and Colin today and we all had lots of fun with our new Christmas toy... a Party Wok!!  So good to spend time with very special friends :) 

January 8th

We got back to Swindon around teatime yesterday but had another very early start this morning.....in to London for back treatment and a meeting with the consultant.  The tumour markers in my blood were slightly raised in December so he wants to check whether a scan is showing any major differences from the last scan in November. This is scheduled for the 24th and he will decide on the next course of treatment once he sees the results.  In the meanwhile, looking forward to a rest and a lie in over the next couple of days!

2013!!

Christmas T(h)ree!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! 

Apologies I have missed out on updating the blog for the past couple of weeks!  It's been a really busy time over Christmas and New Year.  We spent almost 3 weeks in Cork (mostly running around from place to place!) but we got to spend plenty of time with family & relatives, catch up with lots of special friends and, as always, eat far too much!!  Thank you SO much to everyone who had us round for coffee, lunch, dinner and chats and for all the very special times we shared :)

Laura, Lisa & Bethany at the Youghal Carol Service

The Carlaws :) 

Dave surrounded by girls!

And Thank You to Charis for letting us stay with you in Tramore on the way over & back - it really helped break up the long drive & ferry trip. We got back to the UK on Monday (7th) pretty shattered but really looking forward to a rest!

December 21st

Today may have been the shortest day of the year but we managed to pack a lot of things into it.  We returned home to Midleton having stayed with Charis in Tramore after the long ferry trip over from England.

We then met up with two very special friends before their house is filled with family at Christmas time.  It was a very special time with Gordon & Ruth and we are so grateful for all their ongoing love and support.

We then journeyed over to see Ralph, Cherie, Christopher, Kalena & Noah and had a lovely meal together.  We were both amazed at how Noah especially has grown since we last saw him and is now very mobile.