Colin took Marisa and Kaila to watch West Ham play football (they actually won as well which is quite rare), whilst there, Colin went into the West Ham Shop and could not resist in buying the boys and Maddie some west ham clothes which Hayden and Elliot are modelling. Maddie had a little pink vest but we did not get a photo of her in it, such a shame really.

Our poor CD's went through hell with Hayden and Elliot attempting to move them about - a lot that is, I now do not know where or what order they are in but no doubt will one day sort them all out again.

these are just a few random pictures. Considering Hayden is not used to stairs he mastered ours with no problem. We bought a gate to put at the top in case he woke up without us knowing and walked out onto the landing. I am not sure if Hayden is reading the book to Maddie but they both appeared quite happy sitting on the stairs rather than chairs.

visiting Nan and George

for some reason there were not any photos of Hayden with win and George but Elliot was certainly a hit with his great grand parent (as was Hayden of course).

Family get together

We thought it would be easier if we had one big get together instead of lots of little ones for the family and friends to meet up with Marisa and the boys. The pub next to where Adam and Carly live kindly did a buffet for me and we had a lovely 4 hours meeting aunts, cousins and friends and all the 'little people' of which there were many. It was very noisy and lively but I think everyone enjoyed the get together.

The compton family visit

We had a lovely three weeks with Marisa, Hayden, Elliot and Kaila even though we all went down with sore throats and colds. The weather was also against us and the snow just came down which stopped us getting out and about as much as we wanted too. Hayden and Maddie had great fun using his little bed as a trampoline which was very funny, luckily the bed was directly against the floor so if they fell off they wouldn't have hurt themselves. The time went all to fast and we were at the airport saying goodbye to them. The boys were brilliant, especially Hayden, I have never met a child who ate and slept like he did, he was such fun to have around and his speech came on in leaps and bounds. As for little Elliot, now I can see mischief written in his eyes and like my mum used to say 'he has been here before' as he is a very cute little customer. Not sure when we will meet up again but at least we have skype and our photos to look at.

pictures I forgot to attach to my previous writing!!

Holiday

We had a brilliant 2 weeks in Cyprus, probably the most relaxing holiday we have had for many a year. All we seemed to do is, swim, eat, drink and read, I read 6 books during the fortnight finishing the last book on the plane home last night. The weather was hot, hot, hot, got myself a great suntan just hope it doesn't peel too much, even Colin has come home with quite a nice colour which makes a change from the red he usually gets, mind you, he was very sensible and stayed under the parasol, only emerging to swim or go into the villa!!!! We had a week on our own, again, not much difference to the first week although we did venture out a couple of times but as it was so hot, we returned pretty quick to throw ourselves into the lovely pool that was on the property we were renting. Now its back to reality and work starts again tomorrow at 7.30am!!!!! just hope I can get up as it is dark here now at 5.45 when I get up, never mind, lots to look forward to the first being Marisa and the 'boys' coming home for three weeks in November, her friend Kaila is also coming along to help with the little ones on the journey but she has never been to the UK so we will have fun showing her around, even if the weather will not be at its best.

more wedding pictures

Georgie and Martins wedding in Cyprus 13.09.10

Well, what a wonderful wedding. Georgie looked beautiful, the groom didn't look too bad either. The backdrop to the wedding was just surreal, blue sky and the sea looked vivid blue but there was a bit of breeze that blew up a couple of hours before the wedding but at least it kept people slightly cool as most of the time we were in cyprus the temp. was anything from hight 80's upwards. Martin came round to the villa on the morning of the wedding, we were sharing the villa with Richard, Chris, Alison and Pete, we swam in the pool and drank champagnne, just unreal, something we have never done before a wedding. Georgies dad wore a kilt which was very brave I think as the breeze was going for it, and I just hoped that he hadn't followed the usual Scottish tradition of not wearing anything underneath!!! I think Georgie had informed him that boxers were the order of the day. Anyway, the day went far too quick as it always does but it was a memory we will have forever. I was very shocked but really touched as Georgie gave me her boquet of flowers as Colin and I had just celebrated our 35th wedding anniversary, this touched me a lot and I enjoyed them for the next 6 days, thank you Georgie so much. Hope you like the pictures

In the garden with Maddie

The pictures say it all